Happy Holiday from La Cava Jacobson & Goodis
La Cava Jacobson & Goodis want to wish you a very Happy Holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year. May the holiday spirit be with you and your family today and throughout the New Year.
La Cava Jacobson & Goodis want to wish you a very Happy Holiday season and a peaceful and prosperous New Year. May the holiday spirit be with you and your family today and throughout the New Year.
La Cava Jacobson & Goodis is proud to announce Mark Messerschmidt and Amanda Smith as the firm’s newest partners.
Mark Messerschmidt practice is primarily focused on defending healthcare professionals, such as doctors, hospitals and other healthcare-related entities and providers.
Amanda Smith practice areas include medical malpractice, general liability, premises liability and automobile liability.
Jenifer Worley has been elected to The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). The FDCC is a professional trade association of vetted and premier defense and corporate counsel and industry executives dedicated to leading the profession by advancing the principles of integrity, professionalism, fair civil justice, and intellectual capital.
Wishing you hope, joy, peace, good health, favor, and love on this Thanksgiving Day. Good food that fills your table, good health as you work hard, and good times with your family and friends. Happy Thanksgiving from La Cava Jacobson & Goodis.
On this Veterans Day, La Cava Jacobson & Goodis wants to remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free. We thank each of you among us who have served, and those who are currently serving as well. Thank you for always protecting the country and the people.
Shareholder Jeffrey Goodis along with Brittany Hudson and Andrew Hudson spoke to a group of gastroenterologists about avoiding medical negligence claims. The theme of the presentation was teamwork and communication. Our lawyers encouraged the physicians to work closely with their physician extenders and staff to identify issues and work to resolve them. We would welcome the opportunity to present to your group as well.
La Cava Jacobson & Goodis would like to congratulate our law clerks, Kevin Heckman, Taylor Kinmon and Dylan Farrow on passing the Florida Bar exam. We applaud their outstanding achievements and welcome them as our newest Associates.
Congratulations to Jeffrey M. Goodis for being named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, St. Petersburg (2023). The Lawyer of the Year distinction is awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the Lawyer of the Year for each specialty and location.
Best Lawyers® announces the release of the 2023 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America™, which honor and celebrate the professional accomplishments of the top legal talent in the country who were selected by their peers through
Best Lawyers’ purely peer-review selection process.
Louis J. La Cava
Litigation – Insurance
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Kari K. Jacobson
Construction Law
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Jeffrey M. Goodis
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
David S. Nelson
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Jonathon P. Lynn
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Erin M. Diaz
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Tia J. Jones
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Mark R. Messerschmidt
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
LaCava Jacobson & Goodis, an “A.V.” rated medical malpractice and insurance defense firm, is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Miami, Florida.
The office will be helmed by Gregory Glasser, who will be joined by Mario Gomez, and will further the firm’s statewide footprint to better serve its’ clients. Messrs. Glasser and Gomez bring over 50 years of experience defending all types of general liability cases. In addition, the office opens with full support staff to meet our clients’ needs.
“We’re excited to be joining a firm with a statewide profile and one that is recognized for its high standard of excellence,” said Mr. Glasser. “Miami is a strategic market for our firm as it will allow us to better serve our clients and meet their ongoing needs in the State’s largest metropolitan area. Greg and his team have built a strong reputation in the Miami legal community and their practice and client base closely parallel the core practices and clients that LJG was founded upon” stated founding Shareholder, Louis J. LaCava.
Located in the Dadeland Commercial District, the new office brings LJG’s office count to 7 providing statewide and coast-to-coast coverage within the Sunshine State.
Gregory Glasser is active in the South Florida community, having served on the Board and as a Vice President at the Alper Jewish Community Center, and he sponsors multiple programs for Patches (a not-for-profit pediatric care center).
Mr. Glasser’s practice will focus on commercial litigation, catastrophic injury cases (premises liability, negligent security and motor vehicle accidents), insurance coverage disputes, and the defense of professional malpractice matters. His clients range from large insurance companies, banks and hotels, to individuals and their businesses.
Mario Gomez is an experienced trial attorney having served as both defense counsel and in-house counsel throughout his career. Mr. Gomez’s practice focuses on catastrophic personal injury claims involving premises liability, automobile negligence, trucking, and negligent security. Mario has gained significant trial experience throughout his over two decade career. He has first-chaired dozens of cases to verdict.
Mr. Gomez has given dozens of seminars on issues of general liability defense, coverage matters and bad faith litigation. He is an active member of the Florida Bar. Since joining La Cava Jacobson & Goodis, Mario will continue handling general liability defense, automobile liability defense, insurance issues, and general civil litigation matters.
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La Cava Jacobson & Goodis handles litigation and appeals in all Florida state and federal courts.
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