Michael N Kreitzer

Practice Areas

Litigation

Trial Practice

Trusts & Estates Litigation

Career

Michael N. Kreitzer, Co-Chair of the Miami Trial Practice and a trial lawyer for more than three decades, represents many national and international businesses and prominent individuals in their most consequential disputes. He has tried many jury and non-jury trials to final verdict and/or judgment in both federal and state courts throughout Florida and nationally. He also represents clients in arbitration proceedings and other alternative dispute resolution forums. His practice focuses on a wide range of business related disputes in the areas of contracts, real estate and real property law, business partnerships, and shareholder conflicts, including liability claims brought against directors and officers. Michael also has a very active practice in the areas of construction litigation, commercial real estate development litigation, trademark disputes and the representation of financial institutions and special servicers. He also appears regularly in both state and federal appellate courts.

Michael’s aggressive style coupled with his highly-focused pretrial and trial strategies have earned him many accolades in peer reviewed publications, such as Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Benchmark Litigation and Florida Super Lawyers. He is Board Certified in Business Litigation by the Florida Bar since 1997.

Concentrations:

Business litigation

Financial institution litigation

Construction litigation

Shareholder and partnership disputes

Professional Memberships

-Member, American Bar Association, 1987-Present; Member, Construction Law Section; Member, Litigation Pretrial Practice & Discovery Section, 1987-Present; Member, Federal Rules Revision Subcommittee.

-Member, Dade County Bar Association, 1987-Present.

-Member, The Florida Bar, 1987.

-Member, Board of Directors, Friends of WLRN- TV and Radio [the National Public Radio affiliate for South -Florida], 2005-2015; Chair, Board of Directors, 2010-2015; Chairman Emeritus, 2015-Present.

-Member, Wolfsonian-FIU Advisory Board, 2011-2018; Chairman, 2011-2015; Chairman Emeritus, 2015-Present.

-Member, United Way of Miami-Dade, 2012-Present.

Executive Cabinet Member of the Tocqueville Society, 2017-Present

Publications

Chambers USA, “Litigation: General Commercial,” 2006-Present

Personal

J.D., with honors, The George Washington University Law School, 1987

B.S., Business Administration and Computer and Information Sciences, magna cum laude, University of Florida, 1984