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Kevin
A. Malone was born in Utica, New York, on July 23, 1952, and as
a youngster moved with his family to Pompano Beach, Florida. He
graduated from the University of Florida in 1973, where he was honored
as a Phi Beta Kappa. While at the University of Florida, he was elected
President of the Student Senate and a member of the Florida Blue
Key. He graduated from the University of Florida Law School in 1976.
Following
law school, Kevin became an associate with Krupnick & Campbell
and, after several years of outstanding successful trial results,
was named a partner in 1979.
In
recent years, Kevin has specialized in representing foreign governments
in litigation in the United States. Over the past 10 years
he has represented more than 25 foreign governments in litigation
matters throughout the United States.
Kevin
has been lead attorney on several significant environmental cases
involving toxic chemicals. He represented over 200 farmers against
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc. in regard to its fungicide
Benlate®, and after two successful
trial verdicts, achieved settlements for his clients in excess
of $200 million.
Over
the years, Kevin has developed expertise in air-crash disaster
cases and particularly in the area of forum non conveniens law.
He has served on the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee for numerous
major airline crashes, including the Avianca air crash in New York
in 1990, the American Airlines crash in Cali, Colombia, in 1995,
the ValuJet air crash in Miami, Florida, in 1996, and the American
Airlines crash in Queens, New York, in 2001. He has also served
as lead counsel on a large number of air-crash cases involving
light aircraft, helicopters, and military aircraft.
Kevin
is a member of the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association,
and The Florida Bar. He is also a member of the Broward County
Trial Lawyers' Association, the American
Association for
Justice, and the College of Diplomates of the Academy of Florida
Trial Lawyers. He is board-certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by The
Florida Bar. Kevin is also listed in the publication, The Best Lawyers
in America, and he has consistently received an AV rating by the
Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest rating given
by this publication.
Kevin has been appointed
as a member of the Selection Committee for the appointment of a Federal
Magistrate for the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Florida. He served as review editor for the "Recreational
Vessels" chapter of Florida
Torts, First Edition, published by Matthew Bender Legal Publishing
Company. He is a frequent lecturer at trial-lawyer seminars in his
specialty areas of civil RICO, aviation, admiralty,
scuba diving, environmental torts, and complex product liability
cases.
Actively
involved in community and environmental causes, Kevin is a member
of The Nature Conservancy, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and
he serves on the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund.
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