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jherman@becker-poliakoff.com
Professional Experience
Jason Herman is an attorney in the Business Litigation Practice Group He is an experienced trial lawyer with 80+ Civil and Criminal Jury Trials. He focuses his practice on general liability matters, complex commercial cases, lawsuits involving toxic torts and pharmaceutical product claims, product liability cases, catastrophic risk matters and other types of insurance coverage cases. Throughout his career, Mr. Herman has represented some of the largest companies and manufacturers in the U.S. In doing so, he has handled every aspect of the litigation process from advanced motion practice to jury trial and all the way through to appeal. Mr. Herman has lectured and been published on litigation skills, trial techniques and current topics in technology in the legal profession.
Significant Cases
Mr. Herman has:
- Defended a large diet drug manufacturer in a product liability case filed in federal court where nationwide and statewide class certification was sought. After a full evidentiary hearing, the Court denied certification.
- Secured a million dollar plus award on a counterclaim in a commercial case where client was sued for breach of contract. Court granted a directed verdict against Plaintiff after their case in chief.
- Defended a large homeowners association in a case where plaintiff suffered a brain injury resulting in favorable settlement for the client.
- Successfully defended a corporation client being sued in a complex multi million dollar commercial lease transaction.
- Defended multiple property management companies and community associations in negligent security claims.
Publications
- Legal Ethics in the Digital Age, National Business Institute, March 2011
Exposing and Countering Discovery Abuse, National Business Institute, September 2010
- How to Win Your First Civil Trial, National Business Institute, October 2006
Liability in Construction Related Accidents Under Florida Law, Presentation,
April 2006
- How to Get Your Expert Testimony Admitted in Florida, National Business
Institute, April 2005
- Effective Uses of the Trial Notebook, National Business Institute, October 2005
- Proof of Product Defect Without Expert Testimony: Can Plaintiff Survive
Summary Judgment? (co-authored w/ Larry D. Smith), ABA, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation, March, 2002
- This Court Has No Jurisdiction: A Look at Probation and Community Control Revocation Proceedings in Light of Boyd and Fla. Stat. § 901.02(1), Florida Bar Journal, January 2001
Professional Associations
American Bar Association
Florida Bar
Journal/News Editorial Board
Tiger Bay
Pro Bono Activities
Central Florida Youth Football League, General Counsel
Bar Admission
Florida
Court Admission
Northern, Middle and Sothern District of Florida
11th Circuit Court of Appeal
Education
University of Miami School of Law, J.D., 1998
State University of New York at Albany, B.A., 1995 |
