Complex Business Litigation

The attorneys of the Vose Law Firm have wide-ranging experience in litigation taking place in Circuit Courts, County Courts, District Courts of Appeal, Florida Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and Federal Appeals Court.  The cases handled by the firm run the gamut of breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, fraud in the performance, requests for injunction, intentional interference with an advantageous business relationship, securities fraud, requests for accounting, civil theft, RICO,  numerous statutory actions,  eminent domain, declaratory judgments,  environmental claims, §1983 Civil Rights Claims, intellectual property litigation, and construction litigation.

The Vose Law Firm’s litigation experience includes hundreds of civil cases handled for private clients.  An example of one of those cases is Cecile Resort, Ltd. vs. Residence Inn by Marriott, which was actively litigated by the firm for over 7 years, involved interlocutory appeals to both the Fifth District Court of Appeal (5th DCA) and the Florida Supreme Court, two ancillary cases in California relating to discovery, and a related Bankruptcy proceeding.  Becky Vose and Wade Vose tried the case before a jury in Osceola County in a two week trial that ended just before closing arguments with a settlement extremely favorable to the Vose Law Firm’s client.

In addition, the attorneys of the Vose Law Firm have practiced extensively in administrative litigation including administrative hearings before the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Orlando Civil Services Board, the St. Johns River Water Management District, the South Florida Water Management District, the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Transportation, the Public Services Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Numerous local governments have hired the Vose Law Firm attorneys to represent them in crucial litigation.  Orange County has repeatedly hired the attorneys of the Vose Law Firm to represent the county in various complex litigation cases.  The firm has defended the county in several lawsuits by property owners over alleged environmental contamination, has defended numerous §1983 Civil Rights lawsuits against the county.  The Orange County Property Appraiser’s office hired the Vose Law Firm to handle complex intellectual property litigation relating to the alleged illegal use of the software system used by that office to conduct its business.  The result of the litigation was quite favorable to the property appraiser’s office.  The City of Longwood hired Ms. Vose to represent the city in various litigation, including the defense of a §1983 Civil Rights claim that was tried in U.S. District Court.  The plaintiff in that case received a $0 verdict from the jury.

Ms. Vose has represented the City of Orlando in a large number of litigation matters including the defense of §1983 Civil Rights claims, a challenge to the City’s election districting determinations, civil service board appeals, defense of claims against police officers acting in the line of duty, defense of several zoning code provisions, inverse condemnation cases, a case to determine the qualification to hold office by a city council candidate, defense of determinations by the Historic Preservation Commission, suit against the Orange County School Board to prevent that entity from violating City of Orlando zoning code provisions, alleged unlawful employment termination cases, bond validations, defense of appeals and requests for certiorari from various board determinations, and a myriad of other municipal law related matters.    

The Vose Law Firm’s experience in litigation includes significant appellate work, including the following reported appellate cases:  City of Orlando v. School Board of Orange County, 362 So.2d 694; Chastain v. Civil Service Board of Orlando, 327 So.2d 230; City of Orlando v. Ashlock, 342 So.2d 1002; Wilson v. County of Orange, 881 So.2d 625; Department of Transportation v. Lake Beulah Groves, Ltd., 617 So.2d 1089; Residence Inn by Marriott v. Cecile Resort Ltd., 822 So.2d 548; and Wisconsin Real Estate Investment Trust v. Rouse, 466 So.2d 289.