Detailed Experience Summary of J. Lester Kaney

Mr. Kaney has engaged almost exclusively in the area of civil litigation, including appellate practice, for his entire career. For approximately the first fifteen years of his career, he specialized in the defense of personal injury matters. In those years, his clients included USF&G, Southern Bell, Florida Power & Light, State Farm Casualty Insurance Company, Canal Insurance Co., Florida East Coast Railway, Wal-Mart, and a number of other insurance carriers and self-insured companies. Although concentrating in defense of insurance matters during the initial years of his career, Mr. Kaney has handled a wide variety of commercial, real estate, and probate litigation matters throughout his career.

In the late 1990's, Mr. Kaney elected to redirect his practice away from traditional insurance defense toward a business litigation practice that included business transaction litigation, employment litigation, professional liability (primarily insurance agents' errors and omissions), and probate litigation. In recent years, Mr. Kaney has served as lead counsel in federal jury trials involving claims of sex discrimination, race discrimination, and sexual harassment. Mr. Kaney has been approved by several major insurance companies to handle litigation of these types of cases under Employment Practices Liability Insurance policies. He is a charter member of the American Employment Law Council, which consists of in-house and outside counsel to many of the major corporations in the United States, and which is dedicated to keeping its members current on a vast array of employment law issues, including trial and settlement techniques and strategies.

Mr. Kaney has conducted more than 65 jury trials, and more than 50 non-jury trials and evidentiary proceedings. In addition, Mr. Kaney has briefed and argued more than 50 appeals in state and federal courts. A listing of the reported opinions in his appellate cases follows this summary.

Reported Appellate Decisions of J. Lester Kaney

1. Monaco v. Tanning Research Laboratories, Inc., 2007 WL 749741, C.A.11 (Fla.), March 13, 2007 (No. 06-15058.)

2. Reis v. Universal City Development Partners, Ltd., 442 F.Supp.2d 1238, M.D.Fla. (July 21, 2006)

3. Ormond Beach Associates Limited v. Citation Mortgage Corporate, 847 So.2d 978 (Fla. 2003)

4. Ormond Beach Associates Limited v. Citation Mortgage Corporate, 835 So.2d 292 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)

5. Cunningham v. Appel, 831 So.2d 214 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)

6. Butterworth v. Tropic Casino Cruises, Inc., 796 So.2d 1283 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)

7. Citation Mortgage, Ltd., et al., v. RC of a Retirement Living Ltd., Series III, etc., et al, Fla. 5th DCA case nos. 5D96-710 & 5D96-1794, opinion filed January 14, 2000

8. Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. v. Crittenden, 732 So.2d 472 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999)

9. Sundeman v. Seajay Society, Inc., 142 F.3d 194 (4th Cir.(S.C.), 1998)

10. Maltby v. Conner, 660 So.2d 353 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995)

11. Ormond Beach Associates Limited Partnership and LPIMC, Inc. v. Citation Mortgage, Ltd., 634 So.2d 1091 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994)

12. Resolution Trust Corp. v. Adams, 1994 WL 315646 (M.D. Fla., 1994)

13. Orlando Regional Center Associates, Inc. v. Ivey Properties, Inc., 622 So.2d 1094, 18 Fla. L. Week. D171G (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Aug 06, 1993) (NO. 92-2593)

14. Department of Revenue v. B & L Concepts, Inc., 612 So.2d 720, 18 Fla. L. Week. D388 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Jan 29, 1993) (NO. 92-313)

15. Dourado v. Chousa, 604 So.2d 864, 17 Fla. L. Week. D1832 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Aug 07, 1992) (NO. 91-1569, 91-2807)

16. Holton v. Prosperity Bank of St. Augustine, 602 So.2d 659 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Jul 10, 1992) (NO. 92-380)

17. Florida Power & Light Co. v. Daniell, 591 So.2d 284, 16 Fla. L. Week. D3006 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Dec 05, 1991) (NO. 90-2507, 90-2508, 91-451)

18. Kaser v. Swann, 141 F.R.D. 337 (M.D. Fla., Aug 20, 1991)

19. Sparks v. Charles Wayne Group, 568 So.2d 512, 15 Fla. L. Week. D2653 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Oct 19, 1990) (NO. 90-609)

20. Airlines Reporting Corp. v. Incentive Internationale Travel, Inc., 566 So.2d 1377, 15 Fla. L. Week. D2372 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Sep 20, 1990) (NO. 90-584)

21. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Budget Rent-A-Car Systems, 567 So.2d 918, 15 Fla. L. Week. D2198 (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Sep 04, 1990) (NO. 89-3425)

22. Halifax Paving, Inc. v. Scott & Jobalia Const. Co., Inc., 565 So.2d 1346, 15 Fla. L. Week. 5404 (Fla., Jul 26, 1990) (NO. 73,746)

23. Florida Power & Light Co. v. Kennedy, 549 So.2d 247, 14 Fla. L. Week. 2266 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Sep 28, 1989) (NO. 88-694)

24. Barker v. Anderson, 546 So.2d 449, 14 Fla. L. Week. 1667 (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Jul 13, 1989) (NO. 88-1636, 88-1826)

25. Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Brockman, 524 So.2d 490, 13 Fla. L. Week. 1077 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., May 05, 1988) (NO. 87-944, 87-1151, 87-1213, 87-1235, 87- 1278)

26. Ferguson v. Carter, 520 So.2d 706, 13 Fla. L. Week. 584 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Mar 03, 1988) (NO. 87-1428)

27. Plummer v. Hoover, 519 So.2d 1158, 13 Fla. L. Week. 475 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Feb 18, 1988) (NO. 87-1243)

28. Kilgus v. Kilgus, 495 So.2d 1230, 11 Fla. L. Week. 2204 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Oct 16, 1986) (NO. 85-1912)

29. Kaczmarek v. Kelly, 479 So.2d 222, 10 Fla. L. Week. 2633 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Nov 29, 1985) (NO. 85-750)

30. Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Sechler, 478 So.2d 365, 10 Fla. L. Week. 2270 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Oct 03, 1985) (NO. 85-39)

31. CMEI, Inc. v. American Title Ins. Co., 447 So.2d 427 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Mar 22, 1984) (NO. 83-117)

32. Russell & Axon v. B & W Ltd., Inc., 444 So.2d 457 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Dec 29, 1983) (NO. 83-476, 83-642)

33. Ehringer v. Brookfield and Associates, Inc., 415 So.2d 774 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., May 26, 1982) (NO. 81-133)

34. Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc. v. Clay, 404 So.2d 755 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Aug 26, 1981) (NO. 80-1479, 80-1480)

35. Powell v. Wingard, 402 So.2d 532 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Aug 19, 1981) (NO. 81-828)

36. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Lawrence, 401 So.2d 1326 (Fla., Jul 23, 1981) (NO. 60,167)

37. Powell v. Independent Const. Co., 396 So.2d 725 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Mar 11, 1981) (NO. 80-115)

38. Van Ness v. Independent Const. Co., 392 So.2d 1017 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Jan 28, 1981) (NO. 79-407)

39. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Lawrence, 391 So.2d 761 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Dec 24, 1980) (NO. 80-636)

40. Cockrell v. Lewis, 389 So.2d 307 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Oct 16, 1980) (NO. 79-4)

41. Vermont Mut. Ins. Co. v. Bolding, 381 So.2d 320 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Mar 19, 1980) (NO. 00-383/T1-134)

42. Kellogg v. Found, 376 So.2d 1168 (Fla.App. 5 Dist., Aug 21, 1979) (NO. MM-321/NT1-34)

43. Coble v. Lekanidis, 372 So.2d 506 (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Jun 20, 1979) (NO. LL-38)

44. Reider v. P 48, Inc., 362 So.2d 105 (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Aug 22, 1978) (NO. EE-142)

45. The Florida Bar v. Mattingly, 342 So.2d 508 (Fla., Feb 03, 1977) (NO. 49639)

46. Smith v U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., 305 So.2d 216. (Fla. App. 1 Dist., Dec 31, 1974) (NO. W-363)