Michael Acker has over 25 years of trial experience in all manner of personal injury litigation. He has been focused for much of that time on medical malpractice cases. Preventable medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to a Johns Hopkins study. It is his hope that holding the healthcare system responsible when something they do, or fail to do, results in harm will make every patient’s treatment safer in the future. In addition to medical malpractice cases, Mike also works tirelessly to achieve justice for those harmed by negligence in nursing home settings, in automobile and trucking accidents, and in commercial/ retail settings. Mike received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his law degree from Boston University School of Law. He began his career at a prestigious Fort Lauderdale insurance defense firm, achieving partnership early in his career. He was there for a dozen years before turning his focus to helping the injured. Mike has held the prestigious AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell for over 20 years. He has handled cases in nearly every county in Florida, and co-counseled with dozens of the finest lawyers in the country on cases in other states.

Attorney Erick Santana is co-founder of the personal injury firm Cecere Santana, PA. He has been evaluating personal injury cases for over 30 years and has successfully settled thousands of cases for his clients, in some instances collecting in excess of $1 million. Prior to becoming an attorney, he was employed for seven years as an insurance adjuster for State Farm Insurance Co. As a result of his previous employment within State Farm, Mr. Santana knows first-hand what challenges clients face when dealing with insurance companies, which differentiates him from most personal injury attorneys in the area. Mr. Santana uses his expertise and knowledge to work on his client’s behalf. Currently, his responsibilities at Cecere Santana include meeting with clients and explaining the legal issues associated with their cases, negotiation of settlements, trial preparation, and serving the firm’s growing Hispanic client base in the areas of personal injury law. Mr. Santana’s experience has made him an expert in the field of personal injury law and has been called upon by the local media for legal advice. Mr. Santana has been a guest on television and radio shows in South Florida as an expert in personal injury law and has taken part in live question and answer sessions, helping the audience better understand their case and legal rights. Mr. Santana received his Juris Doctorate degree Cum Laude from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Florida International University. He has lived in South Florida for more than 40 years and speaks Spanish fluently.

Maikel N. Eskander is the principal and owner of Capital Partners Law, a full-service business and real estate firm with offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Boca Raton. The firm handles a wide variety of commercial, real estate, and business litigation matters, including representation of small and mid-sized businesses, investors, developers, and owners. As the firm’s founding member, Mr. Eskander was recently recognized as an AV Preeminent Rated business attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, as well as receiving the Elite Lawyer Award for Business Law, and being recognized by Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation in 2021. He brings a wealth of knowledge & experience to the firm, including representation of numerous Fortune 500 companies and a track record of having never lost an appeal. Prior to opening Capital Law Partners, Mr. Eskander was a founding partner at Eskander Loshak LLP.

David is a versatile Florida attorney with a diverse background in corporate, trust, and investment law. He graduated from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was a finalist in the Charles C. Papy Moot Court Competition, and received highest honors in pretrial, trial, and business litigation skills. He possesses a substantial amount of pretrial, trial, and appellate litigation experience, having first chaired and second chaired multiple jury trials to verdict on both the plaintiff and defense side, while authoring a multitude of appellate briefs in Florida’s district courts of appeal, some of which resulted in precedent setting opinions. He currently advises high-net-worth individuals and families on business succession planning, asset protection, and investment decisions, and works closely with c-suite experts and national law firms on cases involving banking, investment, and wealth advisory disputes. David is also an active and respected member of the academic community, having lectured at the University of Miami School of Law on the subjects of appellate advocacy and upper-level legal research and writing, and personally coached and judged members of UM’s moot court team. He has spoken at City Hall and County Commission hearings, and authored several publications on appellate practice and fiduciary duty. David was also ranked as one of the top 25 junior tennis players in the United States, top 10 in the state of Florida, and was rated a 5 star recruit by the tennis recruiting network before attending the University of South Carolina on academic and athletic scholarship.

Jason focuses his practice on complex civil litigation involving business and real estate matters. In his business litigation practice, Jason has experience representing clients in matters involving the rights and obligations of shareholders, officers and directors, LLC members and managers, business partners, and other business stakeholders, the enforceability of restrictive covenants such as non-compete and confidentiality agreements, the collection of commercial debts, the application of state and federal laws governing consumer protection, unfair competition, trade secrets, copyrights, racketeering activity, and securities fraud, and a wide variety of other contract and business tort disputes. In his real estate litigation practice, Jason has experience representing clients in matters involving construction disputes (including owners, developers, design professionals, contractors and suppliers), commercial and residential landlord-tenant disputes, commercial and residential foreclosures, the enforceability of purchase-sale agreements, broker/agent entitlement to commissions, broker/agent duties and disclosure obligations, compliance with architectural / structural requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), condominium and homeowners association governance, equitable lien rights, title disputes, mortgage fraud, insurance claims and a range of other real estate related contract and tort issues. Jason also has experience representing clients in other civil litigation areas such as labor and employment disputes (including discrimination, wrongful termination and wage/hour claims), trust and estate disputes (including the duties of a trustee and matters of fraud or undue influence), and professional liability disputes (including malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims involving lawyers, accountants, real estate brokers/agents, insurance brokers/agents, design professionals such as architects and engineers, and healthcare providers such as hospitals and physicians). Jason is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). The CFE credential is conferred by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the world’s largest anti-fraud organization and provider of anti-fraud training and education. The mission of the ACFE is to reduce the incidence of fraud and white-collar crime and to assist ACFE membership in fraud detection and deterrence. Jason was born in Abington, Pennsylvania in 1982. He received a merit-based Founders Scholarship to attend Tulane University and graduated cum laude in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science in both Business Management and Legal Studies in Business. Jason then earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, graduating cum laude in 2007. During law school, Jason was selected to become a member of the Charles C. Papy, Jr. Moot Court Board and later served as a Moot Court Board Vice President administering the 2006 Negotiation Competition. In addition, he won the Fall 2005 Advanced Moot Court Competition and was a finalist in a 2006 American Bar Association Regional Negotiation Competition. Jason is involved in a variety of local organizations including as a Board Member of the B’nai B’rith Justice Unit # 5207, a member of the Broward County Bar Association, and a member of the Tulane Alumni Club of South Florida.

A founding partner of Kogan & DiSalvo and a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Darryl B. Kogan has extensive experience as a personal injury and accident attorney. Our law firm was established in 1994 and provides high-quality legal services to people in and around Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale and Boynton Beach. The Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum is limited to attorneys who have won multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. Less than 1 percent of all US attorneys belong to the Forum. Martindale-Hubbell is an independent, highly regarded lawyer profiling company, which uses peer reviews to rate its members. Martindale-Hubbell has given Mr. Kogan an AV rating – the highest awarded for legal ability and ethics. Mr. Kogan obtained his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Miami in 1983. He obtained a Master’s Degree in Business Administration in 1979 from the University of Denver and his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 1977 from Florida Atlantic University.

Mery Lopez has been helping people with Real Estate matters for over 10 years. Her dedication to her clients is only matched by her service to the local community. Attorney Lopez is a specialist in all areas of Real Estate transactions, litigation and negotiation. She works with both buyers and sellers. She handles short-sales and loss mitigation in distressed Real Estate transactions. She has represented both lenders and mortgage holders in hundreds of loan modifications. Her experience includes working on both sides of landlord tenant disputes. Many of her clients return time and time again and they are happy to provide references upon request. As the Managing Partner of her own firm, Mery Lopez has provided her clients with an exceptional level of service since 1991. Prior to starting her own law firm, Ms. Lopez was Senior Attorney/In-house Council with the Keyes Real Estate Company. In that role she facilitated the title closing process for her team, trained, marketed and developed team members and resolved numerous issues each and every day. In one of her most challenging roles, Ms. Lopez served as Senior Attorney-In House Counsel/Director of Corporate Pricing for Airborne Express from 1991 to 2001. As a company executive, Attorney Lopez managed over 280 million dollars in new business in the United States. She also researched and wrote memoranda of law to partners regarding legal issues covering all areas of contractual law, federal and state civil procedure, transportation procedure, jurisdictional questions, and professional responsibility questions. She handled dispute resolutions and negotiations with other counsel to achieve final contract acceptance. Her dedication to the community is easily apparent as she serves on Board of the Cuban Orthodox Organization, is a member of Southeast Florida Chamber of Commerce, and other Community Outreach Organizations. Ms. Lopez is politically active and is continuously fighting to help maintain the freedom that all of us currently enjoy. As a bilingual Cuban-American, Attorney Mery Lopez welcomes clients of all nationalities to her office on Miami Beach.

Ashley-Ann Clement, Esq., is the president and founder of Palmers Law, P.A. located here in South Florida. She lives by the motto "a goal without a plan is just a wish." By sticking to this motto, Mrs. Clement makes a formidable advocate for all her clients with the goal to leave every client satisfied.

Attorney Warner is a practicing lawyer in the state of Florida.