ERVIN A. GONZALEZ , a partner at Colson Hicks Eidson, graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law with a Juris Doctorate in 1985. Mr. Gonzalez is board certified as a specialist in civil trial law (both in personal injury and wrongful death cases) and business litigation law by The Florida Bar and The National Board of Trial Advocacy.

A member of the Florida Bar Board of Governors, Mr. Gonzalez has served on the board’s Executive Committee. He is also a member of the National Board of Trustees for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Mr. Gonzalez -- former President of the Dade County Bar Association and Dade County Trial Lawyers Association, and past Director of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers -- has over 20 years experience practicing products liability, class action, business litigation, medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. Moreover, Mr. Gonzalez has twenty-one jury trial verdicts that meet or exceed one million dollars, and numerous settlements that meet or exceed one million dollars.

In addition, Mr. Gonzalez is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law for the trial skills litigation program. Some of his published works include FasTrain: Florida Civil Trial Preparation, The Florida Bar, 5 Volume Book and Practice Guide: Florida Civil Procedure, LexisNexis: 5 Volume Book. Mr. Gonzalez has also authored numerous articles published in The Florida Bar Journal, the Dade County Trial Lawyers Advanced Trial Handbook and the monthly column “Trial Tips”, published in the Dade County Bar Bulletin and the Daily Business Review.

Furthermore, Mr. Gonzalez was recently named in the prestigious Best Lawyers in America, a “who's who” of the legal profession's top practitioners as evaluated and selected by their professional peers. He was also selected as one of the Best Lawyers in Florida by Florida Trend Magazine and in the nation by Leading American Attorney.