Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Successfully represented former insurance company executives in a white-collar criminal law matter brought by the Florida State Attorney and obtained a dismissal with prejudice of a civil claim in excess of $84 million brought by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.
• Theft
• Identity Theft
  Among his various achievements, Mr. Lubetsky successfully defended a publicly traded health insurance company in an action and trial brought by a competitor attempting to set aside a $210 million government awarded contract, and successfully defended a title insurer in a coverage dispute regarding a large multiple use planned development. He regularly represents numerous mortgage lenders with respect to fraud and identity theft issues, and real estate brokers in disputes with developers regarding commissions.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Zilber served as a Circuit Court Judge for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit serving in the Civil, Family, Dependency, and Criminal Divisions before retiring in May 2021 to join private practice. He previously served as a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator. Prior to that, he was Of Counsel and Partner to Stolzenberg, Gelles & Zilber, and General Counsel and Partner to Avatar Reality, Yale and Lansdowne Mortgage. In 1997, he became Vice-President of Mergers and Acquisitions for a publicly traded company (Coach U.S.A.), traveling throughout the United States negotiating private business acquisitions for the public entity.
• Business Disputes
  Prior to joining the firm, Justin’s practice focused on Civil Litigation and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. While in law school, Justin served as an Executive Board Member of the University of Miami Business Law Review and was Vice President of the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Society. He was also a member of the University of Miami Investor Rights Clinic, partaking in FINRA Arbitration. Justin’s article discussing the potential classification of cryptocurrency as an investment contract was chosen for publication in the University of Miami Business Law Review Journal.
• Business Transactions
  Mason Pertnoy is a Partner at Krinzman Huss Lubetsky Feldman & Hotte, and is a proven leader with over 15 years of civil litigation experience. Mr. Pertnoy excels at litigation strategy and creative problem solving, through which he is able to gain a decisive edge for his clients. He is accomplished in all aspects of litigation case management and strategy from inception through completion, including daily motion practice, taking and defending depositions, mediation, and trial. Mr. Pertnoy is well versed in negotiating and preparing contracts concerning a multitude of complex commercial transactions and real estate transactions.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Our group represents commercial and consumer lending institutions, corporations, landlords and tenants, non-profit organizations, investment banking firms, small business investment companies, syndicated partnerships and governmental agencies, land owners, real estate developers and real estate investors (both institutional and private) in all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions. The group has vast experience in land acquisitions and sales, business acquisition and sale, business mergers, lease negotiations (office, shopping center and ground leases), lease renewals, development and site plan approvals, loan work out and third party financing. As part of its representation of real estate developers, the group also handles construction, development, conduit and other forms of bridge and permanent financing transactions. Depending on our client’s needs, we also offer advise and assist in the selection of entity forms such as corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, and limited liability partnerships, entity creation, negotiation of shareholder, operating and partnership agreements, buy/sell agreements, and other general business matters.
• Trade Secrets
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
  Salvatore H. Fasulo is an experienced litigator who has been litigating cases throughout South Florida since 1998. He has been lead counsel in trials at both the state and federal levels in front of juries and non-juries. Mr. Fasulo has litigated cases involving wide ranging real property disputes, business and contract disputes and employment discrimination claims.  Throughout his practice, Mr. Fasulo has gained expansive knowledge about real estate in South Florida and the legal challenges arising from the purchase and sale, development and ownership of real property.  Mr. Fasulo is a tenacious litigator who rises to the challenge faced by each client, and he explores every avenue to create a foundation for success.
• Severance Agreement

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  The firm boasts one of Florida's foremost litigation departments, whose attorneys have extensive experience in all types of business and financial disputes, real estate disputes, title litigation, and complex commercial cases. Our partners in the litigation group, Joseph J. Huss, Cary A. Lubetsky, Michael I. Feldman, Richard L. Allen, Mason A. Pertnoy and Lynette E. McGuinness, have been recognized by their peers and clients as exceptional attorneys and advocates, and are Martindale-Hubbell “AV Peer Review Rated.”
• Premises Liability
  Examples of the types of cases Michael handles are complex business disputes, including but not limited to, shareholder and partnership disputes, commercial foreclosures, commercial evictions (he has prosecuted over 100 of these types of disputes), real property disputes, lender liability, banking litigation, creditor’s rights, construction litigation and general breach of contract claims. Michael also has experience in litigating premises liability, insurance coverage, and auto negligence cases. Additionally, he handles all aspects of commercial lease transactions, which he has lectured on for the National Business Institute.
• Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
  In addition to KHLF&H legal representation of its clients, the firm also provides title, escrow and closing services through its title and escrow company, Grande Title & Escrow, LLC. Grande Title & Escrow has performed real estate closings for buyers, sellers, commercial tenants, franchisees and mortgage lenders and issues title insurance policies for properties throughout Florida. Grande Title and Escrow has worked hand and hand with local and national brokers and real estate agents in assuring excellent service to their respective clients in closing their real estate transactions.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Mr. Hotte is Martindale-Hubbell "AV Peer Review Rated,” a member of the Real Property and Landlord Tenant Law Section of the Florida Bar, a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the Broward County Bar Association, American Bar Association, Broward Attorney Real Estate Council and the Florida Bar.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Michael I. Feldman is a Partner in the Miami Office of Krinzman, Huss, Lubetsky, Feldman & Hotte. As a commercial litigator, Michael frequently advises financial institutions, real estate developers, title insurance companies, entrepreneurs, businesses, and individuals on complex commercial and real estate litigation matters in Florida, State and Federal Courts as well as in Arbitration. In addition to being a commercial litigator, a portion of his practice is devoted to serving as a mediator, Special Magistrate, Guardian Ad Litem, or other Court appointed position.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  Lynette concentrates her practice primarily in state and federal complex commercial litigation, arbitration, mediation, and appeals. Her broad commercial experience includes, among other areas, title to real property, defense of condo deposit cases, representation of receivers in FTC and CFTC actions, corporate finance, contractual disputes, foreclosures, professional malpractice defense, commercial and residential real estate, ADA public accommodations defense, financial instruments, corporate fraud, transportation, class action defense, injunctions and receiverships. She also has a significant appellate practice, having briefed several dozen and having argued more than a dozen appeals in the state appellate courts and in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
• Debt Collection
  Mr. Andrews is an Associate in the firm’s Miami and Fort Lauderdale offices and has developed a specialty practice in the consumer-finance related litigation space. He has represented some of the nation’s largest financial institutions in both federal and state court in cases involving claims brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act, and Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and Florida's Consumer Collection Protection Act. Mr. Andrews is admitted to and has practiced in the Southern District of Florida, the Middle District of Florida, as well as the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Second District Court of Appeals, Third District Court of Appeals and Fourth District Court of Appeals.