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ATTORNEY CAROL AVARD handles Personal Injury, Social Security and other Disability cases, as well as Employment Discrimination cases. She received her B.A. degree from Harvard University in l97l and attended Radcliffe Institute from l967 to l970. She received her Juris Doctorate degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in l980. She is licensed to practice law in Florida and Massachusetts, and is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives. She is also admitted to the Court of Veterans Appeals, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and for the District of Massachusetts. She has lectured in Miami and Tampa to attorneys participating in The Florida Bar's Continuing Legal Education courses. The firm has numerous published cases. She has been a member of the Medical Malpractice, Social Security, Federal Torts, and Motor Vehicle Collision sections of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. She has also been a member of the Bad Faith, Disability Law, Employment Law, ERISA Litigation, Insurance Law, Medical Negligence, Nursing Home, PI/Wrongful Death, Products Liability, Professional Negligence, and Social Security Disability Law sections of The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. |
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ATTORNEY DOUGLAS D. MOHNEY has handled Personal Injury, Social Security, Long Term Disability, and Employment Discrimination cases since l992. He received his Juris Doctorate degree from Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University in l992. He also received his B.A. degree from Western Michigan University in l989. He is admitted to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the Eastern and Western District Court of Michigan, as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Before coming to Avard Law Offices, he worked for the 20th Judicial Circuit Court assisting with sentencing and criminal appeals in Fort Myers. In l987, he graduated from the Kalamazoo Valley Regional Police Academy. He is a member of The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He is a very active member of the Harley Davidson Owners Group. He is also a member of The Florida Bar Consumer Protection Law Committee and member of the Southwest Florida Trial Lawyers Association.
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ATTORNEY KAREN L. NIXON received her Bachelor’s degree from American University in Washington, D.C., her Juris Doctorate degree in 1994 from Suffolk University in Boston, MA, and is licensed to practice law in Florida. In Massachusetts, she worked with South Coastal Counties Legal Services Corp. for ten years, representing clients with Medicare, Social Security Disability, landlord/tenant and domestic issues.
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ATTORNEY A.PORTER WINSTON attended Sarah Lawrence College, received her Bachelor's degree from Boston University and her Juris Doctorate degree from Franklin Pierce Law Center in 1980. She was Senior Legal Counsel for the State of Florida, Dept. of Childrens and Families from 1990 to 2006. She also has experience working with the injured and disabled from 1980-1989 while in private practice in the State of Maine and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
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