Firm News
• September 2008: David Lichter has been added to the Roster of Mediators for the American Arbitration Association.

• David Lichter presented "You Ask We Tell: Seasoned Mediators Answer Your Questions" at the 2008 Florida Dispute Resolution Center Annual Conference in Orlando.

• Joey Givner negotiated an extension to exclusive duty free concession with Delta Airlines on behalf of world’s largest in flight duty free provider

• David Lichter and Michael Higer have been named as Florida Super Lawyers in the field of Business Litigation in the 2009 edition of Super Lawyers Magazine.

• Michael Higer and David Lichter have been named as part of Florida's "Legal Elite" in Florida Trend magazine's 2008 Legal Elite edition, in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Mediation, respectively.

• Joey Givner represented a steel distributor in negotiating a $75 million credit facility with 3 banks: Bank of America, Mercantile and Suntrust.

• Firm achieves $1.3 million settlement for client.
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• David Lichter Publishes Mediation Article in American Association for Justice Winter 2007 newsletter.
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• Joey Givner represented seller in a $26.5 million sale of an office building in South Miami

• Michael Higer has been appointed as the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Business Litigation Division for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit

• Michael Higer has also been appointed by the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court to the Supreme Court of Florida Committee on Standard Jury Instructions--Contract and Business Cases.

• Joey Givner negotiated the terms of a exclusive duty free contract with American Airlines on behalf of world’s largest in flight duty free provider.

• Michael Higer and David Lichter have been listed in the 2009 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, respectively.

• Michael Higer was recently elected to The Florida Bar Board of Governors (11th Judicial Circuit Seat 4)

• David Lichter presented “The Mediation Within the Mediation, Sources of Inter and Intra-Party Conflict” at the January 2009 meeting of the Association of South Florida Mediators and Arbitrators

• Joey Givner negotiated long term leases with some of the largest employers in Dade County (Baptist Hospital and JP Morgan Chase) for an office building client.

• Joey Givner negotiated a complex exclusive supply and technology agreement with El Al
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