We handle original appellate proceedings involving petitions for writs of certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, and quo warranto.

Our notable victories include the grant of a petition for writ of prohibition in Sanders v. Lakeland Reg’l Med. Center, Inc., 171 So. 3d 720 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) (disqualifying trial judge whose father had staff privileges at hospital), the dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a petition for writ of certiorari in GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. v. Dever, No. 5D17-3572 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018) (dismissing challenge to order granting plaintiff leave to pursue punitive damages), and the denial of a petition for writ of prohibition in O’Donnell v. N. Florida Land Trust, Inc., 240 So. 3d 889 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) (refusing to disqualify trial judge who allegedly, during a hearing, had made mean faces and spoken in a harsh tone of voice to the petitioner’s counsel).

Our sample briefs include:

Petition and reply in Sanders v. Lakeland Reg’l Med. Center, Inc., 171 So. 3d 720 (Fla. 2d DCA 2014) (granting petition for writ of prohibition because motion to disqualify trial judge whose father had staff privileges at hospital was legally sufficient);

Response in GEICO Gen. Ins. Co. v. Dever, No. 5D17-3572 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018) (dismissing for lack of jurisdiction a petition for writ of certiorari that challenged an order granting a plaintiff leave to pursue punitive damages);

Response in O’Donnell v. N. Florida Land Trust, Inc., 240 So. 3d 889 (Fla. 1st DCA 2018) (denying petition for writ of prohibition that asserted a trial judge should have disqualified himself because, during a hearing, he had made mean faces and had spoken in a harsh tone of voice);

Petition and reply in Howarth v. Lombardi, No. 2D19-1753 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019) (denying petition for writ of prohibition regarding circuit court’s lack of jurisdiction due to untimeliness of notice of appeal);

Petition in Nabi v. Alami-Binani, No. 16-4150 (Fla. 2d DCA) (petition for writ of certiorari and writ of prohibition to quash writ of execution issued on “nonfinal” judgment).