Mr. Edgardo Ferreyra, Jr.

Edgardo Ferreyra Jr. focuses his practice on insurance defense and commercial litigation matters, concentrating in the areas of lawyers' and accountants' liability, Latin America, product liability, toxic tort, environmental and asbestos liability, and commercial contracts and agreements, including automobile finance and dealership agreements, as well as actions for wrongful replevin, product liability, toxic tort, environmental and asbestos.

Edgardo's experience includes handling wrongful death matters as well as contract and financing disputes. His practice involves high-exposure, complex cases. Edgardo has tried numerous cases and has extensive appellate experience, appearing before several Florida appellate courts. Edgardo is also active in the community and does pro bono work for Lawyers for Children America, a child advocacy organization protecting the rights of children who are victims of abuse, abandonment and neglect.

Publications

Florida Supreme Court: Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act Cannot Be Retroactively Applied

July 2011

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that retroactive application of the Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act to plaintiffs who “had accrued causes of action for asbestos-related disease pending on the effective date of the Act,” is “impermissible because it violates the due process clause of the Florida Constitution.”

News

Strasius and Ferreyra Obtain Summary Judgment on Behalf of a Crane Company in High Exposure Case

April 11, 2014

Strasius and Ferreyra Prevail in Legal Malpractice and Conspiracy Case

September 21, 2012.