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As an lawyer at Freidin Brown, P.A., Jonathan E. Freidin is actively involved in Florida’s local community, and we are pleased to announce that he was recently selected to sit on the Mayor’s Panel on Ocean Drive by Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber. The purpose of the panel is to study and make improvement...

Congratulations to Freidin Brown, P.A. lawyers Philip Freidin and Jonathan Freidin for obtaining a groundbreaking result for their client and the United States government in a whistleblower (qui tam) case, U.S. ex rel. Graves v. Plaza Medical Centers, Corp., et al., Case No. 10-23382-CIV-MORENO/O’SULLIVAN (S.D. Fla.). This was a non-intervened False Claims Act (“FCA”)...

Freidin Brown, P.A. is pleased to announce that four of our lawyers have been recognized in this year’s publication of Florida Super Lawyers® Magazine! One of the nation’s most trusted lawyer rating services, Super Lawyers publishes annual lists of the country’s most accomplished and highly regarded lawyers. This year, our firm had four lawyers...

Lawyer Jonathan Freidin recently obtained a $450,000 settlement in a third-party insurance bad faith case against a major auto insurance company. This settlement paid by the insurance company was in excess of the $10,000 insurance policy carried by the negligent driver. While the insurance company resisted the claim, arguing that the case was a...

We are proud to announce that our lawyers have secured a $730,000 settlement with the Public Health Trust (PHT) and Florida-Dade County in a case where the jail’s medical staff failed to provide Pascual Diaz-Plasencia with necessary treatment, resulting in his kidney failure and eventual loss of that kidney. “Mr. Diaz-Plasencia suffered for weeks...

Summer is here! With hot and humid temperatures in the forecast, now is a good time to spread awareness of Lyme Disease. An often misdiagnosed disease, Lyme disease is estimated to infect approximately 329,000 people every year in the United States – more than ten times the number of cases actually reported to the...

Coral Gables will have to look for a new home for its trolley garage after the City Commission approved a settlement Monday to remove it from neighboring Coconut Grove. The dispute over the new trolley garage in the West Grove started when residents of the predominantly black neighborhood protested the construction of the garage...

After 28 years apart, Philip Freidin and Joel Brown, of Freidin Brown, P.A., reunited to win a $1.44 verdict on behalf of a man injured in a trucking accident. Freidin and Brown are childhood friends, who last worked a case together in 1985 when they were co-counsel for the parents of Mercedes Soto, a...

Contact: Lisa Hall, 850.508.7782, lisa@hallmediastrategies.com West Grove residents consider next steps in fight over industrial trolley garage MIAMI – The team of lawyers representing West Grove residents in a battle with the City of Florida are considering the best path for appeal after a circuit judge’s determination on Aug. 16 that he does not...