FLORIDA – ILLINOIS
LITIGATION
MARC DAVID SEITLES
LAW OFFICES OF
MARC DAVID SEITLES, P.A.
Courthouse Center
40 Northwest 3rd Street
Penthouse One
Miami, FL 33128
Tel: 305-403-8070
Fax: 305-403-8210
mseitles@seitleslaw.com
www.seitleslaw.com
Marc David Seitles specializes in criminal defense at the trial
and appellate level. His practice is limited to representing
individuals and corporations accused of complex federal crimes
and white collar fraud. He has been recognized by several
legal publications as one of the top criminal defense attorneys
statewide and in South Florida. In 2008 and 2009, the Daily
Business Review named Marc as a finalist in the criminal law
category of its Most Effective Lawyer edition for significant
acquittals in federal court. He is also a recent recipient of the
FACDL Rodney Thaxton Against All Odds Award. Marc was
formerly a Law Clerk to the Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton, Chief
Judge Emeritus, Eastern District of California and an Assistant
Federal Public Defender in the Southern District of Florida.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
APPELLATE
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
ROBIN S. TRUPP
ARNSTEIN & LEHR LLP
302 Knights Run Avenue
Suite 1100
Tampa, FL 33602
Tel: 813-574-5000
Fax: 813-254-5324
rstrupp@arnstein.com
www.arnstein.com
Robin Trupp is no stranger to the courtroom, and when it
comes to bet-the-company litigation, his clients rely on his
30-plus years of experience in trying major cases. He is often
the first choice for other attorneys seeking a driven litigator
to resolve their clients’ disputes. He represents companies
throughout Florida and across the U.S. Mr. Trupp’s diverse
client list includes lenders and creditors involved in lender
liability defense, manufacturers in products defects cases, and
businesses in non-compete and antitrust disputes. He has also
developed niche experience in aviation litigation and equine
law. Because of his keen eye for successful litigation strategies,
Mr. Trupp approaches each case with a unique perspective,
preparing it for trial from the beginning.
BUSINESS/CORPORATE
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGH TS
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
BRENTON N.
VER PLOEG
VER PLOEG & LUMPKIN, P. A.
100 Southeast Second Street
30th Floor
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: 305-577-3996
Fax: 305-577-3558
bverploeg@vpl-law.com
www.vpl-law.com
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Brenton Ver Ploeg is the founding partner of Ver Ploeg &
Lumpkin, P.A., presently the largest firm in Florida limiting its
practice to representing policyholders’ interests. He received a
B.S. from Northwestern University in 1969 and a J.D. from the
University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1973,
where he was a Note and Comment editor of the Hastings Law
Journal. Ver Ploeg has extensive commercial and insurance
litigation experience, including over two decades representing
insurers, but now restricts his practice to the representation
of policyholders in all varieties of insurance coverage and bad
faith disputes.
J. ROBB CRUSER
CRUSER & MITCHELL, LLP
Meridian II, Suite 2000
275 Scientific Drive
Norcross, GA 30092
Tel: 404-881-2626
Fax: 404-881-2630
rcruser@cmlawfirm.com
www.cmlawfirm.com
J. Robb Cruser is a founding Partner at Cruser & Mitchell, LLP,
which has offices in Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Florida,
Indiana, and Michigan. Robb is an AV-rated attorney, a trained
mediator, and a former Certified Public Accountant. Since 1990,
he has represented individuals, corporations, self-insureds, and
insurance companies in state and federal courts. His practice
emphasizes the areas of professional liability, transportation
litigation, products liability, premises liability, insurance
coverage disputes, bad faith claims, and other significant civil
matters. He has tried and mediated cases throughout Georgia
and established appellate decisions on a variety of legal issues.
PROFESSIONAL LIABILIT Y: DEFENSE
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: PRODUC TS
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
JEFFREY D. HORST
KREVOLIN & HORST, LLC
One Atlantic Center
Suite 3250
1201 West Peachtree Street
Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30309
Tel: 404-888-9594
Fax: 404-888-9577
horst@khlawfirm.com
www.khlawfirm.com
Jeff specializes in complex business litigation including appeals,
corporate governance, contracts, false claims, franchise,
intellectual property, officer/director, professional liability,
securities, and trade secrets. Jeff has been recognized by
his peers as one of the most effective business litigators in
Georgia. Many attorneys refer clients to Jeff because of his
creativity, efficiency, trial experience, and successful track record
in handling complex, cutting-edge legal issues. He has tried
cases in five states and has handled a number of high-profile
matters that have received media attention. Jeff spent five
months in Tampa as one of the principal trial counsel in Avnet v.
Wyle, achieving a jury verdict that The National Law Journal
selected as a top ten defense verdict.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE
IN TELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y LITIGATION
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
WILLIAM T. MITCHELL
CRUSER & MITCHELL, LLP
Meridian II, Suite 2000
275 Scientific Drive
Norcross, GA 30092
Tel: 404-881-2633
Fax: 404-881-2630
bmitchell@cmlawfirm.com
www.cmlawfirm.com
Founding partner of Cruser & Mitchell, LLP, a practice with
offices in five different states, Bill has developed a reputation
as a direct, forthright, and result-oriented trial attorney who
can handle the most complicated and high-stakes matters,
from complex products liability claims and sophisticated
business disputes to a wide array of employment discrimination
matters and multi-issue class actions, including the following
high-profile matters: counsel for NFL star Ray Lewis in the
Buckhead murders’ wrongful death civil actions; counsel for
the captain in charge of courthouse security in the seven civil
cases arising out of the Brian Nichols Fulton County Courthouse
shootings; and counsel for the family of Kathryn Johnston, the
92-year-old killed by Atlanta Police in the Neal Street shooting.
EMPLOYMEN T & LABOR
CIVIL RIGHTS/FIRST AMENDMEN T
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
JAMES F. BEST
BEST VANDERLAAN &
HARRINGTON
25 East Washington Street
Suite 210
Chicago, IL 60602
Tel: 312-819-1100
Fax: 312-819-8062
jbest@bestfirm.com
www.bestfirm.com
PETER B. CAREY
CAREY & HARTMANN LLC
135 South LaSalle Street
Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: 312-541-0360
Fax: 312-641-0360
pcarey@careyhartmann.com
MICHAEL P. CONNELLY
ROCK FUSCO & CONNELLY,
LLC
321 North Clark Street
Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60654
Tel: 312-494-1000
Fax: 312-494-1001
mconnelly@rockfuscoconnelly.com
www.rockfuscoconnelly.com
LITIGATION
Jim Best has been successfully trying civil lawsuits to verdict for
over 30 years. He is the founding partner of Best Vanderlaan &
Harrington, which has multiple offices throughout the State of
Illinois. He has tried a wide variety of cases involving construction,
building defects, products liability, trucking, professional
negligence, coverage disputes, and other catastrophic injury
claims. He tried to verdict the first Internet defamation case in
the State of Illinois. He has been a lecturer on civil litigation
for the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association,
DuPage County Bar Association, Kane County Bar Association,
and Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
INSURANCE COVERAGE
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
Peter B. Carey has over 40 years of experience in litigating
complex civil actions throughout the United States and in
foreign jurisdictions. His clients have included large public
companies, such as the Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, along with small and medium-sized
businesses, individuals, and units of state and local government.
His practice includes contract disputes, corporate control and
shareholder conflicts, corporate governance disputes, lender
liability litigation, shareholder derivative actions, securities
and commodities fraud claims, class actions, environmental
litigation, and professional liability claims and defenses.
GENERAL LI TIGATION
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Michael P. Connelly has engaged in the practice of law since
receiving his Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University School
of Law in 1966. He has extensive jury trial, bench trial, and
appellate experience in commercial and tort litigation in
state and federal courts in Illinois and eleven other states,
representing individual, corporate, and multinational clients.
Representation has also included arbitration and mediation
forums. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, all Illinois federal
district courts, various district courts in other states, Sixth
and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme
Court. He is admitted to the federal trial bar and is a member
of the American, Illinois, Chicago, DuPage, and Federal Bar
Associations, and Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: PRODUC TS
AVIATION
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
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