Ruden McClosky

Ruden McClosky is one of the largest and fastest growing law firms in Florida. Since its beginnings as a Fort Lauderdale storefront in 1959, the firm has grown to almost 200 attorneys practicing in eleven offices throughout Florida. Today the firm is a full-service firm serving the business and personal legal needs of national, regional and local companies, state and local governmental clients, and high wealth individuals.

Our attorneys practice in offices in Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Naples, Orlando, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach.

Over the years the firm has attracted not only the top graduates of major law schools from around the state and nation, but also prominent attorneys who have joined the firm after first practicing elsewhere, as well as prominent former public officials and business leaders. Our attorneys include past presidents of The Florida Bar, past presidents of the National Bar Association, past presidents of local Bar Associations throughout Florida, past and present section presidents of various practice sections of The Florida Bar, former general counsel to the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation and the Florida Department of Community Affairs, past and present presidents of local Chambers of Commerce and Economic Development Boards, and past and present teachers at major Florida law schools. The firm also has a long history of leadership and contribution to civic and charitable organizations in each of the cities where we maintain offices.

Ruden McClosky is a full service Florida-based firm strongly committed to developing a diverse workforce of lawyers and staff crossing racial, gender and ethnic lines so as to provide our clients the benefits of an experienced pool of professionals reflective of today's society and the marketplace in which we conduct business.

Marginalizing Individual Privacy on the Internet
Deborah M. McTigue, October 1, 2009, previously published by Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law on June 1, 1999
This Article explores Internet privacy in a number of different scenarios. The one common thread throughout these scenarios is the need for consistent policy...

Exercise Caution in Monitoring Employees' E-mail
Daniel W. Matlow, August 18, 2009
Employers should be aware of the risk associated with reviewing their employees' personal -- as opposed to business -- e-mail. Recently, some courts have found that employers violated the Stored Communications Act by reviewing employees' password protected personal e-mail accounts (AOL, hotmail,...

Property Taxes: Protecting Your Real Estate Investment in a Turbulent Economy
James B. Soble, August 18, 2009
Developers and consumers of real property are not the only ones concerned about the economy. Local governments have their own dilemma, with the decline in state and federal funding. As a result, they are focusing on securing maximum yield from proven revenue streams, like property taxes, to fund...