Practice Areas - Alcoholic Beverages
- Automobile Negligence
- Construction Law
- Contracts
- Disabilities
- Environmental Law
- General Liability
- Insurance
- Insurance Defense
- Transportation
| - Labor and Employment
- Libel, Slander and Defamation
- Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Resorts and Leisure
- Torts
- Toxic Torts
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| University | Florida Southern College, B.S., 1980 |
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| Law School | Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1983 |
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| Admitted | 1983, Florida; 1984, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; 1989, United States Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Dade County Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section, 1985-1988); The Florida Bar; The Florida Defense Lawyers Association; Transportation Lawyers Association; South Florida Claim Association; The State of New York Claim Association; American Trucking Association; Florida Trucking Association; Trucking Law Committee of the Defense Research Institute (DRI). |
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| Born | Lakeland, Florida |
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| Biography | Assistant State Attorney, 1983. Member, Moot Court and Trial Advocacy Boards, 1982-1983. President, Florida Student Bar Association, 1983. Listed, Who's Who Business Executives. Outstanding Young Men of America, 1983. Sports Editor, Dade County Bar Bulletin, 1986. Mr. Hightower's accomplishments have been recognized by prestigious legal organizations and has received many awards. He has been named a "Top Lawyer" in Florida by the Florida Legal Guide in years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. He was also named a "Florida Super lawyer" by the Miami Herald in years 2006 and 2010. He was invited to be a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one half of 1% of America Lawyers).
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| ISLN | 906490448 |
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