Ervin A. Gonzalez is a board certified civil trial attorney with 34 verdicts in excess of $1 Million. He is also a legal author and frequent lecturer.
Ervin A. Gonzalez is board certified as a specialist in civil trial law (personal injury and wrongful death cases) and business litigation law by The Florida Bar and The National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a partner at the firm of Colson Hicks Eidson, in Coral Gables, Florida.
Gonzalez is a former Governor of The Florida Bar and has served on its executive committee and long range planning committee. Mr. Gonzalez is a former member of the National Board of Trustees of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) and an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He is Past President of the Dade County Bar Association, Past President of the Dade County Trial Lawyers Association, and a former Director of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Gonzalez also served as a member and Subcommittee Chairman for the Florida Bar's Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure. He is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law - Juris Doctorate, 1985, cum laude.
Mr. Gonzalez has 32 verdicts in excess of a million dollars – including a $65.1 Million verdict in a wrongful death case and the highest award in a Federal Tort Claims Act - a $61 Million award for Medical Malpractice. He has settled numerous multi-million dollar cases throughout his career, including a $100 Million Settlement with SCI Corporation for the desecration of graves in a Jewish Cemetery. Many of his verdicts have ranked in the top verdicts in America.
An AV rated trial attorney, Gonzalez is consistently recognized as a leader in his field and has received numerous honors and awards. He has had the distinction of being ranked as one of America’s leading lawyers by prestigious publications, including Best Lawyers in America, Chambers and Partners, Florida Trend Magazine, Florida Super Lawyers and South Florida Legal Guide. He was named one of the “Top 500 Litigators in the Nation” by Law Dragon and one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the Nation by Hispanic Business Magazine.
Mr. Gonzalez is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law for the trial skills litigation program and has published numerous legal books and articles. He is also frequent lecturer various groups, schools and organizations.
Gonzalez is licensed to practice law in Florida, the District of Columbia, Texas, Colorado, and New York.
