Defamation

Our Firm has developed exceptional experience in defending high-level defamation claims involving corporate entities, including publicly-traded companies and numerous media defendants, as well as individual company directors, officers, media reporters and the like. Our cases have included those will billions of dollars in contracts at issue, claims of criminal conduct, corporate espionage, discrete issues of the First Amendment, journalist’s privilege, substantial truth doctrine, defamation-proof plaintiffs, and defense of confidential informants. A number of other cases involve, typically, allegations of dishonest, fraudulent, and/or criminal acts which are the subject of defamation claims. Our Firm has defended a number of these actions and is well-versed in the particularized defenses and issues pertinent to these cases.
Katherine Chin is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law and an associate in the firm’s Miami office. Ms. Chin represents corporations, entrepreneurs, media companies, entertainers, and municipal entities in all aspects of federal and state civil trial litigation and arbitration.
Mr. Johnson specializes in the representation of insurers and corporations in a broad range of complex business and tort matters, including environmental claims and professional negligence and other complex actions. Mr. Johnson also has experience litigating government municipal matters throughout the state of Florida.