FLABOTA

Published on: July 26, 2011

Jeff Garvin Awarded “Trial Lawyer of the Year” at FLABOTA Annual Convention

Each year, the Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (FLABOTA) presents the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award to one individual that has exemplified their selection criteria: being an excellent advocate with a distinguished career, having a superb reputation of high ethics and fair play, and having achieved outstanding results for his or her clients. A lawyer can only receive the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award once in his or her career. Part of the esteemed award includes a $5,000.00 cash donation to the law school of the recipient’s choosing.

Members of FLABOTA select the recipient of the award, and this year Jeff Garvin, of the Garvin Injury Law with offices in Fort Myers and Fort Lauderdale, received the once in a lifetime honor. Garvin chose his alma mater and Jennifer Zedalils of the University of Florida College of Law was on hand to receive the cash portion of the award.

The Garvin Injury Law focuses their practice on personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death law. Garvin was a charter member of the local FLABOTA Chapter and is the immediate past president of the statewide organization. Garvin has been recognized for taking aggressive measures to help stop legislative initiatives that threatened to harm the Florida court system and impair the independence of the judiciary.

Published on: August 5, 2009

Southwest Florida Trial Lawyer, Jeffrey Garvin sworn in as FLABOTA President

by Leland Garvin

The Garvin Injury Law is proud to announce that Fort Myers attorney Jeff Garvin was sworn in as President of the Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates at its Annual Convention in Longboat Key, Florida on July 25th.

Jeff Garvin Sworn in as FLABOTA President

ABOTA is an invitation only national organization of trial attorneys dedicated to preserving the independence of the judiciary and the right to trial by jury.

At the convention, Mr. Garvin spoke on the topic of the cross examination of expert witnesses.

Published on: August 9, 2008

Jeffrey R. Garvin Appointed President-Elect of FLABOTA

by Leland Garvin

On August 1st, Jeffrey R. Garvin of Fort Myers, Florida, was appointed president-elect of FLABOTA. FLABOTA is the Florida chapter of ABOTA; American Board Of Trial Advocates, which is an organization of civil Judges and Attorneys from both sides, who are working to preserve the civil jury system in America. Click here for more info on ABOTA. “The general purpose of ABOTA is to foster improvement in the ethical and technical standards of practice in the field of advocacy to the end that individual litigants may receive more effective representation and the general public be benefited by more efficient administration of justice consistent with time-tested and traditional principles of litigation.”