Devang Desai

Devang Desai, an associate at Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo, joined the firm in the Fall of 2004, after a period of practice with an international law firm, gaining experience in the fields of litigation, bankruptcy and creditor rights, along with government and regulatory matters. Mr. Desai concentrates his practice of law in the areas of insurance defense, products liability,transactional and commercial litigation, and bad faith consultation and litigation.

Prior to becoming an attorney, he served as the Interim Ombudsperson and Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Miami, and later served in the fall of 2003 as the Rapporteur for the Government Procurement Workshop for the Eighth America’s Business Forum in Miami during the Free Trade Areas of the Americas Conference. During law school, Mr. Desai interned for the Honorable Paul C. Huck of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida.

Mr. Desai is also an active member of the community serving as a legal officer for student discipline at the University of Miami since 2003. He currently serves on both the University of Miami Law School Alumni Board and the University of Miami Alumni Association Board as a director. Mr. Desai is also active with his Fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha, and serves as the Regional President. Mr. Desai is an active member of the Order of the Arrow and Boy Scouts of America, where he is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Service Award. Additionally, Mr. Desai has been appointed to the Sunshine State Scholarship Foundation, Inc. and was elected Treasurer of the Foundation.

Mr. Desai is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and all Florida states courts. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, the Coral Gables Bar Association, Dade County Bar Association, the Florida Bar, and the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, where he has served as the chair of the Commercial Law Committee since 2008. Mr. Desai has also been named by Florida Super Lawyers as a Florida Rising Star in 2009 and 2010.

Education

University of Miami, School of Law (J.D, cum laude, 2003)

• (President, Student Bar Association; Iron Arrow Honor Society; Thomas R. Ewald(President, Student Bar Association; Iron Arrow Honor Society; Thomas R. Ewald Litigation Skills Scholar; Society of Bar and Gavel; Omicron Delta Kappa; Golden Key International Honour Society; Order of Omega; Dean’s List)

University of Miami (B.A.., 1997)

• (Jay Pearson Scholarship; Dean’s List)

Contact Information
420 South Dixie Highway, 3rd Floor
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
Telephone: (305) 667-0223
Facsimile: (305) 284-9844
E-Mail:ddesai@gaebemullen.com

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