Andrew Feldman is a partner in Klein Park & Lowe’s professional liability division. Since joining KPL in 2012, Andrew has taken an active role in the firm’s appellate files, which have ranged from matters involving motions to quash service to affirming final judgments in high-exposure malpractice claims.

Andrew’s litigation practice focuses on the defense of professionals. He has been involved in the defense of numerous civil claims against lawyers for professional negligence, breach of fiduciary duties, and has assisted in the defense and resolution of significant sanctions disputes. Andrew’s practice also includes defending ethics matters in front of The Florida Bar, general commercial litigation, insurance coverage and litigation including bad faith and general liability defense.

Andrew received his B.A. in Political Science from Arizona State University (2007), and earned his Juris Doctor, with honors, from St. Thomas University School of Law (2012). He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Speaking engagements:

November 2015: University of Miami Professional Responsibility & Ethics Program clinic with Professor Jan Jacobowitz: Discussion on the relationship between ethical rules and civil liability (with Mark Sullivan).

Articles:

Legal Malpractice Claims – Advanced Strategies for Case-Within-a-Case Litigation, 43 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 331 (2017)

Ethics and Cyber Security Issues, published in the ABA Young Lawyers Division Summer 2016 Newsletter

Lawyer Referral Fees and the (Unintended?) Legacy of Noris,
Featured Article in the March/April 2021 edition of the Florida Bar Journal

Reported Decisions:

• Ramkelawan v. Morgan & Morgan, P.A., 336 So.3d 71 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021)
• Lemos v. Sessa, 319 So.3d 135 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021)
• Font & Nelson, PLLC v. Path Med., LLC, 317 So.3d 134 (Fla. 4th DCA 2021)
• Children’s Home Soc’y of Florida v. K.W., 315 So.3d 129 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021)
• Makozy v. Zimmerer, 850 Fed. Appx. 722 (11th Cir. 2021)
• Sablotsky v. Gonzalez-Hernandez, 314 So.3d 477 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020)
• Silver Law Group, P.A. v. Bates, 306 So.3d 1055 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020)
• Palmentere Bros. Cartage Serv., Inc. v. Copeland, 277 So.3d 729 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (as amicus curiae)
• Bornstein v. Marcus, 275 So.3d 636 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019)
• Vanacore Constr., Inc. v. Bartholomew, 263 So.3d 307 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019)
• Driessen v. Univ. of Miami Sch. of Law Children & Youth Law Clinic, 260 So.3d 1080 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018)
• Vanacore Constr., Inc. v. Osborn, 260 So.3d 527 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018)
• Weisser v. Dolan, 253 So.3d 49 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017)
• Watson v. Stewart Tilghman Fox & Bianchi, P.A., 195 So.3d 1163 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016)
• Watson v. Stewart Tilghman Fox & Bianchi, P.A., 178 So.3d 532 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015)