Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Clients have entrusted our lawyers with their most complex, high-exposure matters. Our lawyers have defended thousands of cases involving personal injury and wrongful death defense; marine disasters, crew claims, passenger claims, aviation cargo claims, surface transportation disasters and cargo claims, all manner of transportation related civil litigation and transactional matters, products liability, medical and professional malpractice, hospitality industry claims, negligent security, premises liability, insurance coverage and bad faith, insurance fraud, and a wide variety of international disputes.
• Fraud
  We are trial lawyers. Our attorneys have dedicated their entire careers to specializing in the areas of insurance defense and coverage, general liability defense, transportation and trucking, property and casualty, employment, professional liability, insurance fraud,  admiralty and maritime, products liability, commercial litigation and commercial transactions. Our lawyers are available to discuss any aspect of your case 24/7. HM&B’s emergency action response team can investigate any situation immediately, regardless of the jurisdiction and we take pride in exceeding all of our clients’ expectations.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel was founded by attorneys dedicated to the practice of admiralty and maritime, transportation, personal injury defense, international, hospitality, commercial litigation, medical and professional malpractice defense, property and casualty, premises liability, negligent security, construction, subrogation, insurance coverage and bad faith, insurance fraud, and products liability law. We have an experienced corporate law practice group that negotiates and drafts all manner of business contracts. We also provide ancillary services, including emergency and crisis management, corporate training, and arbitration.
• Business Transactions

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation

Property Law

• Premises Liability
  Our firm recently secured a favorable summary judgment for a major home improvement retailer in a significant premises liability case. The plaintiff, a sales representative for a product supplier, alleged he slipped and fell on oil or gas while pushing a heavy cart of lumber at one of our client’s stores. The court’s decision hinged on the lack of evidence that our client had actual or constructive knowledge of the alleged dangerous condition, a crucial element under Florida Statute § 768.0755.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  We are trial lawyers.  Our attorneys have dedicated their entire careers to specializing in the areas of admiralty/maritime law, personal injury defense, premises liability, insurance defense and coverage, fraud, transportation/trucking and commercial litigation and transactions. Our lawyers are available to discuss any aspect of your case 24/7. HM&B’s emergency action response team can investigate any situation immediately, regardless of the jurisdiction and we take pride in exceeding all our of client’s expectations.
• Medical Malpractice