David R. Atkinson is a shareholder and a member of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group and Leisure & Resorts Group. Mr. Atkinson joined the firm in 1988.

Practice Areas

• Hotel & Resort Litigation (representing Developers, Lenders, and Operators)
• Business and Complex Commercial Litigation
• International Disputes and Arbitration (with emphasis on Carribean Basin)
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Legal issues associated with yachts and aircraft
• Class Actions

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1988
University North Carolina at Wilmington, B.A., 1985

Professional Associations and Memberships

Admitted to practice law only in the states listed:
The Florida Bar, 1988
District of Columbia Bar, 2008
Trial Lawyers Section
American Bar Association
Litigation Section
Member of ABA Center for Professional Responsibility
United States District Court
Southern District of Florida
Trial Bar
United States Court of Appeals
Third Circuit
Eleventh Circuit

Honors

AV Rated (means that his legal ability and ethical standards are very high to
preeminent) as independently determined by Martindale-Hubbell