La Cava & Jacobson, P.A.

Louis La Cava has been elevated to the rank of Diplomate by the American Board of Trial Advocates

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Louis La Cava has been elevated to the rank of Diplomate by the American Board of Trial Advocates. The invitation only organization has ranks of Associate, Advocate and Diplomate. In order to reach the rank of Diplomate the member shall have at least twelve (12) years of active experience as a trial lawyer and as a member of the Bar of the state, province, district or territory in which he or she practices, shall have held the rank of Advocate for a minimum of three (3) years and shall have tried a minimum of one hundred (100) civil jury trials to a jury verdict or hung jury as lead counsel or, in the alternative, shall have tried fifty (50) civil jury trials to a jury verdict or hung jury as lead counsel and shall have acquired 1,000 points as defined by ABOTA Bylaw IV, Section 1.

La Cava & Jacobson, P.A.

Jason Azzarone was successful in arguing to the Fifth District Court of Appeal

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Jason Azzarone was successful in arguing to the Fifth District Court of Appeal that the Trial Court erred in compelling the Defendant to produce documents in Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., v. Feller, 163 So.2d 1252 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015). In its order, the Trial Court overruled the Defendant’s objections that the materials were protected by the attorney-client and work product privileges. The Trial Court also held that the attorney-client privilege had been waived. The Fifth District Court of Appeal disagreed. Finding certiorari relief to be appropriate, the Court reversed, opining that the subject documents could still be protected work product even though they were prepared in a different case. The Court further found that the Trial Court erred in finding the attorney-client privilege inapplicable without conducting an in camera inspection. Finally, the Court disagreed with the Trial Court, finding that the attorney-client privilege was not waived by counsel’s statements or by the filing of a privilege log that the trial court viewed as containing insufficient detail.