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.
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