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Practice Areas
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights
• Construction and Real Property Litigation
• Complex Probate and Family Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Appellate Advocacy

Professional Experience
Ms. Huey was admitted to practice in 1979, and throughout her career has engaged in the litigation of disputes in the state and federal courts of Florida and, from 1989 to 2001, in Texas, where she remains an inactive member of the State Bar of Texas. Putting her clients’ needs first and foremost while adhering to the highest ethical standards is a hallmark of Ms. Huey’s representation. Her zealous advocacy, knowledge of the law, and ethical conduct earned her an AV ® rating by Martindale Hubbell in 1996. Ms. Huey’s Florida practice has included representation of plaintiffs in Title VII and wage and hour litigation, representation of owners in significant construction and commercial landlord tenant cases, representation of trustees and creditors in adversary bankruptcy proceedings, and representation of Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of matters, including resistance of class certification and resolution of multiparty conflicts involving the real estate development. In the course of her work as a solo and small firm practitioner, Ms. Huey was engaged in high conflict probate and family law matters, and remains committed to assisting clients in these areas should the need arise. Ms. Huey has successfully handled appeals of matters affecting her clients in the Third and Fifth District Courts of Appeal.

Significant Representations & Experience
Due to her efforts in Fruh v. Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, 430 So. 2d 581 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983), the Rules of Juvenile Procedure were amended to require good cause before requiring a parent of a dependent child to undergo a psychological evaluation. Ms. Huey also successfully defended a trial court’s ruling on behalf of a purchaser of a commercial shopping center at a foreclosure sale in Agero v. Pheonix Holding, LLC, 920 So.2d 703 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006). Most recently, Ms. Huey’s client prevailed in an appeal involving choice of venue in Hudson Security Group, Inc. v. PCG Security Int’l in an opinion released on February 16, 2011 by the Third District Court of Appeal.

At the trial level in Florida, Ms. Huey’s clients have included domestic and foreign companies involved in complex contractual and jurisdictional disputes in the state and federal courts. With partner, Carla Barrow, Ms. Huey represented the owner in a difficult construction dispute involving termination of the contractor of a $100 million project and overseeing the replacement contractor and working with a myriad of expert witnesses in the construction area.

Professional and Community Involvement
• Member of the Professionalism Committee of the Dade County Bar Association
• Member of Florida Association of Women Lawyers
• Member of the American Bar Association
• Current Board Member of the Dade County Dental Research Clinic d/b/a Community Smiles which provides oral healthcare for indigent residents of Miami-Dade County
• Past President of the League of Women Voters of Marion County, Florida, the Mental Health Association of Marion County, Florida, and Marion-Citrus Mental Health Centers, Inc.
• Past Secretary of the Sports and Entertainment Law Committee of the Dallas Bar Association

Admissions
• Florida Bar
• State Bar of Texas (inactive)
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida

Education
• University of Virginia, B.A. with Distinction (1975) Co-Founder of Charlottesville Friends of the Earth, Cavalier Daily and The Declaration staff writer, Resident Dormitory Assistant, and Lawn Resident
• University of Florida, J.D. (1978)

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