Background
DeMahy, Pete L. was born on February 2, 1952 in Havana, Cuba.
DeMahy, Pete L. was born on February 2, 1952 in Havana, Cuba.
Florida International University (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). Nova University (Juris Doctor, 1977). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Worked at Smith, DeMahy, Drake, Cozad & Cabeza, P.A. (Miami, Florida) specializing in Civil Litigation Practice in all State and Federal Appellate Courts. Personal Injury, Products Liability, Environmental Law, Professional Malpractice, Errors and Omissions Litigation, Insurance Coverage Disputes. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Florida and United States.
District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida including Trial Bar.
Member, Board of Editors, Nova University Law Review, 1976-1977. Lecturer: Errors & Omissions: Assurex International, 1988.
European Business School Users Group, 1988. Florida Association of Insurance Agents Convention, 1988.
Professional Insurance Agents of Florida, Incorporated., 1988.
Independent Insurance Agents, Incorporated., 1987. Adjunct Professor, Saint Thomas University Law School, 1989. Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar.
Cuban American Bar Association. Florida Trial Lawyers Association. Dade County Trial Lawyers Association.
Food and Drug Law Institute.
The Defense Research Institute. Smith, DeMahy, Drake, Drake, Cozad & Cabeza, P.A. was founded in 1984 as a litigation firm engaged primarily in trial practice for the insurance industry and self insured corporations.
In 1987, the firm participated in the renovation of the historic Miami Chamber of Commerce Building into the Bayside Office Center where the firm occupies the two top floors of the building. At present, the firm represents a wide range of casualty and life and health insurance carriers with specialization in the area of professional malpractice litigation as well as a number of manufacturing clients with regard to products liability.
The firm participates in the Minority Counsel Demonstration Program of the American Bar Association.
The firm practices in both the State and Federal Courts of Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties as well as Monroe County, the Keys, Collier and Lee County serving Naples and Fort Myers. The firm appears in all of Florida"s Appellate Courts and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Member, Board of Editors, Nova University Law Review, 1976-1977.