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Stuart Sobel

Shareholder Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, De La Torre
201 Alhambra Circle  
Suite 1102
Coral Gables  FL 33134-5108
Email Address:  ssobel@siegfriedlaw.com
Direct Phone: (305) 460-2967
Company Phone: (305) 442-3334

Education

Undergraduate:  Brown University, 1975, A. B. Economics
Graduate:  ,

 AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell

2009 - Present - Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers

2007 - Present - Florida Super Lawyers

2009 - Present - America's Best Lawyers

2009 - Present - America's Who's Who of Construction Lawyers

 

 

Career History

  • 1995-Present: Shareholder in Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, De La Torre & Sobel, P.A. -- Trial, arbitration and appeal of construction and business disputes
  • 1983-1995: Founding shareholder in Sobel & Sobel, P.A. -- Trial, arbitration and appeal of construction, business and tort disputes
  • 1979-1983: Shareholder in Pertnoy, Greenberg & Sobel, P.A. -- Business litigation, at trial and appellate levels
  • 1978-1979: Assistant Dade County Attorney -- Tort litigation at trial and appellate levels

Professional Activities

  • Florida Bar Board Certified Construction Lawyer
  • Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by National Board of Trial Advocacy
  • Florida Supreme Court Certfied Circuit Civil Mediator
  • Member, American Bar Association Forum on Construction Industry
  • Member, Dade County Bar Association
  • Member, Panel of Construction Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association
  • Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers

Representative Articles, Publications, Speeches and Seminars

  • "Forum Matters - Considerations in Choosing Whether and How to Litigate (Jury or Non-Jury) or Arbitrate Construction Disputes" - 2011 ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Mid-Year Meeting
  • "The Electronic Courtroom and the Paperless Trial" - 2006 ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting
  • "The Modified Total Cost Method of Determining Damages" - Construction Lawyer, Fall 2001
  • "Risk Allocation Between the Design-Builder and the Trade Contractor" (with Stanley Sklar) - Chapter 3.01 in Design Build Contracting Handbook 2d, Wiley Law, 2001
  • "Risk Allocation Between the Design-Builder and the Trade Contractor" - ABA Forum Committee Breakfast, April 27, 2001
  • "Construction Work for the Government After Miorelli -- Has Anything Really Changed?" - February, 1999
  • "Construction Law for Attorneys in Florida" - Seminar Lecture Materials, May, 1999
  • "Fla.St. §713.245 Conditional Payment Bonds - Panacea or Pandora? - Florida Bar Journal, Volume LXXII, No. 9, October, 1998, March, 1998
  • "Arbitration in the Construction Industry" - Chapter 9 of Florida Construction Law, Liens and Bonds, Professional Education Systems, Inc. 1997

Speeches, Panel Discussions, Seminars

  • American Bar Association - Forum on the Construction Industry / TIPS Fidelity and Surety Law Conference, San Francisco, California - January 2004 - A Consideration of Procedural Aspects of Arbitration
  • Florida Construction Law, Professional Educational Systems, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida - November 2003
  • International Council of Shopping Centers United States Law Conference, Palm Desert, California - October 2003 - What to Do Before the Wheels Come Off
  • Florida Construction Law, Professional Educational Systems, Inc., Tampa, Florida - March 2003
  • International Council of Shopping Centers Centerbuild Conference, Scottsdale, AZ - December 2002
  • International Council of Shopping Centers United States Law Conference Boca Raton, Fla. - October 2002
  • International Council of Shopping Centers Law for Non-Lawyer Seminar Tampa, Fla. - March 2002
  • International Council of Shopping Centers Centerbuild Conference, Scottsdale, AZ - December 2001
  • American Bar Association - Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Reception, San Francisco, CA - April 2001
  • International Council of Shopping Centers Florida Law Conference - Orlando, FL - October 2000 - Construction Contracts and Architectural Agreements
  • International Council of Shopping Centers - Florida Retail Lease Symposium - June 2000 - Drafting and Negotiating Construction Contracts for Leases - Protecting the Landlord or Tenant in their Dealings with Contractors and Architects
  • International Council of Shopping Centers Florida Law Conference, October 1999 - Balancing Competing Interests: How a Contractor Gets Paid for Tenant Improvements vs. How an Owner Avoids Getting Stuck When Its Tenant Does Not Pay Its Contractor for Improving Its Space
  • Lorman Education Services - May 1999 - Construction Law for Attorneys In Florida
  • International Council of Shopping Centers ICSC Centerbuild Conference - December, 1998 - A Comparative Analysis of the 1997 Changes to the AIA General Conditions to the Contract for Construction

Court Admissions

  • Florida Bar, 1978, Bar # 262382
  • Georgia Bar, 1993, Bar # 666277
  • United States District Court, Southern District of Florida,1978; Trial Bar, 1985
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1987
  • United States Court of Federal Claims, 2000
  • United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1979
  • United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1981
  • United States Supreme Court, 1984
  • United States Court of Appeal, 3rd Circuit, 2007

Community Activities

 Stuart has served as the President of the Bal Harbour Civic Association since 2007 and was selected to serve as a Member of the Bal Harbour Village Residential Advisory Committee in 2011.