Background
Mank, R. Layton was born on January 2, 1937 in Miami, Florida, United States.
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R. Layton Mank
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University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts, 1959. Juris Doctor, 1967, replaced Bachelor of Laws conferred, 1962).
Career
Worked at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker (Miami, Florida) specializing in General Insurance and Reinsurance Practice and Litigation. Commercial, Corporate and Securities Law. Domestic and International Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance.
Products and Professional Liability, Toxic Tort Defense, Environmental Impairment Liability, Medical and Hospital Malpractice, Municipal and Public Officials Liability, Trusts and Estates.
Aviation, Marine and Inland Marine. Securities and Fiduciary Liability and General Subrogation.
Admitted to the bar, 1962, Florida. Delta Theta Phi; Florida Blue Key.
Author: "The Stevedore: Hope for Rescue," American Bar Association Journal, March, 1970.
"UPL Programs: AntiTrust Target," Florida Bar Journal, November, 1977. "Tugboat Liability: Charting a Perilous Course," FIC Quarterly, Fall, 1983. Member: The Florida Bar (Chairman, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1976-1978).
Maritime Law Association of the United States.
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Chairman, Maritime Law Committee, 1976-1980). Dade County Defense Bar Association (President, 1976-1977).
Defense Research Institute (Exceptional Service Award, 1977. Chairman Admiralty Committee, 1985-1988).
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker is a full service international law firm, ranking among the largest law firms in the United States with offices in twelve major cities in the United States.
We have provided our clients with a full range of expert and innovative legal services for more than a quarter of a century. Our dramatic growth during this period has been a response to the emerging needs of existing clients and addition of new ones. Initially, ours was an insurance-related practice and we maintain a preeminent position with regard to all aspects of insurance law and theinsurance/reinsurance industry serving insureds, brokers, insurers and reinsurers.
As our clients have matured and broadened in scope, so have our services and expertise and we have expanded into the general corporate law, including creditors" rights and bankruptcy, trusts and estates and real estate transactions and regulatory work.
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Member: The Florida Bar (Chairman, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1976-1978). Maritime Law Association of the United States. Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Chairman, Maritime Law Committee, 1976-1980).
Dade County Defense Bar Association (President, 1976-1977).
Defense Research Institute (Exceptional Service Award, 1977. Chairman Admiralty Committee, 1985-1988).
