Dana G Bradford II
Litigation/Trial Law
With a team approach to litigation, SGR's attorneys will handle each case in a comprehensive and analytical fashion while remaining cost-efficient and attentive to your needs.
We have handled diverse matters, which include a significant number of cases that are international in scope. Our litigation practice encompasses commercial transactions, lender disputes, real estate, contracts, construction, employment, securities, tax, environmental regulation and other complex business matters.
Traditional contractual disputes handled on behalf of our clients include litigation arising from failed mergers and acquisitions, hostile takeovers, and lender liability laws. Nearly half of SGR’s attorneys specialize in handling complex, commercial litigation matters and our reputation throughout the southeast and elsewhere for excellence, innovation and success speaks for itself. The firm also has extensive appellate experience before both the state and Federal appeals courts.
We represent national banks and financial institutions in litigation involving bankruptcies, pre- and post-foreclosure real estate, the defense of “lender liability†claims, collections on defaulted debt instruments and deposit account disputes. We regularly defend class action litigation involving claims under the federal truth-in-lending statutes, state usury statutes and federal securities laws. We are also well known for our effective handling of employment and tax disputes.
We also represent owners, contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers and sureties in all aspects of their businesses in both the national and international arenas. Construction litigation relating to the representation of our clientele includes disputes concerning delays, disruptions, and claims for extra work on high-rise buildings, shopping centers, hospitals, industrial facilities, nuclear power plants and highways. Our attorneys have won landmark cases in the construction litigation arena and their experience in this area is highly regarded and widely recognized.
Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney - Florida Bar
Dana G Bradford II
Smith Gambrell Russell LLP
50 N Laura St #2600
Jacksonville FL 32202-3629
Tel: 904 598-6103
Fax: 904 598-6203
E-mail: dgbradford@sgrlaw.com
Areas of Practice
* Litigation/Trial Law
* Insurance Practice
* Product Liability Defense
* Construction Law and Litigation
Dana G. Bradford, II is the Managing Partner and Litigation section head of the Jacksonville office of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
Mr. Bradford handles commercial litigation of all types, including class actions, as well as insurance and products liability defense, and construction litigation.
Mr. Bradford earned his B.A. degree in 1970 from the University of Florida and his J.D. degree in 1973 from Duke University and was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1973. Mr. Bradford has for many years been recognized as a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization.
Mr. Bradford has authored various articles and contributions to journals and treatises during the last 35 years that he has been in the practice of law. He has also spoken frequently to legal and non-legal organizations on a variety of legal subjects, and has on several occasions served as a demonstration trial team and faculty member of the American Board of Trial Advocates’ “Masters in Trial†series. He has been recognized and appeared in many legal source books, including the directory of Florida’s Leading Attorneys, and Florida Super Lawyers 2006 through 2009, as well as Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.
Mr. Bradford is a member of the practicing bar of all Federal District Courts in Florida, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to serving The Florida Bar in many capacities, Mr. Bradford has served on appointment by the Florida Supreme Court on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners (including a term as Chairman), The Florida Supreme Court Select Commission for Study of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners and the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. He currently serves by appointment on the Attorney-Client Privilege Task Force of the Florida Bar. Mr. Bradford is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Jacksonville Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates, is a past President of the Jacksonville Association of Defense Counsel and is a Master in the Chester Bedell Inn of Court. He is an alumnus of Leadership Jacksonville and has been active in a variety of community and civic affairs in Jacksonville. He currently serves (and has for the last 7 years) on the Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida.
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