Florida Practitioner's Guide: Civil Trial Preparation

Ervin A. Gonzalez is a 1985 graduate cum laude of the University of Miami School of Law where he now serves as an adjunct professor for the trial skills litigation program. He is licensed to practice law in Florida (state and federal), Washington D.C., Texas (state and federal), New York, Colorado (state and federal), the U.S. District Courts of Arizona and Michigan, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Gonzalez is Florida Bar Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Business Litigation. He formerly served on The Florida Bar Board of Governors and is a former member of The Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Committee. He is also a member and past president of the Dade County Bar Association and the Dade County Trial Lawyers Association, and is a former director of the Florida Justice Association (f/k/a the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers). Mr. Gonzalez is an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and an appointed member of the National Board of Trustees for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Gonzalez frequently writes and lectures for the American Bar Association, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, The Florida Bar, the Dade County Trial Lawyers Association, and other bar associations. He has appeared on 20/20, CNN, Dateline, and NPR, and his published works include the Dade County Trial Lawyers Advanced Trial Handbook. Since 2005, he has consistently been ranked as one of America's leading lawyers by various sources, including Lawyer Weekly USA, The Daily Business Review, Florida Super Lawyers, Florida Trend Magazine, South Florida Legal Guide, and Who's Who Legal: Florida. Mr. Gonzalez is a partner with Colson Hicks Eidson Colson Matthews Martinez Gonzalez Kalbac & Kane in Coral Gables.

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