Andrew P. Gold

“I’m often told by my clients that I possess a unique ability to listen.  Unfortunately, listening has become a lost art.  Only after listening can a counselor adequately plan a strategy to achieve the client's ultimate goals.” 

--Andrew P. Gold, Litigation and Dispute Resolution

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Andy counsels clients faced with complex commercial issues and disputes. In recent years, his practice has focused primarily on construction, insurance, and real estate related disputes. Andy represents national single family home developers, hi-rise condominium developers, real estate owners, and general contractors.

“I have the greatest job in the world.  In order to counsel my clients, I’m required to learn the intricacies of their business.  This education keeps my job fresh and exciting.  Clients tell me that my enthusiasm reduces the stress necessarily associated with the dispute resolution process.”

Proper documentation, damage mitigation tactics, and skillful legal positioning of the client from the start can lead to early settlement or a more effective presentation of the client’s claim. Andy helps clients develop strategies for quick and early resolution, evaluate settlement options and, if necessary, take the case to trial.  His goal is to get the best possible result for his clients in the least time for the lowest cost. 

From Andy’s Case Files

Building Client Confidence:  Representing the owner/seller of a building, we successfully defeated the plaintiffs’ claims at trial that water intrusion led to mold growth and rendered the building unsafe for occupancy.  After judgment, we recovered costs and attorney fees from the Plaintiffs.  The client was happy to have counsel with industry-specific experience so they could go to trial with confidence and not "cave" to the plaintiffs’ unreasonable settlement demands simply out of fear of trying the case.

Private Equity Parent Fights Back Claim of Negligence:  A plaintiffs’ lawyer with a track record of $100+ million verdicts filed suit on behalf of two men killed by the collapse of a billboard manufactured by a portfolio company associated with a prestigious private equity investment firm which we represent. Because the plaintiffs sought damages well beyond the limits of the portfolio company’s insurance, they brought a claim directly against the private equity company.

Any judgment against a private equity firm for the debts of a portfolio company could have a chilling effect on the entire private equity industry. We were able to successfully devise a strategy, employing both traditional corporate structure defenses and a more creative argument relying upon a brand new state statute, to convince the plaintiffs that the risks associated with trial were too great. As a result, the plaintiffs settled for an amount well within the insurance policy limits of the portfolio company. Afterward, we counseled our client’s employees on behaviors designed to reduce exposure to similar arguments in the future.

Winning the Case No One Wanted:  A group of physicians claimed substantial ownership in a medical network that contracted with insurance companies.  However, no stock had been issued to the "claimed owners".  After being advised by three different law firms (at a substantial cost) that they shouldn’t pursue their claims, they hired KPKB.  Implementing the time-tested strategy "follow the money," we were able to establish that all parties (insurance companies, governmental entities, and patients) treated the group as owners.  The case settled during trial for millions of dollars.  

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Education

• University of Miami School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1986
• State University of New York at Albany, B.A., magna cum laude, 1983

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• Florida, 1986
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1986
• U.S. Tax Court, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1989
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 1989

Noteworthy

• Super Lawyers, Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2007
• Significant Issues in Mold and Related Construction, The International Builders' Show, Speaker, 2007
• Finalist in the South Florida Business Journal/Key Partner Award, 2006
• Top Lawyers, South Florida Legal Guide, Litigation (Commercial & Business) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• "The Best of the Bar," South Florida Business Journal, 2005
• "Legal Elite," Florida Trends magazine, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Order of the Coif
• University of Miami Law Review, Associate Editor, 1985-1986

Professional Affiliations

• The Florida Bar, Rules of Civil Procedure Committee

Community/Civic Involvement

• Cancer Research Network, Inc., Board of Directors, 1998 - Present
• Broward County Jewish Federation, Attorney's Division, Former Chair

Presentations & Publications

Unrepaired, Unprepared  Special Report: Construction Law,” Daily Business Review, June 15, 2006

“Insurance Options: Alternative dispute resolution can help control mold litigation risks,” New York Real Estate Journal, May 2006

"Management of Complex Construction Defect Cases," AEI - Brookings Judicial Education Program, Washington D.C., March 2006

"Learn how to protect your construction company from rising mold-related claims," Web Seminar, hosted by RSM McGladrey, Feb. 2006

"Staying Out of Court," The International Builder's Show - NAHB, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2006

"Arbitration, Bench Trial or Non-Jury Trial in Construction Related Litigation," Kluger, Peretz, Kaplan & Berlin P.L., 2005

"Update on Mold Case Law and Regulation Efforts," Aon Construction Law Seminar, Miami, FL, 2004

"Mediation, Arbitration and Settlement Strategies in Mold Related Construction Disputes," Mealy's National Construction Defect and Mold Litigation Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2003

"The Strong Arm Clause Out-muscles the Constructive Trust: In re: General Coffee Corp.," 39.4 University of Miami Law Review, p. 757, July, 1985