Joel S. Fass Law Blog

The law and governmental consulting firm of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky and Abate announced on May 11, 2012 that it has named founding partner Mike Colodny as Managing Partner. 

Mr. Colodny, who founded the Firm in the mid-1970s with Joel Fass and Howard Talenfeld, successfully developed it into its current prominence in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance regulatory law and governmental consulting. ... Read More

Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate Shareholder Maria Elena Abate and Senior Associate Amy Koltnow have been accepted into the Council on Litigation Management ("CLM"), a national organization committed to furthering high standards of... Read More

Now An Attorney, Iraq War Veteran Scott Zucker Discovers Leadership Experience Takes a Multitude of Forms

With law books now his weapons and his battles fought in the courtroom rather than in the Iraq War, former U.S. Army Sergeant Scott Zucker-now an attorney at Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate-recently earned an honor on a different front with his June 2011 graduation from Leadership Broward Class XXIX.

Trained in... Read More

Pursuant to Section 624.316, Florida Statutes, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation ("OIR") recently gathered data from insurers writing personal auto lines of business in the State. The requested data, which is compiled in the attached report issued by the OIR on April 11, 2011, focuses on Personal Injury Protection ("PIP") claims associated with policies bearing a Florida PIP endorsement.

Since the 2007 reenactment of Florida's No-Fault system,... Read More

The U.S. Department of Justice released a report on civil trials concluded in 2005 in which punitive damages were requested or awarded.  A summary of the report is printed below. The view the entire report, click here.

This report presents findings on civil trials concluded in 2005 in a national sample of state trial courts in which... Read More

The following news release was issued by the Office of Florida Governor Rick Scott on March 23, 2011.  The complete news release is reprinted below and can accessed by clicking Read More