Cutting the Deposition for Trial

Deborah J. Gander

Colson Hicks Eidson

• Partner at Colson Hicks Eidson since 2002
• Has dedicated her career to helping victims receive justice
• Board certified civil trial lawyer with more than $100 million in verdicts and settlements for her clients
• Represents clients who have suffered catastrophic injuries or who have lost family members; also represents clients who face financial ruin because of insurance company bad faith
• Has 20 verdicts exceeding $1 million
• Includes an award that was the largest ever in a Federal Tort Claims Act Case: $61 million for medical negligence at a Naval hospital, and was the first time in history the U.S. government was held liable for the acts of a doctor it alleged was an independent contractor
• Achieved the highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, and includes her in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
• Received the “Most Effective Lawyer” award for civil litigation in 2006 from the Daily Business Review
• Has had two of her verdicts receive the Daily Business Review’s “Verdicts Hall of Fame Award”
• Has been repeatedly named one of the “10 Best Attorneys in Florida” by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
• Is an elected member, executive board member, and President of the Miami-Dade chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates
• Co-chaired the Civil Litigation Committee of the Dade County Bar Association
• Continues to lecture for organizations including the American Bar Association and American Association for Justice
• Was a law clerk to the Honorable Peter T. Fay, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• Graduate, magna cum laude, University of Miami School of Law; served as an adjunct professor there for several years
• Can be contacted at 305-476-7400 or [email protected]