Ezequiel Lugo is Board Certified by The Florida Bar as a Specialist in Appellate Practice. His practice focuses on appeals and litigation support in Florida state courts and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He primarily handles appeals that involve insurance coverage disputes and casualty defense cases. Ezequiel has garnered an AV Preeminent distinction, the highest available mark for professional excellence from Martindale-Hubbell’s Peer Review Ratings.
Representative Experience
•Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., Tampa FL
Shareholder, March 2017 to Present
•Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP, Tampa FL
Senior Associate, 2013-2017
Associate, 2009-2013
•Florida Second District Court of Appeal, Lakeland/Tampa FL
Staff Attorney to the Honorable Douglas A. Wallace, 2007-2009
Presentations and Publications
Presentations
•“A Former Law Clerk’s Views on Appellate Practice.” Presented at the Breakfast and CLE with the Second DCA of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, March 2011
Publications
•Ezequiel Lugo, No Magic Words Required: A Brief Guide to Preserving Error in Florida State Courts from Opening Statements to the Discharge of the Jury, 37 No. 3 TRIAL ADVOC. Q. 19 (Summer 2018)
•Anthony Russo & Ezequiel Lugo, Section 627.428 Attorneys’ Fees & the Confession of Judgment Doctrine: What’s a Court to Consider After a Post-Suit Payment?, 35 TRIAL ADVOC. Q. 25 (Fall 2016)
•Ezequiel Lugo, Harmless Error Redefined, 25 HCBA LAWYER 22 (March - April 2015)
•Ezequiel Lugo, The End of Terms of Court, 24 HCBA LAWYER 19 (September - October 2013)
•Anthony Russo, Ezequiel Lugo & Jared Krukar, Certiorari Redefined: Would the “Functional Restatement” Function?, 42 STETSON L. REV. 403 (Winter 2013)
•Ezequiel Lugo, The Conflict PCA: When an Affirmance Without Opinion Conflicts with a Written Opinion, 85 FLA. B.J. 46 (April 2011)
Distinctions
•AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
•Board Certified in Appellate Practice by The Florida Bar
•The Best Lawyers in America, 2019-2026
•Former Co-Chair of the Appellate Practice Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, 2012-2014
•Former Adjunct Professor, Stetson University College of Law
