Practice Areas

Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm P.A. provides aggressive, cost-effective representation to help individual, corporate and governmental clients achieve their goals. The firm’s senior partners have more than 60 combined years of experience in State and Federal courts in the following areas:

  • Commercial Litigation
    Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm’s clients often are embroiled in disputes about the formation and enforcement of numerous types of contractual agreements, and the firm’s attorneys help clients with the negotiation of new contracts, drafting of contract language or litigation over the terms of or parties’ intent regarding a previously executed agreement.
  • Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
    Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm represents small businesses, major corporations, families and individuals who have been affected by personal injury and/or wrongful death.
  • Medical Malpractice
    Physicians and healthcare providers must follow certain standards when caring for patients, and Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm’s attorneys aggressively represent the interests of clients throughout Florida in cases of medical negligence or “malpractice.”
  • Health Care Law
    The firm’s attorneys represent a broad spectrum of health care providers and affiliated entities, including individual physicians, hospital systems, free-standing hospitals, surgical facilities, consulting companies, health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and other health care professionals in a variety of health-related issues.
  • Employment Law
    Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm’s attorneys have successfully represented clients in a wide variety of claims in the employment field in all Florida State and Federal courts to defend employers against claims of discrimination, wrongful discharge, wage-hour violations and other employment-related claims.
  • Workers’ Compensation
    Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm’s attorneys are thoroughly familiar with the complex and frequently changing workers’ compensation laws and represent employers, insurers, government agencies, health care organizations and individuals alike, offering effective strategies for medical cost containment, minimizing litigation and, where applicable, prosecuting and defending overutilization disputes.
  • Professional Liability
    Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm represents individuals, law firms and other professional associations in the defense of professional liability claims, as well as clients who have been harmed by the professional negligence of others.
  • Appellate Practice
    Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm has a skilled in-house team of appellate attorneys with significant experience in appeals of civil and administrative cases in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, insurance coverage, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, contract enforcement and workers’ compensation, among others. Attorneys with other law firms and their clients often turn to Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm’s team of experienced appellate attorneys to help evaluate the issues and advocate for successful results.