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Download V-Card   Email:jcw@lydeckerdiaz.com  |
Office Location
• Orlando, Florida
• Miami, Florida
Practice Areas
• Complex business litigation
• Government and civil rights liability
• Constitutional law
• Appellate advocacy
Professional Experience
Joan Carlos Wizel’s practice involves all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation and appellate practice, with a primary focus on complex business litigation, including business torts and real estate litigation; government liability; constitutional law; and civil rights litigation. He has also represented clients in a variety of other areas, including, among others, defamation and invasion of privacy, legal malpractice, insurance coverage and defense, and wrongful death.
Before joining Lydecker, while completing his legal studies, Joan Carlos served as a judicial intern to The Honorable Raoul G.
Cantero, III, former Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, and as a judicial extern to The Honorable Leon M. Firtel, Circuit Court
Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida.
Significant Representations
Joan Carlos 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:
• TheStreet.com, Inc. v. Carroll, 20 So. 3d 947 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)
• Crowley Museum and Nature Center, Inc. v. Southwest Florida Water Management Dist., 993 So. 2d 605 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)
• Young Apartments, Inc. v. Town of Jupiter, FL, 529 F.3d 1027 (11th Cir. 2008)
• Leysoto v. Mama Mia I., Inc., 255 F.R.D. 693 (S.D. Fla. 2009)
• Berg v. Merchants Ass’n Collection Div., Inc., 586 F. Supp. 2d 1336 (S.D. Fla. 2008)
Professional and Community Involvement
• Florida Bar Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
Bar Admissions
• US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2008
• US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2008
• US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2008
• Florida Supreme Court, 2007
Education
J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law, magna cum laude, ranked 1st in class, 2006
• Book Awards: Criminal Law, Constitutional Law I, Sales, and Sports Law
• Articles Editor, St. Thomas Law Review
• Member/Competitor, St. Thomas Moot Court
• Research Assistant to Professor Harriet R. Roberts
• Tutor of Professional Responsibility
• Teacher Assistant of Legal Research and Writing
B.A., Finance, University of Puerto Rico, magna cum laude, 2004
Other Languages
Spanish
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