Stuart Sobel

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:  International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers

Florida Bar Board Certified in Construction Law

Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator (21924R)

Member, Panel Construction Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association

Member, American Bar Association Forum on Construction Industry

Member, Dade County Bar Association

• 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

• 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

Professional Affiliations

ABA Forum Committee on the Construction Industry,American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators,American Arbitration Association’s Large Complex Case Panel

• “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 Construction Law – Trial Skills Practicum: Jury Selection – Sept 2022
• American Bar Association – Forum on Construction Law – Persuading the Fact Finder: Effective Tools for the Courtroom and Arbitration – July 2022
• American Bar Association – Forum on Construction Law – Navigating Jury Selection in a Construction Case – March 2022
• American Institute of Steel Construction – Formula for Project Train Wreck – March 2022
• International Council of Shopping Centers Law Conference – “You Agreed to What?  Critical Provisions in Construction Contracts” – November 2021
• University of Kentucky Construction Law Institute Webinar -Trial of Complex Construction Cases – November 2020
• The Seminar Group, Miami, Florida – Preventing or Minimizing Construction Defect Litigation – May 2019
• American College of Construction Lawyers – “Ethical Issues in Joint Venture Representation and Damages” – February 2019
• American Bar Association – Forum on the Construction Law – Subcontractors, Subconsultants, Suppliers – Practicum on Orders of Proof – January 2018
• Florida Construction Law Institute – “Expert Opinion Testimony in Florida — Navigating the Mine Field” – March 2015
• Rotary Club of Bal Harbour, Bal Harbour, Florida – ” How to Survive a Construction Project at Your House or Condominium” – February 2015
• Greater Miami Risk Management Society – “”How Business and Property Owners Can Protect Themselves from Property and Business Losses Arising Out of Construction Related Activities” – November 2011
• American Bar Association – Forum on the Construction Industry – “When it Comes to the Lay of the Land, Forum Matters” October 2011
• International Council of Shopping Centers – United States Law Conference – “Negotiating the New AIA – What Really Matters” -January 2008
• American Bar Association – Forum on the Construction Industry – The Electronic Courtroom and Paperless Trial” May 2006
• American Bar Association – Forum on the Construction Industry / TIPS Fidelity and Surety Law Conference – January 2004 – A Consideration of Procedural Aspects of Arbitration
• Florida Construction Law, Professional Educational Systems, Inc. – November 2003
• International Council of Shopping Centers United States Law Conference – October 2003 – What to Do Before the Wheels Come Off
• Florida Construction Law, Professional Educational Systems, Inc. – March 2003
• International Council of Shopping Centers Centerbuild Conference – December 2002
• International Council of Shopping Centers United States Law Conference  – October 2002
• International Council of Shopping Centers Law for Non-Lawyer Seminar  – March 2002
• International Council of Shopping Centers Centerbuild Conference – December 2001
• American Bar Association – Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Reception – April 2001
• International Council of Shopping Centers Florida Law Conference – 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

• 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

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.