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Heriberto (Herb) Borroto

Medical Malpractice Law

E Ponce De Leon Blvd, Miami, FL 33134, USA

Mr. Borroto is a partner and heads the firm’s Medical Negligence Division. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Mr. Borroto graduated from the University of Miami in 1983 with Bachelors degrees in Chemistry and Biology. Subsequently, he attended and graduated from medical school at the Universidad Technologica de Santiago with his M.D. degree. With this medical degree, Mr. Borroto is uniquely qualified to handle medical malpractice claims. After completing medical school, Mr. Borroto returned to Miami where he worked for a local physician malpractice insurance company assisting in the defense of medical malpractice claims. He became a licensed adjuster in the State of Florida. Intrigued by the medical-legal field, he decided to study law at St. Thomas University where he attained his J.D. degree with honors in 1990. Mr. Borroto’s legal career has included both the defense of healthcare professionals as well as representing clients in lawsuits against these individuals. He is one of the few attorneys that have actual experience on both sides of the fence as well as holding both an M.D. and J.D. degree. This makes him uniquely qualified to handle the complex issues that arise in medical malpractice cases. During his years practicing as a plaintiff’s attorney, he has recovered over $60 million for his clients.

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Jacqueline Pons

Jacqueline Pons

Distinguished Lawyer

Family and Divorce Law

SW 73rd Pl, Miami, FL 33144, USA

Pons Law PA is a law firm based in Miami-Dade County, providing legal representation for matters regarding Family Law, Estate Planning, and Landlord/Tenant disputes and transactions. Additionally, Jacqueline has had extensive experience in Healthcare Law on both a Federal and State Compliance level. Prior to becoming an attorney, Jacqueline had years of experience in these areas of law through her work as a certified paralegal. She received her paralegal Certificate from U.M. Law before beginning her legal education at Stetson Law where she received her J.D. It was during her work as a paralegal for a Family law solo practitioner where she received handson one on one training and developed a deep respect, admiration, and love for not only Family law but the legal profession as a whole. She is extremely dedicated to helping her clients achieve their goals and in providing care with the upmost compassion, respect, and understanding to the difficulties faced during these times.

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James Parker

Civil Litigation

100 SE 2nd Street, 2600, Miami, FL 33131

James K. Parker was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. Jim graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 1973. He is an AV-rated trial attorney that has been in litigation practice in southern Florida for 45 years. Jim is a named partner with the Firm and is also certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court Mediator and is a member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators. During his 45 years of practice, Jim has concentrated his efforts as a litigator representing clients in a broad range of disputes involving negligence, personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, professional liability, employment practices liability, broker’s errors and omissions, insurance coverage issues, declaratory actions, homeowners associations, condominium associations, construction defects and commercial litigation. Representative clients include Axis Insurance, AIG Insurance Companies, and Travelers Insurance Company. Most of Jim’s practice is devoted to the representation of insurers and their insureds, but his practice also includes the representation of Plaintiffs. After graduation from law school, Jim was appointed as an Assistant State Attorney under then State Attorney, Richard Gerstein. He then went into private practice representing clients in all levels of criminal defense matters. In 1976, he joined the law firm of Samuel M. Spatzer, P.A. practicing civil litigation. In 1982, Jim established his own firm in Coconut Grove, Florida. He became partner of Cohn, Parker & Cohn, P.A. in 1990. In 2004, he joined Boyd Richards Parker & Colonnelli, P.L. to participate in the handling of the firm’s many complex adversarial proceedings.

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