Beth-Ann E. Krimsky

Practice Areas

Litigation

Class Action Defense

Land Use & Zoning

Entertainment & Sports

Career

Beth-Ann E. Krimsky is a seasoned commercial litigator and trial attorney whose practice includes a wide variety of business cases including complex real estate and land use litigation, commercial disputes, fraud-based litigation, class action defense, estate and probate law litigation and marketing, privacy and compliance matters throughout the nation. She has a history of defeating class actions at many stages of the process and bringing early resolution to cases that warrant it to save client time and money. Her practice includes trial work in both federal and state courts as well as alternative dispute resolution forums such as arbitration proceedings. While litigating at all levels of the court system, Ms. Krimsky also serves as a role model to attorneys she has helped to mentor both at Greenspoon Marder and in her more global community work.

Ms. Krimsky’s experience defending companies facing complex class actions has brought her to both state and federal courts throughout the country covering a broad range of industries, including retail promotions, credit card processing, social media, vacation sales and other industries operating under a significant regulatory program. Ms. Krimsky’s land use and real estate litigation practice includes trial court litigation as well as representation of clients in quasi-judicial proceedings before city and county commissions and/or government bodies. She also has extensive experience pursuing, litigating and succeeding in claims under the Bert J. Harris Act and obtaining extraordinary writs of mandamus and petitions for writ of certiorari throughout the state.

Ms. Krimsky also serves as local counsel for many out-of-state law firms and companies with Florida matters helping to address contract disputes, unfair and deceptive trade practice claims, fraud claims, bank disputes, technology-based claims (including social media and cryptocurrency) and real estate-related disputes by way of example.

Ms. Krimsky’s estate and probate litigation experience is based in Florida and she has addressed significant disputes at all stages of a potential claim for a variety of family members including assessing claims at the start and litigating claims to resolution.

Ms. Krimsky has been named by the Daily Business Review, an ALM publication, as "Attorney of the Year," “Top 20 South Florida Women in Law,” and as an “Influential Business Women” by the South Florida Business Journal. In 2010, she was awarded the “Key Partner” award by the South Florida Business Journal who found Ms. Krimsky to be among the best in her field by providing the highest quality of service to her clients while exhibiting the highest levels of professionalism and ethics.

Professional Memberships

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation and Memorial Hospital Foundation,

Vice Chair, 2023 – Present

Executive Board Member, 2020 – Present

Board of Directors, 2019 – Present

Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation,

Leadership Council for I Care I Cure Childhood Cancer Foundation, 2020

I Care I Cure Childhood Cancer Foundation,

President, 2008 – 2019

City of Plantation Planning and Zoning, Board Member

Coalition Against Childhood Cancer (CAC2), Inaugural Board Member

The Florida Bar Foundation, Fellow

The Harvard Club of Broward County, Member

The Harvard Law School Association of South Florida, Member

Broward County Bar Association, Member

Leadership Fort Lauderdale, Inaugural Class

25th Reunion, University of Rochester, Co-Chair

Ramat Shalom, Executive Board of Directors

Experience

Represented national telecommunication providers and electronic media companies in connection with contract and performance disputes as well as privacy related claims.

Represented real estate investors and developers in defense of a $12 million claim that also sought additional punitive damages through and after a jury defense verdict in favor of her clients.

Represented commercial and residential landowners in disputes regarding purchase and sale agreements, leases, operation of shopping centers, condominium hotel governance and local government interactions.

Represented family members adverse to each other in significant multi-million-dollar estate claims.

Represented marketing service businesses and consumer financial providers in relation to e-commerce and phone sales, including the defense of single plaintiff and class actions under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and other regulatory environments.

Represented a manufacturer of automobile related products in defense of a federal nationwide ADA class action, impacting over 1,500 retail outlets and involving a federal consent decree.

Represented online retailers in connection with business disputes with vendors and suppliers.

Represented South Florida companies in connection with disputes arising from business formation and employment matters.

Represented a manufacturer of a pool safety product in a contractual dispute with one its major distributors, including a two-week long arbitration.

Represented a manufacturer in a dispute with a foreign supplier regarding the delivery of a product that was claimed to have not met the requested specifications which include the application of the CISG (United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods).

Publications

Co-Author, "Her Story: The Resilient Woman Lawyer’s Guide to Conquering Obstacles, Book 2," January 12, 2024

Greenspoon Marder Client Alert: Where is the Injury and Where Does the TCPA Mention Texts? – Nowhere –, August 29, 2019

“Is Your Store, Shopping Center, Restaurant, Office or Other Place of Public Accommodation Ripe for Suit Under the ADA?,” August 2004

“E-Mails: The Indestructible and Potentially Explosive (Paper) Trail,” February 2005

Education

Awards