Michael Cavendish

Michael Cavendish is a shareholder who joined the firm in 2007.

Practice Areas

• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Environmental Litigation
• Litigation Management Consulting

Representative Matters

Class action counsel to publicly traded bank holding company

Outside trial counsel to division of Fortune 100 bank

Lead environmental liability trial counsel to Florida private developers and real property owners

Litigation management consultant and external law department counsel for large and complex litigation management programs

Reported Cases

Jones v. ABN-AMRO Mortgage Group, 551 F.Supp.2d 400 (E.D. Pa. 2008)

Goebert v. Lee County, 510 F.3d 1312 (11th Cir. 2007)

Washington Mut. Bank v. Crest Mortg. Co., 418 F.Supp.2d 860 (N.D. Tex. 2006)

Washington Mut. Bank, FA v. American Financial Network, 414 F.Supp.2d 1155 (S.D. Fla. 2006)

Bullard v. Capital One, F.S.B., 288 F.Supp.2d 1256 (N.D. Fla. 2003)

Cytodyne Technologies, Inc. v. Biogenic Technologies, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 533 (M.D. Fla. 2003)

Education

University of Florida, J.D., 1998

University of Florida, M.A., 1995

Florida State University, B.S., 1993

Bar Admissions

The Florida Bar, 1998
Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, 2003-07

Professional Associations and Memberships

AV Rated as independently determined by Martindale Hubbell

American Bar Association
Ethics Subcommittee, Trial Evidence Committee, Chair, 2007-09

Jacksonville Bar Association
Environmental and Land Use Section, Chair, 2007-08

Chester Bedell American Inn of Court, alumnus

American Anthropological Association, Member -at-Large

Honors

Order of the Coif, Florida Chapter

Florida Trend, Legal Elite, 2005-08

Excellence in Legal Writing Award, The Florida Bar Journal, 2000

Civic and Community Service

Jacksonville Transportation Authority, Director, 2007

Community Connections of Jacksonville, Inc., Director, 2002-05

Publications

“Toward a ‘zero litigation’ theory,” National Law Journal, (July 7, 2008)

“The Parol Evidence Rule,” Evidence in Florida, 7th ed., (Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education), 2008

Coeur du Feu / Fireheart (Aventine Press 2008)

Orange Blossom Jurisprudence (Dragon Pub. 2007)

“Foundations of the Procuring Cause Doctrine,” The Florida Bar Journal, vol. 8, no. 5, May 2007

“Evidence, Ethics, Etiquette: Comment on Testimony in Post-Hearing Briefs," Proof, vol. 15, no. 3, Spring 2007

“Ducks & Drakes,” National Law Journal, Mar. 23, 2007

“Florida Common Law Jurisprudence,” The Florida Bar Journal, vol. 81, no. 1, Jan. 2007 (with Blake J. Hood)

“Diagonal Authority,” Florida Coastal Law Review, Fall 2006

“The Iconoclast Ethic,” The Bencher, Nov./Dec. 2006

“The College Point Principle,” Florida Coastal Law Review, Summer 2006

“Ad Fontes, Ad Astra, Ad Clementia,” The Bencher, Jul./Aug. 2006

“Fortress Arbitration: An Exposition of Functus Officio,” The Florida Bar Journal, vol. 80, no. 2, Feb. 2006

“Renovating Azam: A Proposal for Rebuilding the Reliance Test in Real Estate Torts,” The Florida Bar Journal, vol. 79, no. 11, Dec. 2005

“Civility in Written Advocacy,” The Bencher, Jul./Aug. 2005

“Understanding the First-to-File Rule and Its Anticipatory Suit Exception,” The Florida Bar Journal, vol. 75, no. 7, Jul./Aug. 2001

“Policing Terminal Illness Investing: How Florida Regulates Viatical Settlement Contracts,” The Florida Bar Journal, vol. 74, no. 2, Feb. 2000

“International Payments,” The Florida Bar Journal, Books, vol. 73, no. 9, Oct. 1999

“Rules for International Business,” Jacksonville Business Journal, vol. 14, no. 45, Aug. 13, 1999

“Drafting the International Sales Contract,” The Florida Bar Journal, Books, vol. 73, no. 7, Jul./Aug. 1999