Attorney Profile

Robert B. Boyers

Robert Boyers

Hannon & Boyers, P.A.
1395 Brickell Avenue, Suite 980
Miami, FL 33131
Contact Contact Robert B. Boyers
T: 305-358-3109
F: 305-373-2823

Visit: www.hannonboyers.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (40%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (40%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (20%)
Industry Groups: American Association Of Justice, American Bar Association, Dade County Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Florida Justice Association, Miami Dade Justice Association, New York State Bar Association, New York State Trial Lawyers' Association
Law School: Emory School of Law

Profile

Robert Boyers is a founding shareholder of Hannon & Boyers, P.A., and represents clients in medical malpractice, products liability and catastrophic personal injury cases. He holds an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been repeatedly recognized as a Top Lawyer in the South Florida Legal Guide, as one of Florida's Legal Elite in Florida Trend Magazine and is listed as a Super Lawyer in the 2007 and 2009 issues of Florida Super Lawyers Magazine.  Mr. Boyers was also named as a Legal Impact Leader for South Florida in the August 2008 issue of Business Leader Magazine and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates forum.  He is a past-President of the Miami-Dade Justice Association (formerly the Dade County Trial Lawyers Association), is a Board Member of the Samantha Foundation (an organization devoted to child safety), sits on the Civil Rights Committee of the Anti-Defamation League and is a past Director of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. He is admitted to the state bars of Florida, New York and Connecticut.  Mr. Boyers writes and lectures frequently on civil trial matters and recently completed a chapter on cross-examining defense experts in traumatic brain injury cases to be published in the upcoming 2009 supplement to the treatise, Proving Mental and Emotional Injuries, James Legal Publishing.

Selected to:

Florida Super Lawyers 2009
Florida Super Lawyers 2007

About Robert Boyers

Admitted: 1996, Florida

Professional Webpage: www.hannonboyers.com/lawyer-attorney-1294796.html

Honors and Awards: AV Rated in Martindale Hubbell (since 1991); Named as a Legal Impact Leaders for South Florida by Business Leader Magazine for 2008; Florida Trend Magazine - Legal Elite 2006, 2007, 2008; Top Lawyer South Florida Legal Guide 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, South Florida Legal Guide Top "Up and Comer" in 2003; Florida Super Lawyer 2007, 2009; Member Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Special Licenses/Certifications: Admitted to Connecticut Bar 1990; New York Bar 1991; Florida Bar 1996.  Admitted to practice in the Federal Courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.
Bar/Professional Activity: Past-President, Miami Dade Justice Association ("MDJA") (formerly the "Dade County Trial Lawyers' Association"), 2007-2008; Vice-President MDJA, 2006-2007; Treasurer MDJA, 2005-2007; Secretary MDJA, 2004-2005; MDJA Board Member 1999-2008; Board Member Florida Justice Association (formerly "Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers"), 2003-2005; Member - Professionalism Committee, Dade County Bar Association, Member - Civil Rights Committee Anti-Defamation League, Member New York State Bar, Connecticut Bar, Florida Bar, Miami Dade Justice Associatoni, Florida Justice Association, American Bar Assocation, American Association of Justice, New York State Trial Lawyers' Association, and the Dade County Bar Association.
Pro bono/Community Service: Member Civil Rights Committee of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith, 2000-present; Member Board of Directors and Executive Committe member of The Samantha Foundation (an organization devoted to advancing the cause of child safety), 2007-2008.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Psychological Malpractice, University of Miami Graduate Program in Clinical Psychology, 1997; Guest Lecturer, Law and Abnormal Psychology, University of Miami, 1998; Guest Lecturer, New York State Bar Association, NYC, NY, "Demonstrative Evidence - The Latest and Greatest," 2001 and Printed in Do Or Die - Trial Skills Seminar Volume, May 18, 2001; Dade County Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter, Miami, Fl, "A Few Words on Cross Examination of the "IME Doctor," June 2002; Lecturer, International Bar Association,  "The Lawyer and the Neuropsychologist - Managing the Process and Each other," San Francisco, 2003  (also Demonstrated Techniques for Effective Cross Examination of Neuropsychologist Experts); Damages In Florida Civil Trial Practice, National Business Institute, "Plaintiff's Tactics for Maximizing Damages at Trial," August 2000, Re-printed 2003; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, "Advance Trial Skills Seminar," Chairperson and Moderator, Orlando, Fl, Fall 2003; AJ Cone Trial Advocacy Institute, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, "Cross Examination of the Defense Medical Expert," Orlando, Fl, August 2004; Dade County Trial Lawyers Newsletter, Editor-in-Chief, 2002-2004 (authored multiple articles); Florida International University College of Law, Mock Trial Judge/Lecturer; 2005; South Florida Legal Guide, "Trying Your First Case?  Don't Panic!"  2006 (R. Boyers and J. Hannon); Dade County Trial Lawyers Association, "Cross Examination of the Adverse Medical Expert," (Re-printed and updated from AJ Cone 2004),Seminar Chairperson and Moderator, Miami, Fl, October 2006; South Florida Legal Guide, "Proving Brain Injury," 2007 (R. Boyers and J. Hannon); "Malpractice - The Consequences of Not Listening," Comprehensive Health Solutions', National Summit on Quality/Performance Management and Improvement, Orlando, Fl,  Jan 2007 (R. Boyers and J. Hannon); The Miami Daily Business Review, "An Affront to Our Civil Justice System," (Op Ed), April 23, 2007; Florida Justice Association's 2008 Medical Negligence Seminar, "Assessing the Risk - When and How to Litigate a Medical Malpractice Case," Weston, Florida, winter 2008; Miami Dade Justice Association Newsletter, "President's Message" (multiple articles, 2007-2008); authored chapter on Cross-Examining Defense Experts in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases, upcoming suppl. to Proving Mental and Emotional Injuries, James Legal Publishing.
Verdicts and Settlements: Please see website at www.hannonboyers.com 
Video: Please see website at www.hannonboyers.com 
Educational Background: Mr. Boyers is a 1990 graduate of the Emory University School of Law.  He attended college at the State University of New York, Albany and the City University of New York, Queens College.  He received his B.A. in 1986, was on Dean's list, mulitple semesters, was a member of the Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society and received Departmental Honors in Political Science. 

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