Isaac R. Ruiz-Carus

Admitted to Practice

• Florida, 2005
• Iowa, 2012
• Missouri, 2013
• Illinois, 2014
• New York, 2014
• New Mexico, 2016
• United States Supreme Court, 2011
• United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2011
• United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2012
• United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2005
• United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2006
• United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 2012
• United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 2015

Areas of Practice

• Civil trial practice
• Appellate practice

Education

• Harvard University, B.A. with honors, 2002
• University of Iowa, J.D. with distinction, 2005

Significant Trial Representations

• Largest nursing home verdict in America: Townsend v. Trans Healthcare, Inc., $1.1 billion
• Record verdict in Alachua County, Florida: Webb v. University Place Care, $900 million
• Record verdict in Pinellas County, Florida: Nunziata v. Pinellas Park Care and Rehabilitation Center, $200 million
• Wrongful death in Manatee County, Florida: Chalita v. IMG Academies, $1.5 million

Significant Appellate Representations

• Ketterling v. Morris, 2021 Fla. App. LEXIS 3508 (Fla. 1st DCA March 10, 2021)
• Robinson v. Polk County School Board, 292 So.3d 1193 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020)
• Lake Carroll Court Prop. Owners Ass’n v. Myers, 295 So.3d 761 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020)
• Tibbs v. Bunnell, Docket No. 14-1140 (U.S. Sup. Ct. 2016)
• Shotts v. OP Winter Haven, Inc., 86 So.3d 456 (Fla. 2011)
• Gessa v. Manor Care of Florida, Inc., 86 So.3d 484 (Fla. 2011)
• Bohn v. Lymon ex rel. Lymon, 44 So.3d 585 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)(affirming $65 million)
• Estate of Murray v. Delta Health Group, Inc., 30 So.3d 576 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)
• Engelke v. Athle-Tech Computer Systems, Inc., 982 So.2d 3 (Fla. 2d DCA 2008)
• U.S. v. Pope, 461 F.3d 1331 (11th Cir. 2006)

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