Alan Dimond offers more than 35 years of experience in commercial and real estate litigation. His representative clients range from regional real estate developers to multi-national corporations. Areas of Concentration · General commercial litigation · Real estate-related litigation including:
- Ad valorem tax Significant Representations · Represented numerous major corporations, individuals and governmental entities in a wide range of commercial and real estate related litigation.
- Lead attorney for developers of Fisher Island for 25 years.
- Led trial team that obtained $25 million embezzlement verdict on behalf of an Aegon subsidiary, a Dutch insurance company against its American managing general agency and that agency's officers.
- Led trial team that obtained $30 million settlement for the Estate of Eastern Air Lines from various insurance companies based on damage to the environment at several major U.S. airports. Professional & Community Involvement · President, The Florida Bar, 1992-1993 · Board of Governors and Executive Committee, The Florida Bar · Chaired, The Florida Bar's All Bar Conference, Budget Committee and Legislation Committee, 1982-1992 · Member, American Bar Association's House of Delegates representing The Florida Bar 1991-1997; Member, Judicial Selection, Tenure and Compensation Committee 1993-1996; Immigration Advisory Committee 1995-1999; Commission on Multijurisdictional Practice 2001-2003; Standing Committee on Judicial Independence 2010-2013 · Chairman, Judicial Nomination Commission for the Third District Court of Appeal; Participated in the selection of appellate judges for the state's largest appellate District Court · Board of Directors, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce · Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Miami School of Law · Board of Advisors, George Washington University Law School, 1997-2005 · Chairman, Jackson Memorial Hospital Foundation Board, 2006-2008, 2010-2011 · Chairman, Board of Directors, Foundation Health Services, Inc., 2006-2010 · Orange Bowl Committee, 1996-present · Member, The Florida Bar; Dade County Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, and American Bar Association Awards & Recognition · Named, Best Lawyers' 2012 Miami Litigation - Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year · Selected, Daily Business Review 2006 - Most Effective Lawyers (Civil Litigation) · Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2012 · Selected, Super Lawyers magazine, 2006-2011 · Listed, one of "South Florida's Top Lawyers," South Florida Legal Guide, 2005-2011 · Rated, AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 Articles, Publications, & Lectures Articles · Featured, "The Dimonds - Focusing on similar litigation at separate firms," South Florida Legal Guide, 2008 · Lectured on jury selection and other trial-related topics · More than 100 published state and federal appellate opinions · Immigration and health care policy Opinion/Editorial pieces |