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Michael J. Higer

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Michael J. Higer

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Higer Lichter & Givner LLP
18305 Biscayne Boulevard
Suite 402
Aventura, Florida  33160
(Miami-Dade Co.)

Telephone: 305-933-9970
Fax: 305-933-0998
URL: http://www.HLGlawyers.com
http://www.hlglawfirm.com

Email: Contact via email

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#6 out of 133 lawyers in Aventura, Florida
#9,981 out of 890,538 total lawyers Overall


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Practice AreasCivil Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Intellectual Property Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death
 
Peer Review RatingAV Rated.    What's this?
 
EducationUniversity of Miami, J.D., cum laude, 1985, University of Florida, B.A., 1982
 
Admitted1985, Florida, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar
 
MembershipsThe Florida Bar (Member: Business Law Section, Executive Council; Chair, Legislative Committee; Intellectual Property Committee; Chair, Business Litigation Committee, 1997-1998; Co-Chair, Special Committee on Business Courts; Editor, Intellectual Property Newsletter); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law; Litigation; Member, Intellectual Property Law Committee); Federal Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Patent Law Association of South Florida (President); Florida Bankers Association.
 
BornMiami Beach, Florida, November 24, 1960
 
BiographyExecutive Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 1984-1985. Publications: Co-Author: "Florida Provides Safe Haven for Forum Shoppers," The Florida Bar Journal, October, 1995; "Prejudgment Interest: Uncertainty and Inequity," The Florida Bar, Business Law Section, The Quarterly Report, March, 1994; "From the Mailroom to the Boardroom: Deason and the Scope of the Attorney-Client Privilege in the Corporate Context," The Florida Bar Journal, January, 1995. Distinctions: Outstanding Member of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar (2005); Participant, Leadership Miami, 1996. Member, Board of Directors, University of Miami Law School Alumni Association. Florida Liaison, Business Litigation Committee, Defense Research Institute, Florida. Trend Magazine, Elite Lawyer 2007; Best Lawyers in America 2008. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
 
Reported CasesIn re Holywell Corp., 967 F.2d 568 (11th Cir. 1992); Quantachrome Corp. v. Micromeritics Instrument Corp., 230 F.Supp. 2d 1309 (S.D. Fla. 2002); Quantachrome Corp. v. Micromeritics Instrument Corp., 2001 U.S. App. Lexis 15500 (Fed. Cir. 2001); Quantachrome Corp. v. Mircomeritics Instrument Corp., 189 F.R.D. 697 (S.D. Fla. 1999); Perez v. LaDove, Inc., 964 So. 2d 777 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007); Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. v. Varadeco Invt., Inc., 954 So. 2d 37 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007); Romo v. Amedex Ins. Co., 930 So. 2d 643 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Martinez, 833 So. 2d 761(Fla. 2002); United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Ziegler, 771 So. 2d 1284 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Amerian Reliance Ins. Co. v. American Savings, F.S.B., 659 So. 2nd 1097 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995); Kinney Sys. v. Continental Ins. Co., 674 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 1996); Brixius v. Allstate Ins. Co., 589 So. 2d 236 (Fla. 1991); Fitzgibbon v. GEICO, 583 So. 2nd 1020 (Fla. 1991); CADD Centers of Fla., Inc. v. Strickland, 851 So. 2d 756 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003); Castillo v. De Castillo (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Lighthouse Plaza Assoc., Ltd. v. Chrysler Financial Corp., 1991 Fla. App. LEXIS 13674 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992); Newport Motel, Inc. v. Five Seas Investors, Inc., 580 So. 2d 894 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991); Allstate Ins. Co. v. Baker, 543 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 4th DCA 1989).
 
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