Kaire & Heffernan

Overview

<p>Kaire &amp; Heffernan, PLLC is a Miami-based plaintiff firm founded in 1997 by Mark A. Kaire and enlarged in January 2014 when David R. Heffernan merged his independent practice into the partnership. Both partners are graduates of the University of Miami School of Law. The firm maintains its principal office at 999 Brickell Avenue in Miami and operates additional offices in Aventura and Coral Gables, concentrating its plaintiff docket across South Florida and statewide.</p><p>The practice encompasses medical malpractice, birth injuries, premises liability, negligent security, motor vehicle and bicycle accidents, construction injuries, wrongful death, and workers&#39; compensation matters. The firm has also prosecuted claims against government entities: in 2019, the Florida Legislature passed HB 6513 — approved by the Senate 34-2 and signed by Governor Ron DeSantis — to authorize a $1.45 million wrongful-death settlement for the estate of Eric Scott Tenner, a cyclist killed by a Miami-Dade County bus driver, a result that required special legislative action because Florida&#39;s sovereign immunity statute capped government liability well below that figure, as documented on the firm&#39;s case blog.</p><p>The firm&#39;s public case results page at kairelaw.com lists outcomes that include a $9 million premises liability verdict in a traumatic brain injury matter, a $7.75 million birth injury settlement, and a $6.35 million negligent security recovery in Broward County, with most party names anonymized at the clients&#39; request. The firm&#39;s blog, citing coverage in the Daily Business Review, documented a $7.91 million verdict against Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in a medical malpractice case. The firm reports aggregate client recoveries exceeding $255 million, as stated on its website.</p><p>Mark Kaire holds membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Miami Chapter — a credential requiring documented civil trial experience and a peer-election process — as listed on the ABOTA Miami member directory. That profile also records a Best Lawyers in America designation, a National Trial Lawyers Top 100 selection, and a Florida Trend Legal Elite listing, along with membership in both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. David Heffernan carries a Super Lawyers designation and serves as an adjunct professor in the trial advocacy program at the University of Miami School of Law. Both attorneys are admitted to the Florida Bar, and the firm practices primarily in state and federal courts across South Florida.</p>

Source: www.kairelaw.com

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