Laurie Hannan Anton Esquire

Office : **** Chiquita Blvd. S./Suite 200-404, Cape Coral FL 33914

Cell: 239-***-**** - acxkd7@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Highly skilled and professional with proven client relation, research, State and Federal courtroom experience, and problem solving skills.

Highlights

Westlaw, LexisNexis, Microsoft Word, Adobe, Microsoft Outlook, Power Point.

Accomplishments

Litigated Workers Compensation case against Florida Agency-Special Disability Trust Fund, obtaining major Successful outcome for St. Paul Insurance Company. Changed Case Law Former President of Lee County Women Lawyers

Chair of Florida Bar's Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section Experience

Sole Practitioner

January 1989 to January 2004

Certified Civil Circuit Mediatior – since 1994- RMFM Certified Oasis Entertainment, Inc - Miami, Florida

Interviewed and Represented clients in Personal Injury, Family Law, Business Matters, Entertainment Law, Copyright, Trademark, Transactional Law, and Contracts. Of Counsel to Personal Injury Firm "Stabinski & Funt" - Under the direction of Luis Stabinski and Norman Funt, Attended Hearings, Motion Calendar, Pre-Trials, Depositions, Researched case law, and statutes; Negotiated Contracts, Developed strategies and plans for company; drafted correspondence to studios, assisted with screenwriters, television stations, corporate intellectual property development, agents, and participating producers.

Attended production meetings, in Florida and Los Angeles, networking with talent, production, and networks, compliance and review of pertinent dates; contingencies, deal points, and funding projects. Supervising Attorney, and Hiring Attorney

November 1998 to January 2004

Henderson Franklin Starnes and Holt - Fort Myers Esquire, FL Associate Attorney- Employment Law Department

January 2004 to January 2006

Miller Kagan Rodriguez & Silver - Statewide Law Firm Hired to implement the processes and oversee the development of the Workers Compensation Settlement Unit, fast paced, high volume basis, managing 6 department employees, including 2 paralegals, and 2 word processor, 2 legal secretaries to insure timely delivery and management of cases. Litigated cases, representing large insurance carriers in the defense of industrial accidents, attending Mediations, preparing cases for litigation, appearance at Administrative Hearings, and closure of files, through dissolution of Settlement Unit, and.

State-Wide Workers Compensation firm, based in Miami. Worked in Sarasota Office, attending mediations, hearings, preparing litigation, motions, discovery, traveling 80% of time, and settlement of cases.

Sole Practitioner

January 2006 to November 2015

Focus of practice on general business, foreclosure Hearings, Trial, Motions, Bankruptcy (341 Hearings), Assistance in Preparation of documents, entertainment and I.P, real estate, assisting clients, dispute resolution, solving problems, and negotiating contracts.

Mediation Practice - Pre-Filing, and Post-Filing Mediations (www.mediationstation.info). Broker/Owner

Ready Real Estate, Inc

Current Florida Real Estate Broker's License.

Steel Legal (Of Counsel - Bankruptcy Practice) - Main office based in Ocala, Tampa. Foreclosure properties, Short Sales, detail oriented, review of Settlement Statements HUD1, review of current law, standards and practices in the real estate industry. Education

Bachelor of Music

University of Miami

Internship 6 months - Music Therapy (Registered Music Therapist-RMT) Juris Doctor : May 1989

Nova Southeastern University

Masters : Business Administration, M.B.A.- May 1993 Nova Southeastern University

Magna Cum Laude Business Administration

The Institutes Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter - Fort Myers, FL Candidate- Coursework to obtain CPCU Designation

Ave Maria School of Law – Naples- Law Student Mentor Languages

Semi-Fluent in Spanish

Affiliations & Memberships:

Florida Bar

Tennessee Bar

Federal Court - Southern District of Florida

Federal Court - Middle District of Florida

Federal Court Mediator - U.S. District Court- Middle District Florida Florida Academy of Professional Mediators

Lee County Bar Association

Cape Coral Board of Realtors

Fort Myers Board of Realtors

Florida Association of Realtors

National Association of Realtors

Skills

Administrative, Adobe Acrobat, Docu Sign, Contracts, negotiating contracts, clients, database, delivery, detail oriented, direction, fast, Filing, Focus, insurance, intellectual property, Law, Legal, litigation, managing 6, Mediation, meetings, Office, Microsoft Outlook, Power Point, Microsoft Word, processes, Real Estate, Sales, Spanish, television, Therapy, Westlaw, word processor

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