Brian Hoops

Complete dismissal before trial for green-tech company. Argued that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over a tech company and secured a dismissal with prejudice, saving the client significant litigation costs.

Million-dollar resolution of multi-party construction-defect litigation. In litigation spanning several years with multiple general contractors and subcontractors, retained a new damages expert, reformulated the damages analysis, and over several mediations recovered nearly 10 times the amount of damages originally anticipated.

Trial victory for million-dollar dispute over commercial property. Following a three-week trial, successfully quieted titled and secured development rights for a real-estate investment company to develop a large, unimproved property in Southwest Florida.

Mid-trial settlement of fraud and unlawful business practice claims. As part of a three-lawyer team, defended at trial claims of fraud and unlawful business practices. The defense strategy led to a settlement where the plaintiff conceded the dispute was a mistake.

Dismissal affirmed on appeal for national gas-station chain. Argued that a national gas-station chain was not subject to personal jurisdiction in Florida over a dispute that occurred in Georgia; secured a dismissal before the trial court and successfully defended the win on appeal. Knapp v. Speedway, LLC 251 So.3d 858 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018).

Early resolution of muti-million-dollar partnership dispute. Represented a limited partner against two general partners over their failure to report years’ worth of distributions and pay him his equal share of the profits. Spearheaded the pre-litigation strategy and drafted the complaint, which led to early mediation and ultimately an extremely favorable settlement, including an all-inclusive buyout and payment totaling millions of dollars.

Pretrial resolution of substantial construction dispute. In a defect/payment dispute, analyzed licensure issues and demanded disgorgement of all payments made to the general contractor, resulting in a large confidential settlement payment to the property owner.