Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder, since 2003

Lawyer Overview

David Rothstein is an AV-rated lawyer who focuses his law practice on complex-commercial litigation and plaintiff-side class-action litigation. Mr. Rothstein has routinely been named a "Top Lawyer" by the South Florida Legal Guide.

Mr. Rothstein served on the Ad Hoc Committee for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit's Business Litigation Division. That committee established the framework and procedures for Miami-Dade County's Business Litigation Division, which was established in 2006.

In March 2003, he was recognized as a contributor to the article Establishing Injury By Reason Of' Racketeering Activity: A Critical Analysis of the 11th Circuit's Per Se Detrimental Reliance Requirement and its Impact on RICO Class Actions, 77 Fla. B.J. 36 (March 2003).

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Class-Action Litigation

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Bad Faith Insurance, Business & Commercial Law, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Uniform Commercial Code, Business Organizations, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Wage & Hour Laws, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1995
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1996

Honors and Awards

• "Top Lawyers" List, South Florida Legal Guide, 2007 - Present
• Legal Elite List, Florida Trend Magazine, 2006 - Present
• "Up & Coming" Lawyers List, South Florida Legal Guide, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
• Florida Superlawyer, 2008 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• Hanzman & Criden, P.A., Partner, 2002 - 2003
• Hanzman & Criden, P.A., Associate Attorney, 2000 - 2001
• Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Associate Attorney, 1995 - 2000
• Office of the State Attorney, Certified Legal Intern, 1994
• Hon. William C. Turnoff, U.S. District Court-Magistrate Court, Judicial Intern, 1993

Education

• University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1995
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Dean's List
  
  Law Review: University of Miami Law Review, Member
• College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1992
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Dean's List
  Honors: Captain, Men's Varsity Basketball (1991-1992)
  Honors: Earned Three Varsity Letters
  Major: Political Science

Published Works

• The Salary Cap: A Legal Analysis of and Practical Suggestions for Collective Bargaining in Professional Basketball., 11 Univ. Miami Ent. & Sport L. Rev. 251, 1994
• Contributor, Establishing Injury "By Reason of" Racketeering Activity: A Critical Analysis of the 11th Circuit's Per Se Detrimental Reliance Requirement and Its Impact on RICO Class Actions., 77 Fla. B.J. 36, March, 2003

Address

Offices at Grand Bay Plaza
2665 South Bayshore Drive
Penthouse Two
Miami, FL 33133

Phones

(305) 374-1920

Faxes

(305) 374-1961

Emails

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Websites

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