Attorney Profile

Joseph Kalbac, Jr.

Joseph Kalbac, Jr.

Colson Hicks Eidson
255 Aragon Avenue, 2nd Floor, PO Box 141108
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Contact Contact Joseph Kalbac, Jr.
T: 305-476-7400
F: 305-476-7444

Visit: www.colson.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (40%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (30%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (30%)
Industry Groups: Aviation, Medical Negligence, Motor Vehicle Collission, Personal Iinjury, Pharmaceutical Litigation, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Professional Negligence

Profile

Joseph J. Kalbac, Jr., has been a trial lawyer for more than twenty-three years.  During this time, he has focused his practice on serious personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, products liability, construction and other professional liability claims, and has litigated more than 100 jury trials and defended major insurance companies, multinational corporations, the State of Florida and various government entities.  For the first thirteen years of his practice, he represented defendants, and for the last ten years, he has exclusively represented plaintiffs, in cases involving catastrophic personal injury or wrongful death, in multiple cases resulting in multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.

Selected to:

Florida Super Lawyers 2007
Florida Super Lawyers 2006

About Joseph Kalbac, Jr.

Admitted: 1987, Florida

Bar/Professional Activity: Ad Hoc Trial Practices & Procedures Committee of Dade County Circuit Court, American Bar Association, American Board of Trial Advocates (Member since 2000, Treasurer 2002, Secretary 2003, President-Elect 2004, President 2005, National Board 2007-Present), American Association for Justice, American Journal of Trial Advocacy (Managing Editor 1985-1986), Coral Gables Bar Association, Dade County Bar Association (Director 1988-1990 and 1993-1995), Dade County Defense Bar Association (Treasurer 1994, Secretary 1995, Vice President 1996, President 1997), Florida Bar Association, Florida Bar 11th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee (Vice Chair 1999), Florida Justice Association, Miami-Dade Justice Association, USDC Southern District of Florida, USDC Middle District of Florida
Pro bono/Community Service: Advisory Board for the Miami Museum of Science, Board of Directors for Palmer Trinity School, Board of Directors for St. Thomas Episcopal Parish School, Senior Warden of St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Verdicts and Settlements: Slavin v. McKesson Corporation and Dr. Mario Nanes - Verdict in ecess of $38 Million, Neely:  Confidential Settlement in excess of $10 Million, Corboy:  Confidential Settlement in excess of $10 Million, Dionisio v. Almar Interservice Corp. and  AAA Cooper Transportation - Settlement in excess of $5 Million, Gamble v. Autobus Bourgeois Tours, Ltee; And Ronald Simoneau - Settlement in excess of $5 Million, Feely v. Cruise Solutions - Settlement in the amount of $8.5 Million
Educational Background: Undergraduate Education - University of Miami, Undergraduate Education - Vanderbilt University, Graduate Education - University of Miami, Graduate Education - Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, AL
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