Daniels, Kashtan, Downs, Robertson & McGirney

MADELYN SIMON LOZANO - OF COUNSEL

Education:
Kent State University, B.A., M.A.
University of Miami, J.D.

Bar Admissions: Florida

Madelyn Simon Lozano was born in Portsmouth, Ohio.  In 1975, Ms. Lozano obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in journalism and a Master of Arts degree, with honors, in education in 1980 – both from Kent State University (Ohio).  She received her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami in 1987, where she was inducted in the Order of the Coif, having graduated in the top ten percent of her class.  While in law school, she was an editor for the Inter-American Law Review.

Ms. Lozano served as senior judicial clerk to the Honorable Joseph Nesbitt, Florida Third District Court of Appeal from 1987 through 1992. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1987, to the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida in 1991, to the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit in 1992, and to the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit in 2000.

Ms. Lozano focuses her practice in the areas of civil appellate practice and litigation support in both state and federal courts with an emphasis on commercial matters, construction litigation, insurance defense and general litigation support.  She is also fluent in Spanish and experienced in various aspects of Latin American law.

Ms. Lozano has served as a member of the Florida Bar Appellate Court Rules Committee and as a land commissioner in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida East Everglades Land Acquisition Project. She is also a certified volunteer guardian ad litem in the juvenile dependency courts of the 11th Judicial Circuit for Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Practice Areas

• Commercial Matters
• Construction Litigation
• Insurance Defense
• General Litigation Support
• Specializing in civil appellate practice and litigation support in both State & Federal Courts

Professional Licenses & Awards

• Inter-American Law Review
• Senior Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Joseph Nesbitt, Florida Third District Court of Appeals '87-'92
• Editor, Inter-American Law Review-University of Miami
• Inducted into the Order of the Coif

Reported Cases

• General Impact Glass & Windows Corp. v. Rollac Shutter of Texas, Inc., 8 So.3d 1165 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 2009)
• Giller v. Cafeteria of South Beach Ltd., LLP, 967 So.2d 240 (Fla. App. 3d 2007)
• Burt v. Buchman, 943 So.2d 208 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 2006)
• Abramson v. Professional Engineering & Inspection Co., Inc. (Fla. App. 4th 2005)
• Buchman v. Canard, 926 So.2d 390 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 2005)
• Bonded Builders Service Corp. v. Dowlatram, 891 So.2d 1216 (Fla. App. 3d 2005)
• Verzura Const., Inc. v. Wallace Corp., 890 So.2d 1226 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 2005)
• Buchman v. Canard, 863 So.2d 487 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 2004)
• Belford v. Newton (Fla. App. 2d Distr., 2003)
• Simmons v. Fergis, 719 So.2d 993 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 1998)
• Sabal Chase Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Walt Disney World Co., 726 So.2d 796 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 1999)
• Subwick v. Connors, 723 So.2d 880 (Fla. App. 4th Dist., 1998)
• Walt Disney World Co. v. Noordhoek, 672 So.2d 98 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 1996)
• Brickell Biscayne Corp. v. WPL Associates, Inc., 671 So.2d 247 (Fla. App. 1996)
• D.I.C. Commercial Const. Corp. v. Broward County By and Through Bd. of County Com'rs, 668 So.2d 697 (Fla. App. 4th Dist., 1996)
• Trafalgar Condominium Ass'n, Inc. v. Waletha Development Corp., 661 So.2d 136 (Fla. App. 4th Dist., 1995)
• Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Cunningham, 658 So.2d 556 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 1995)
• Lee v. Hytten, 634 So.2d 326 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 1994)
• Brilliant v. Miller, 622 So.2d 1361 (Fla. App. 3d Dist., 1993)
• Turbomeca, S.A. v. French Aircraft Agency, Inc., 622 So.2d 133 (Fla. App. 1993)

Publications

• "Project SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification Enforcement): Can It Work?"   University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Spring, 1987
• “Experts: Is the End Near For Their Use?” Southern Methodist University Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Fall 1993

Court Admissions

• The Florida Bar, 1991
• United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1991
• United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1992
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit 2000

Memberships

• Dade County Bar
• The Florida Bar
• Past member of the Florida Bar Appellate Court Rules Committee
• Land Commissioner in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida East Everglades Land Acquisition Project

Languages

• Spanish