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Scott S. Amitrano is Board Certified in Construction Law by the Florida Bar and is AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. His practice focuses on construction defect litigation, commercial litigation, products liability, professional liability, and insurance defense claims. He is an expert in the representation of owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, manufacturers, and design professionals in construction-related disputes on private and public projects throughout the state of Florida. He is a member of the firm’s General Trial practice group in Tampa.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., Tampa, FL
  Shareholder, November 2018 to Present
  Associate, August 2014 to October 2018
• The Honorable Chris W. Altenbernd, Florida Second District Court of Appeal, Tampa, FL
  Staff Attorney, August 2012 to August 2014
• The Honorable Louis R. Meloni, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Civil Part, Camden, NJ
  Judicial Law Clerk, September 2011 to August 2012
• The Honorable Jack M. Sabatino, J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, Trenton, NJ
  Judicial Extern, January 2011 to April 2011

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

• The (Near)-Death of the Economic Loss Rule in Florida: Returning the Rule to its Products Liability Roots, Trial Advocate Quarterly (Winter 2015 ed.), at 11.
• Elimination of Florida Terms of Court and its Effect on Appellate Mandates, Fla. B.J., November 2013, at 26.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• The Florida Bar
• Defense Research Institute
• Hillsborough County Bar
• New Jersey Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• Bruce R. Jacob Criminal Appellate American Inn of Court (2012-2014)
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association
• Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
• Associate Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America