Primary Office

777 South Flagler Drive
Suite 500 East

West Palm Beach, Florida
33401-6194

P: (561) 650-0561

F: (561) 655-5677

natkinson@gunster.com

Nicole Atkinson is a shareholder who joined the firm in 1999.

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Practice Areas[ - ]

• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Professional Malpractice Litigation
• Products Liability Defense
• Real Property Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Estate, Trust & Guardianship Litigation

Education[ - ]

• University of Florida College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1998
• Universite de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, summer 1998
• University of Florida, B.S., with honors, 1995

Honors[ - ]

• The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2011-12
• Real Estate Litigation, Trust & Estate Litigation, 2012
• Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, 2009, 2011
• Highest score on the Florida Bar Examination, Fourth DCA, February, 1999

Seminars & Presentations[ - ]

• “Malpractice and Related Issues,” Lorman Education Services, 2000

Publications[ - ]

• “Arguing Preemption in the 11th Circuit Post-Levine,” Product Liability Law 360 (September 15, 2009)
• “Challenging Expert Witness Testimony in Florida Products Liability Cases Under Frye,” Florida Bar Journal, 2007

Professional Associations & Memberships[ - ]

• Palm Beach County Bar Association
• Judicial Relations Committee, Co-chair, 2011-12
• Corporate Counsel Committee, 2010-11, 2011-12
• Judicial Spokesperson Sub-Committee, Chair, 2010-11
• Craig S. Barnard, American Inn of Court LIV, Board of Trustees, 2010-11
• Defense Research Institute:  Drug and Medical Device Committee and Product Liability Committee
• The Florida Bar:  Business Law Section, Cyber and Computer Law Committee
• Florida Association for Women Lawyers

Bar Admissions[ - ]

The Florida Bar, 1999

Court Admissions[ - ]

• U.S. Supreme Court, 2007
• U.S. Court of Appeals
• Eleventh Circuit, 2000
• U.S. District Court
• Middle District of Florida, 2000
• Northern District of Florida, 1999
• Southern District of Florida, 1999

Civic & Community Service[ - ]

• Hospice Foundation of Palm Beach County, Palm Beach Membership, 
  Vice President of Board, 2010-11, 2011-12
• Palm Beach Community Chest United Way, Allocation Committee, 2003-11
• Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County, Co-chair of Raise the Bar Event,
  2011-12
• Historical Society of Palm Beach County