Press/Media
Leaders In Asbestos Law - Newsweek Magazine
The Ferraro Law Firm Featured in the February 27, 2012 Newsweek Magazine Edition More...
Miami Jury Awards over $24 Million to Local Family - David A. Jagolinzer
The jury spoke loud and clear when it awarded $24,170,000 to Plaintiff Stephen Guilder and his family on Friday evening in a Miami-Dade courtroom. More...
Miami Herald, Article, "Jury Awards 24.2 Million in Asbestos Lawsuit" – David Jagolinzer
Ferraro Law Firm Victorious - Supreme Court Sides With Floridians Against Out Of State Asbestos Product Manufacturers
The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A., successfully fulfilled their promise to their clients and all Floridians to fight against “Florida’s Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act”. More...
Florida jury awards $20M to mesothelioma plaintiff
A Florida jury has awarded more than $20 million to a man suffering from mesothelioma after a brief but intensive four-month window of exposure to asbestos. More..
Coral Gables attorney helps client win $16.5M for asbestos exposure
Charles Garrison found he had trouble swallowing in 2009. When doctors checked what was troubling the 59-year-old father of two, they initially thought he had throat cancer. But tests determined the tumor was outside his esophagus and concluded he had mesothelioma, which has been linked to asbestos exposure.
David Jagolinzer inclusion on the 2011 Florida Rising Stars list - David A. Jagolinzer
Partners James Ferraro and David Jagolinzer have assembled a team of attorneys devoted to winning cases through relentless discovery and pre-trial preparation. More...
McQuillin v. Perez - Ex-Dodgers Pitcher order to pay 15 Million
Former Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Carlos Perez was ordered to pay $15 million in damages after being found liable in a civil sexual assault trial. Miami resident Amy McQuillin sought and received $9 million in punitive damages. Click here for more information.
Most Effective Lawyers 2010 – Juan P. Bauta
Miami-Dade jury has awarded a Sarasota man more than $14 million after deciding that the asbestos he inhaled in the 1970s caused his deadly abdominal cancer. More...
Miami jury awards $14 million in suit against Union Carbide Corporation
Union Carbide Corporation is liable for nearly half the $14 million in damages awarded by a Miami jury to a carpenter who developed asbestos-related lung cancer after working in the family construction business More..
Circuit Court Coral Gables attorney wins case against Union Carbide Corporation
Charles Garrison’s two-week trial against Dow Chemical subsidiary Union Carbide Corporation ended with Broward Circuit Court jurors awarding him $13.3 million and his wife, Cynthia, $3.2 million. More..
$6.66 Million to Builder in Union Carbide Corporation asbestos case
Longtime home-building contractor William P. Aubin, a prominent Key Biscayne resident, was 57 when he was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer in 2008. More..
Lawyer overcome obstacles to get asbestos verdict
Attorney Juan P. Bauta III wasn't allowed to tell jurors that his still-healthy client had been diagnosed with mesothelomia before suffering any symptoms only because he was tested after watching his mother's painful suffocation death from the same disease. More..
Plantation attorney acquitted in federal mortgage fraud case - Russell Koonin & Allan B. Kaiser
A Plantation attorney was acquitted of 13 counts of bank fraud Thursday, after a federal jury found that she did not knowingly participate in a mortgage loan scam that cost three banks $7.9 million. More...
Miami Herald, Article, "DuPont Retold to Pay a Family- $4 Million Award Against DuPont Reinstated" - Jim Ferraro
Daily Business Review, Article, “Women Diagnosed with Cancer Wins Asbestos Claim” – Juan Bauta & Case Dam
LawyersUSA, Article, “3.6M for second hand Asbestos plaintiff” – Juan Bauta & Case Dam
Jury holds tobacco company accountable for smoker's diseases
Julie Reese began smoking cigarettes in 1939, at age 10. She soon became addicted to nicotine, and by age 16, she was smoking about one pack per day. In 1994, at age 65, Reese was diagnosed with Stage II squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx. She underwent radiation treatment but faces the possibility of a recurrence. In 2003, at 74, Reese was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which has become severe. Her prognosis is poor.
Plum Magazine interview with Jim Ferraro
Supporting Make-A-Wish Foundation(r) of Southern Florida - Jim Ferraro
The Wall Street Journal Tax Whistle blower - Scott Knott & Gregory Lynam
Maybe it's your brother-in-law, who has a new Mercedes and likes to quip that only fools pay all their taxes. Or else a contractor who overcharged for a home renovation and then demanded you make the check payable to "cash." Or perhaps your company's chief tax inaccountant, who is cutting corners to boost his bonus. More..
Tax Whistleblower Action Claims $1 Billion Underpayment by Fortune 500 Company
A submission to the Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower's Office alleges that a Fortune 500 company represented by Ernst & Young LLP entered into a series of transactions to improperly reduce its taxes by more than $1 billion, two attorneys representing the whistleblower told BNA Oct. 11. More...
Federalist Society Panel - Jeffrey H. Sloman
Last night the Federalist Society hosted an event at the Banker's Club entitled "War Zone or Crime Scene: Walking the Tightrope of Justice Ten Years After September 11th." More..
How the Sept. 11 attacks changed Justice Department operations
Present and former U.S. attorneys in the Southern District of Florida recalled how the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks turned the office upside down and permanently changed the federal approach to criminal justice. More..
Daily Business Review, Article, “Ex-Prosecutors Drafted for White-Collar Work” - Jeffrey H. Sloman, Allan B. Kaiser, Melissa Damian Visconti, Russell Koonin
Trail Lawyer of The Year Finalist, 1997 – Jim Ferraro
Florida Magazine, Article, “Jim Ferraro Working for the Public Good” – Jim Ferraro
Daily Business Review, Article, “Confidential Settlement Reached Over Doctor’s Death by Cancer” – David Jagolinzer
Fighting for Public Justice - Trial Lawyers of The Year Award Finalist and Winners – Jim Ferraro
Make-a-Wish foundation - Active in the Community - Jim Ferraro
Mercury Autism Connection - Have the Vaccine Manufacturers Poisoned Our Children? - Jim Ferraro
Trial Lawyers Doing Public Justice - Jim Ferraro
University of Miami Momentum 2008, “The James L. Ferraro Endowed Scholarship” – Jim Ferraro
Castillo v. DuPont, “Blind Justice” – Jim Ferraro
Florida Magazine - Jim Ferraro
Castillo v. DuPont - The Role of the Jury in Post-Frye/Daubert Litigation – Jim Ferraro
The Buoniconti Fund – Paralysis Fund Raiser Event - Jim Ferraro
