Overview
Josh is an Associate in the Litigation Department at McDonald Hopkins. He has substantial litigation experience in state and federal courts, including jury trials, non-jury trials, evidentiary hearings, and complex motion practice.
Josh’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including:
- Real property disputes
- Shareholder and derivative actions
- Landlord/tenant disputes
- Trust disputes
- Adversarial probate administration
- Employment litigation (including competition, discrimination and retaliation claims)
- Construction litigation
- Business torts
- General contractual
Josh previously served as a prosecutor with the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office, where he represented the state of Florida in county criminal court and in the domestic violence trial division. While in law school, he interned with the Honorable Judge Jonathan Gerber of the Fourth District Court of Appeal and the Honorable Magistrate Judge William Matthewman of the Southern District of Florida West Palm Beach Division.
Josh earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he served as Executive Articles Editor for the Journal of Technology Law & Policy and was awarded the Outstanding Pro Bono Services Award for more than 150 hours of pro bono service. He earned his Bachelor of Science in political science and history from Florida State University.
Representative Cases & Matters
- Served as first-chair trial counsel to plaintiff in action to foreclose construction lien
- Negotiated half-million-dollar pre-suit settlement of ADA discrimination claim on behalf of physician employee
- Obtained cyberstalking injunction against former patient of individual physician
Credentials
Education
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Florida State University
Admissions – Court
- Southern District of Florida
- Middle District of Florida
Admissions – State
- Florida
Professional & Civic
Professional Activities
Florida Bar
Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism
Palm Beach County Bar Association; Professionalism Committee
Community Involvement
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County; Emerging Leadership Program