Background
Borgo, John R. was born on May 20, 1944 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
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John R. Borgo
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University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1972). Oxford University, Oxford England. Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1977).
Spoken languages: French.
Career
Worked at Weissman, Dervishi, Borgo & Nordlund, P.A. (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) specializing in General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts and Agencies, and Arbitrations, Complex Commercial Civil Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1988, Florida. 1989, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida.
1994, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. 1995, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Order of the Coif (Honorary). Author: "Casual Paradigms in Tort Law," 8 Journal of Legal Studies 419, 1979. Assistant Professor, 1977-1979 and Associate Professor, 1979-1984, University of Southern California Law Center.
Author: "Causal Paradigms in Tort Law," 8 Journal of Legal Studies 419, 1979. Visiting Lecturer, Oxford University, 1984-1986. Visiting Associate Professor of Law, University of Miami, 1986-1987.
Member: The Florida Bar. Weissman, Dervishi, Borgo & Nordlund, P.A. represents clients in a broad range of complex commercial litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts and agencies and in arbitrations. The firm prides itself on being a small firm offering sophisticated litigation expertise.
Certain of the firm's clients include financial institutions, national insurance companies, mutual funds, securities investment companies, commercial property developers and managers, various manufacturers, an international food distributor and an international family restaurant franchisor.
Membership
Member: The Florida Bar.
