Patrick Dervishi joined the Firm in 2004 after graduating from the University of Florida. He has extensive experience in litigation and appeals and has taken many cases to successful completion at trial or through summary judgment.
He focuses on helping homeowners and condominium associations with covenant enforcement and foreclosures, along with general corporate matters, construction defects and construction lien foreclosure, commercial litigation, business governance and shareholder disputes, contracts, debtor–creditor law, residential and commercial real property litigation, and evictions.
A significant part of his practice is appellate. Two years out of law school he made new law when the Florida Supreme Court agreed that a trial court may include attorney’s fees foreseeably incurred in obtaining discharge of a lis pendens in a lis pendens bond. He was also part of the legal team that struck down the mandatory membership scheme requiring owners to join the Ironhorse country club.
In law school Patrick was an editor of the Florida Journal of International Law and received book awards in Real Property and Civil Procedure. He lives in Weston with his family, and volunteers as a youth soccer coach and certified referee.
Education
- J.D., cum laude, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2004
- B.A., English, State University of Tirana, 1991
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Notable Appellate Decisions
- S & T Builders v. Globe Properties, Inc., 944 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 2006)
- S & T Builders v. Globe Properties, Inc., 909 So. 2d 375 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
- Ironhorse Prop. Owners Ass’n, Inc. v. Chsimark, 23 So. 3d 124 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)
- Adult Communities Total Services, Inc. v. Estate of Zimmerman, 961 So. 2d 1076 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007)
- Swain v. Meadows at Martin Downs Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., 59 So. 3d 258 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011)
- Tweraser v. 800 Cypress Associates, LLC, 60 So. 3d 404 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011)
Publications
- “International Law: No Remedies for Violation of the Foreign Nationals’ Right to Consular Notification: United States v. Duarte-Acero,” 15 Fla. J. Int’l L. 645 (2003)