Patti A. Velasquez, Esquire

  • Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator

  • Mediator 22354 FR

  • Florida Bar – Admitted 1984 – FBN 403570

Areas Of Expertise

  • Auto and Trucking Negligence, UMC/Uninsured Motorist Claims

  • Global Mediation, Pre-Suit Mediation, Hybrid Mediation

  • Claims against Governmental Agencies

  • Commercial Litigation

  • Construction Litigation

  • Construction, Real Estate Leasing, Sales, Development and lending disputes of all types, including Foreclosure, ILSA and Fraud

  • Corporate, Business, Commercial and Contract disputes of all types

  • Governmental Issues, including Eminent Domain and Zoning

  • Insurance Claims and Coverage Disputes of all types, including Health and Life, Hurricane, Homeowner, Arson, Fraud and Bad Faith

  • Life, Homeowner and Other First Party Insurance Claims

  • Real Estate Title Services

Professional/Civic

  • Senior Assistant Palm Beach County Attorney specializing in Eminent Domain litigation -1991-1994

  • Partner/Associate in Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn in West Palm Beach FL specializing in complex Commercial litigation -1985-1990

  • Associate in Blank, Rome, Comiskey and McCauley in West Palm Beach FL specializing in complex Commercial litigation -1983-1984

  • Associate in Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath and Rosenthal in Chicago IL- 1980-1983

  • Gulfstream Goodwill Board of Directors

  • Palm Beach Gardens Code Enforcement Board

  • American Inns of Court – 1999-2007

  • Youth Court

  • The Florida Bar Association

  • The Illinois Bar Association (retired)

  • The Palm Beach County Bar Association

  • Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Palm Beach County Chapter

Education

  • Yale Law School – 1980

  • Duke University (BA) – 1977

  • Phi Beta Kappa, Magnum Cum Laude