Biography

Robert Weill handles civil appeals in federal and state courts and provides litigation support to the firm’s trial attorneys.  He has briefed and/or argued cases involving a wide variety of issues before the Florida Supreme Court, the Florida District Courts of Appeal, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.  He also prepares complex motions for summary judgment, detailed case analyses, and other miscellaneous pleadings involving considerable research and writing.

Affiliations, Activities and Accomplishments

Mr. Weill is an AV-Preeminent Rated Lawyer and member of the Florida Bar’s Appellate Practice and Advocacy Section. He is also active in the Insurance Coverage & Amicus Curiae Committees of the Florida Defense Lawyer’s Association and the Appellate Practice Section of the Broward County Bar Association. Additionally, he is a member of the Defense Research Institute and is on the Editorial Board of Trial Advocate Quarterly.

During law school, he was a senior staff member of the Nova Law Review, academic editor of the Moot Court Society, and national member of the Order of Barristers. He received the honor of Best Brief in the Freshman Moot Court Competition, and he was a member of Phi Delta Phi, the National Legal Honor Society.

Presentations & Publications

• "Florida High Court Narrows Application of Economic Loss Rule to Product Liability Actions," Sedgwick's Insurance Law Blog (March 2013).
• "A Plea for Legislative Reform: The Adoption of Daubert to Ensure the Reliability of Expert Evidence in Florida Courts,” Nova Law Review  (Fall 2011) (co-author) 
• “The Exhausting Task of Understanding Horizontal and Vertical Exhaustion,” Trial Advocate Quarterly (Winter 2011).
• “Representative Depositions: In Search of a Cohesive & Well-Defined Body of Law,” Nova Law Review (Spring 2009).
• “Buster and the Continuing Saga Over the Patients’ Right-to-Know-About-Medical Incidents-Amendment,” Trial Advocate Quarterly (Winter 2009).
• “The Overlooked Arrow in the Defense’s Quiver: The Rule Against Impermissible Inference-Stacking,” Trial Advocate Quarterly (Summer 2007).
• “A Primer on Contribution & Indemnity,” Trial Advocate Quarterly (Spring 2007).
• “Amendment 7: Will the Patient’s Right to Know Come At Too High a Price?” Trial Advocate Quarterly (Spring 2005).
• “Gone With the Windfall: Limiting Past Medical Expenses to Paid, Not Billed, Charges,” Trial Advocate Quarterly (Spring 2004).
• “The Voluntary Payment Doctrine in Florida,” Trial Advocate Quarterly (Fall 2002).
• “Multiple Claims Exceeding the Policy Limits,” Mealey’s Litigation Report-Insurance Bad Faith (August 17, 1999).
• “Trends & Developments in Bad Faith Litigation,” BBP Insurance Defense Seminar (August 17, 1999).
• Speaker, “An Effective Approach to Legal Writing & Research in Florida,” Lorman Education Services, Tampa, Florida (November 18, 1999).
• Speaker, “Good Faith Claim Handling: Laforet & Powell,” Superior Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia (December 10, 1999).
• “Does a Liability Insurer Have a Duty to Initiate Settlement Negotiations?” Mealey’s Litigation Report-Insurance Bad Faith (September 15 and October 20, 1998).
• “Multiple Claims Exceeding the Policy Limits: How to Protect the Insured and Avoid Bad Faith Claims,” Mealey’s 1998 Bad Faith Conference (1998).
• “Time Demand Letters: Identifying Problems & Avoiding Them,” Onyx Insurance Company 1998 Bad Faith Seminar (1998).