PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, August 15, 2024 – Zinober Diana & Monteverde is proud to announce that several of its Attorneys have been honored in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This esteemed recognition highlights the firm's ongoing...
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Five Zinober Diana & Monteverde Attorneys Named 2024 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Zinober Diana & Monteverde is pleased to announce the inclusion of five of its Saint Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale attorneys to the 2024 edition of Florida Super Lawyers. This includes two attorneys who were recognized as "Rising Stars," up-and-comers under the...
Defense Verdict – Bad Faith – United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Michael Monteverde was successful in securing a defense verdict for an insurer client in a bad faith failure to settle lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida last week. The plaintiffs were seeking nearly $12 Million in bad...
Partner Megan Michalski was sworn in to serve a two-year term on the Board of Directors for the St. Petersburg Bar Association.
ZDM is a longtime sponsor of the Bar, and we are proud to have Megan serving on the Board. Megan has been an active member of the Bar and active in the St. Pete community for many years. Read the article here: https://www.stpetebar.com/page/ExecutiveCommittee
Bradenton police chief exonerated of allegations of wrongdoing, city mayor says
BRADENTON, Fla. - The Bradenton police chief has been exonerated after an officer accused her of searching a home and someone inside without a search warrant, according to the city's mayor. Read the article...
Insurance defense attorney slams Florida’s ‘egregious’ homeowners insurance system
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — As homeowners across the state of Florida continue struggling with skyrocketing insurance rates, even a man who makes his living defending property insurance companies says the system is broken. Read the article...
Winning At Arbitration
Article by Gregory P. Holder, Retired Judge – Zinober Diana & Monteverde P.A. & Rondal E. Bush – Bush Graziano Rice & Platter, P.A., “Winning At Arbitration,” HCBA Lawyer, Jan – Feb 2022, pp 46-47 Read the article here: https://joom.ag/z8FI/p48
Tampa General, Broward Health successful in first day of negotiated rule-making
The debate over health care services and surgeries for newborns took turns and twists on Monday, the first of two scheduled days of “negotiated rule-making” at the state Agency for Health Care Administration. Read the article...
Four lawyers from Zinober Diana & Monteverde P.A. Included in the 2022 Editions of The Best Lawyers of America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America
ZDM is proud to announce that four of our attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® for 2022. Co-founders Fred Zinober and Tom Diana were both selected for inclusion in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers of America®. Kali Sinclair and April Zinober are listed...
Florida’s Senate Bill 76
Governor DeSantis signed Senate Bill 76 on June 11 and Florida’s new property insurance reform law takes effect on July 1. ZDM attorneys Thomas Diana and Michael Monteverde recently participated in a webinar attended by members of Florida’s property insurance industry...