Overview
Charles Reynolds is Senior Counsel in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in premises liability, product liability, construction defect litigation, medical malpractice, litigation, and the defense of toxic torts.
Representative Matters
- Served as state coordinating litigation counsel for a national medical supplier in multi-district product liability suits alleging personal injury from exposure to latex.
- Represented a national home building products supplier in several hundred construction defect lawsuits across Florida including state and federal jurisdictions.
- Represented several Florida theme parks in a wide variety of suits alleging serious personal injury.
- Represented multiple product manufacturers in several categories of toxic tort lawsuits, including those alleging exposure to asbestos, lead, and benzene.
- Successfully obtained summary judgment for a home builder against a homeowner claiming several million dollars in damages, including the loss of professional baseball career, from mold exposure.
- Represented numerous night clubs, bars, and restaurants in negligent security matters resulting in death or serious injury.
- Obtained a defense verdict at trial for suit brought by patron of golf course claiming brain damage and loss of an eye as the result of negligent course design
Honors and Distinctions
- AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Tampa Bay Magazine, Best Lawyers in Tampa Bay, 2012
Professional Involvement
- Supreme Court of Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, 2018 -2022
- IADC Construction Law Committee, Chair, 2007-2009; 2012- Present
- IADC Products Committees, Vice Chair – Special Projects, 2012-Present
- IADC Mid-Year CLE Committee, 2017
- DRI, Vice Chair Partnering with Industry, 2016, 2017
- IADC Construction Committee, Chair, 2014-2016
- DRI Annual Meeting Steering Committee, 2013-2014
- IADC Annual Meeting Steering Committee, 2013
- DRI Indoor Air Quality Sub-Committee, Chair, 2003-2004
- DRI Trial Techniques Sub-Committee, Chair, 2002-2005
Publications
- “Dust in the Wind, Toxic Exposure from Construction Sites,” Construction Executive Magazine, May 2018
- "Daubert Goes to the Beach, Florida Amends its Rules of Evidence to Adopt Daubert Standard for Expert Testimony," IADC Committee Newsletter, November 2013
- “The Enhanced Injury Doctrine: How the Theory of Liability is Addressed in a Comparative Fault World,” IADC Defense Counsel Journal, April 2012
- Florida Chapter of the Defense Research Institutes (DRI) Compendium of Punitive Damages (2010)
- "Nanotechnology: Promise or Pandora's Box?," In House Defense Quarterly Magazine, Spring 2007
- "Four Toxic Torts You May See Before The End of 2005,” For The Defense Magazine, July 2005
- "Mold, Mildew and Marco," Mealey's Litigation Report, June 2002
Presentations
- IADC Trial Academy Faculty at Stanford Law School, 2014
- Guest Instructor, Paralegal Studies, “The Role of Paralegal at Trial”, Hillsborough Community College, 1997
- Guest Instructor, Paralegal Studies, Rollins College, 1993
