Curtis J Mase
Mase, Lara, Eversole is a firm specializing in trial and appellate practice. Our practice areas include serious personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, products liability, aviation accidents, labor law, class action cases, maritime and admiralty and commercial litigation.
Mase, Lara, Eversole is a full service law firm with the following specialized practice areas:
* Litigation
Mase, Lara, Eversole was founded as a civil trial practice and litigation firm. Our attorneys practice in all state, appellate and federal courts and we pride ourselves on our skill and willingness to take cases to trial when in the best interest of our client. Our litigation practice includes general civil litigation, complex commercial litigation, class action cases, maritime and admiralty litigation, employment disputes, condominium law, personal injury litigation, medical malpractice and wrongful death. We also specialize in various forms of alternative dispute resolution including arbitration of disputes and mediation.
* Corporate Practice
Members of our firm have extensive experience in corporate and transactional matters. Our members have represented companies in international and domestic mergers and acquisitions and other transactions in addition to counseling senior management of numerous large and small corporations, developing intellectual property strategies, managing regulatory compliance, developing corporate policies and procedures, managing corporate governance matters and drafting and negotiating and negotiating various contractual arrangements. Our international corporate practice includes cross-border transactions as well as representing both Latin American and European companies doing business in the United States.
We also offer a unique work structure for some of our small to medium size corporate clients that provides them the benefits of an in-house legal department without the overhead and multi-tiered staffing of an in-house legal department and the hourly billing structure of most law firms. This structure entails our firm serving the function of general counsel for a company at a fixed monthly retainer that will be more cost effective and provide superior service than can be done through the traditional law firm structure or by establishing an in-house legal department.
* Labor Practice
Our firm represents both management and employees in various labor matters including wage and hour claims, age, gender, race and disability discrimination claims and executive breach of contract and non-compete litigation. We have also been involved in the collective bargaining agreements of our corporate clients.
Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer - National Board of Legal Specialty Certification
Curtis J Mase
Mase & Lara PA
80 SW 8th St #2700
Miami FL 33130
Tel: 305 377-3770
Fax: 305 377-0080
E-mail: cmase@mletrial.com
Curtis Mase is the Managing Shareholder and the founding attorney of Mase, Lara, Eversole. His main area of practice is civil litigation emphasizing personal injury, commercial litigation, maritime and admiralty, class actions, and labor law. He has tried hundreds of jury and non jury matters.
Mr. Mase is board certified in civil trial law by the Florida Bar (Florida Bar) and the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA). He has served as National coordinating counsel for a publicly traded company in connection with nationwide class action litigation, and has successfully tried class actions on behalf of the firm’s clients. In addition to his trial practice Mr. Mase has argued numerous appeals in both state and federal court, including the Florida Supreme Court.
Born in Coral Gables, Florida, Mr. Mase earned his B.A. with a dual major in English and Business from Florida State University in 1982. He graduated from Florida State University College of Law, with honors, in 1984. While in law school he was a member of the Moot Court and the Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law.
Mr. Mase is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Florida Bar, the Dade County Bar Association, the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute and the Marine Council. He has served on the American Bar Association’s Committee on Admiralty and Maritime Litigation, the Florida Bar Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, the Florida Bar Admiralty Committee and the Dade County Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Committee. Mr. Mase currently serves on the Cruise Line Committee of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, the Florida Bar Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, the Florida Bar Admiralty Law Committee and the Florida Bar Grievance Committee.
Mr. Mase has written and lectured on a number of subjects including trial practice and procedure, evidence and admiralty and maritime law. Mr. Mase is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and all Florida state courts.
In 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 South Florida Legal Guide magazine selected Mr. Mase as a "Top Lawyer" among South Florida lawyers. In addition, Mr. Mase has also been recognized by Law & Politics as a Florida Super Lawyer and in 2009 Mr. Mase was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for his work in maritime law.
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