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Downtown West Palm Beach
Esperanté Building
222 Lakeview Avenue
Suite 210
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: (561) 659-3300
Fax: (561) 659-1911 |
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| Donna M. Greenspan |
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 bio  email  vcard  561-659-2216
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dgreenspan@schwarzberglaw.com |
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Donna M. Greenspan, AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell, focuses her practice on insurance coverage disputes and bad faith, employment law, business torts, and intellectual property litigation. Donna counsels and represents clients in complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts at both the trial court and appellate court level. Donna is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a Specialist in both Business Litigation and Appellate Practice. After graduating from law school at the top of her class, she clerked for the Honorable Barbara J. Pariente, now a Florida Supreme Court Justice.
Donna was formerly with Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, in its West Palm Beach office. |
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Areas of Experience
- Insurance Coverage Disputes arising from construction defect/commercial general liability, environmental and professional liability policies
- Employment Law
- Appeals
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Complex Commercial Litigation
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Significant Representations
- Lead EAPD attorney for insurer in seminal construction defect coverage case, U.S. Fire v. JSUB, 979 So. 2d 871, 878 (Fla. 2007), where Florida Supreme Court considered applicability of commercial general liability policy to faulty work of subcontractor.
- As lead attorney for one of insurers in Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Lone Star Industries, 290 Conn. 767 (Conn. 2009), argued to Connecticut Supreme Court the applicability of pollution exclusion to asbestos and silicosis claims.
- Successfully defended claims arising under director and officer, professional liability, and commercial general liability policies.
- Obtained summary judgment in multi-million dollar breach of contract claim in federal court.
- Successfully moved to set aside a judgment, previously affirmed on appeal, that granted specific performance on a contract. The court not only set aside the judgment, but also dismissed the plaintiff's action with prejudice. Donna then successfully defended the order of dismissal on appeal.
- Successfully represented clients in copyright and trademark infringement litigation.
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Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
- 2009 MC Consultants East Region Construction Defect & Construction Law Conference - Speaker. Click here for brochure.
- "Florida Court Finds Coverage For Faulty Subcontractor Work Under CGL Policy," author, National Underwriter Property & Casualty, January 2009. Click here to read the article.
- "Auditors' failure to issue going-concern opinion not liable for damages under 'deepening insolvency' theory," co-author with Alfred Kritzman, CPA Mutual, August 2008. Click here to read the article.
- "It’s not just 'income' anymore" Of Mutual Interest, CPA Mutual Insurance Company of America, December 15, 2007. Click here to read the article.
- "Recent rulings turn tide; insurers regain some attorney-client privilege," co-author, Daily Business Review, August 7, 2007. Click here to read the article.
- "Florida Appellate Court Holds That Injured Third Party Suing Tortfeaser's Insurer for Bad Faith is Not Entitled to Privileged Communications Between Insured, Insurer, and their Joint or Separate Counsel," Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, June 14, 2007.
- "Bad Faith Claims and Discovery in the Sunshine State," co-author, Global Broker Magazine, June, 2007. Click here to read the article.
- "Debate continues over national catastrophe fund," co-author, Florida Real Estate Journal, May 31, 2007. Click here to read the article.
- "Florida Appellate Court Recognizes New Statutory Bad Faith Cause of Action in Medical Malpractice Claims," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, May 22, 2007.
- "Courts May Consider Whether Cost of Repair Exceeds Value to Determine Whether Building is "Total Loss" Under Florida's Valued Policy Law," co-author, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Client Advisory, May 21, 2007.
- "The importance of identifying and limiting the intended users of an accountant's work product," Of Mutual Interest, CPA Mutual Insurance Company of America, December 20, 2006. Click here to read the article.
- "IFRS 'Revolution' to Sweep Across the European Union," Edwards & Angell Insurance & Reinsurance Update, December 2004.
- "When the Domain Name of an Insured Allegedly Infringes a Trademark, Is There A Duty to Defend?," Edwards & Angell Insurance & Reinsurance Update, Summer 2004.
- "Taking Cover under the Carmack: How to Limit an Interstate Motor Carrier's Liability for Damaged or Lost Shipments," Edwards & Angell Insurance & Reinsurance Update, Fall 2003.
- "Rescuing a Domain Name," Edwards & Angell Intellectual Property Bulletin, 2000.
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Professional and Community Involvement
- Donna has won several awards for her community involvement, including the Legal Aid Society's "And Justice for All" Pro Bono Award and the AVDA and YMCA National Domestic Violence Awareness Award
- Member, Florida Bar
- Member, Palm Beach County Bar Association
- NovaSoutheastern University, Former Adjunct Instructor, Accounting for Lawyers
- Leadership Palm Beach County, Class of 2005
- Former President, Vice-President, and Treasurer of Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Palm Beach County Chapter
- Former Group Leader and Co-Membership Chair, American Inns of Court
- Jewish Federation of PB County, Business & Professions Division
- Defense Research Institute
- Association of Professional Insurance Women
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Education
- J.D., summa cum laude, Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, 1995
- Master of Business Administration in Finance, With Distinction, Lubin Graduate School of Business at Pace University, 1985
- Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Magna cum laude, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, 1979
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Admitted to Practice
- Florida
- United States District Courts, including Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
- United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
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