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Download V-Card   Email:ol@lydeckerdiaz.com  |
Office Location
• Miami, Florida
• Orlando, Florida
Practice Areas
• Government Liability, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights Litigation
• Professional Liability
• Insurance Coverage /Bad Faith Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Labor & Employment Law
• Appellate advocacy
Professional Experience
During his years of practice, Mr. Llopiz has maintained a high degree of professionalism, while securing notable accomplishments on behalf of his
clients. Mr. Llopiz has considerable experience defending government liability claims, and manages the firm's government liability division. In his
practice, Mr. Llopiz routinely represents municipalities, state agencies, state universities, state attorneys, special taxing districts, water
management districts, school boards and districts, and public officials and officers. Mr. Llopiz has successfully defended numerous Federal and
State parties against such actions involving issues of sovereign immunity, qualified immunity, 11th Amendment immunity, federal state action doctrines,
1983 actions, wrongful death claims, municipal code violations, public decency laws, Chapter 119 violations, sexual harassment, sex discrimination,
retaliation, Title VII, Title IX, Federal and State whistleblower violations, fraud, and a battery of common law torts.
Significant Representations & Experience
Mr. Llopiz has been involved in various cases of first impression and matters involving complex issues of law, resulting in leading
authorities at both state and federal levels. Some of these representative cases include:
• Martin Memorial Medical Center, Inc. v. Tenet Healthsystem Hospitals, Inc., 875 So. 2d 797 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005).
• Crowley Museum and Nature Center, Inc. v. Southwest Florida Water Management Dist., 993 So. 2d 605 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)
• Your A to X Video Outlet, Inc. v. Stirling Center, LLP, Case No. CACE 08053379 (Fla. 11th Cir. Ct. 2008)
• O’Donnell v. Derrig, Case No. 09-10827, 2009 WL 2501957 (11th Cir. 2009)
• TheStreet.com, Inc. v. Carroll, 20 So. 3d 947 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009), rev. pending, Case No. SC10-43 (Fla. 2009)
• Young Apartments, Inc. v. Town of Jupiter, FL, 529 F.3d 1027 (11th Cir. 2008)
• Berg v. Merchants Ass’n Collection Div., Inc., 586 F. Supp. 2d 1336 (S.D. Fla. 2008)
Professional and Community Involvement
• American Bar Association, Member
• Municipal Attorneys Association, Member
• Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, Lifetime Member
• Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society, Lifetime Member
• Member, Dade County Bar Association
• Member, Cuban American Bar Association
Admissions
• Florida
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Education
JD, University of Miami, cum laude, 2002
• Full-tuition scholarship
• International & Comparative Law Review
• Dean’s Honor Scholarship
• Haas Humanitarian Scholarship
• Who’s Who Among American Law Students
• Florida Bar Foundation Fellow (x2)
• Guardian Ad Litem, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida
AB, University of Miami, with honors, 1999
• Triple-Majored: Economics, Psychology, & Political Science
• Honors Program, Member
• Most Outstanding Pre-Law Student, Fall 1998 and Spring 1999
• President, Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Society, University of Miami Chapter
• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
• University of Miami Mock Trial Team, Member
Awards and Recognitions
• 2011, Rising Stars, Super Lawyers Magazine
• 2011, Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite Up & Comer
• 2010, Strathmore's Who's Who
• 2010 Rising Stars, Super Lawyers Magazine
• Who’s Who Among Executives & Professionals
• Chair, Public Entity Practice Group
• Chair, Professional Liability Division
• 2009, ACQ Finance Magazine, Award for Achievement
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