Stephan I. Voudris
Partner

Steve Voudris is a litigation Partner in the Firm's Miami office with a national practice focusing on the defense of financial institutions. He specializes in complex commercial litigation and class-action defense work involving allegations of fraud, concealment, deceptive trade practices, false advertising, tortious interference, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract. Additionally, he has extensive intellectual property litigation experience. His practice includes trying cases, drafting and arguing successful motions to dismiss and for summary judgment, and mediating and arbitrating disputes.

Mr. Voudris is also a skilled appellate lawyer, having participated in appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and state appellate courts in Florida, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia.

Representative Matters

• Libby v. American Bankers Sales Corp., No. 02-05-0440 (Ill. App. Ct. Jan. 12, 2007) (affirming summary judgment)
• Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co. v. Dahn, No. 05-14080 (S.D. Fla. May 23, 2005 and Jan. 30, 2006) (entering preliminary injunction against insurance agency, ordering an accounting, and entering a $1.2 million judgment)
• Ward v. Life Investors Insurance Co. of America, 383 F. Supp. 2d 882 (S.D. Miss. 2005) (granting motion to dismiss tortious interference, breach of fiduciary duty, accounting, slander, and trade secret claims)
• 21st Century Satellite Communications, Inc. v. Woodbury Financial Services, Inc., No. 04-380 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. Mar. 31, 2005) (dismissing civil RICO complaint)
• Quality Resources, Inc. v. Signature Agency, Inc., No. 8:04-CV-2593 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 11, 2005) (dismissing with prejudice breach of fiduciary duty claim)
• Wellman v. Great-West Life Insurance Co., NASD Arbitration No. 03-5363 (NASD Southeast Region Feb. 20, 2005) (granting motion to dismiss annuity misrepresentation claim)
• Libby v. American Bankers Insurance Group, Inc., No. 99-CH-683 (Ill. Cir. Ct., DuPage Cty., July 14, 2004 and April 12, 2005) (granting summary judgment and sanctions motions on tortious interference claim)
• Strand v. American Reliable Insurance Co., No. 04-C-181 (W. Va. Cir. Ct., Marion Cty.) (proposed state-wide class action regarding applicability of the valued policy law to mobile home claims)
• 3B's Realty Co. v. American Industrial Properties REIT, 869 So. 2d 564 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003) (affirming summary judgment of real estate fraud claim)
• Stillwell v. American Bankers Insurance Co. of Florida, No. 00-C-116W (W. Va. Cir. Ct., Ohio Cty., Oct. 15, 2003) (holding that valued policy statute was inapplicable to proposed class action claim involving an out-of-state mobile home addition)
• Brumwell v. Pacific Life Insurance Co., No. 2002-CA-4515 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Manatee Cty., Mar. 7, 2003) (voluntary dismissal of variable life insurance misrepresentation claim)
• Bellikoff v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co., No. 02-1914 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Palm Beach Cty.) (proposed nationwide class action regarding life insurance premium gap issues)
• American Bankers Insurance Co. of Florida v. Booth, 830 So. 2d 1205 (Miss. 2002) (barring all class actions in Mississippi state courts)
• Denton v. American Security Insurance Co., No. 9380 (Tenn. Cir. Ct., Hardeman Cty., Feb. 5, 2002) (voluntary dismissal of credit insurance claims)
• McIlraith v. General Electric Capital Assurance Co., 146 F. Supp. 2d 1304 (S.D. Fla. 2001) (granting summary judgment in life insurance coverage matter)
• Adelstein v. Unicare Life and Health Insurance Co., 135 F. Supp. 2d 1240 (M.D. Fla. 2001) (granting summary judgment regarding Unicare's right to reimbursement for health insurance payments and rejecting application of the make whole doctrine)
• Demyan v. Sun Life Assurance Co., No. 98-7265, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22699 (S.D. Fla. 1999) (granting motion to dismiss on ERISA grounds)
• Faurot v. Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Co., No. 99-1464 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Miami-Dade Cty., July 14, 1999) (granting motion to dismiss life insurance claim)
• Davis v. American Bankers Life Assurance Co., No. 99-5097 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Miami-Dade Cty., May 17, 1999) (granting motion to dismiss proposed national class action mortgage disability insurance claim)
• Shapiro v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., No. 98-6444 (S.D. Fla. May 29, 1998) (voluntary dismissal of disability insurance claim)
• Hill v. American Bankers Life Assurance Co. of Florida, No. 98-233 (D.R.I. May 8, 1998) (voluntary dismissal of multi-state class action regarding unearned single-premium credit insurance premiums)
• Sutherland v. ITT Residential Capital Corp., 702 N.E.2d 436 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997) (affirming class action settlement over the objections of proposed interveners)
• Lorton v. Gliatech, Inc., No. 71484 (Ohio Ct. App. 1997) (affirming denial of unemployment benefits)
• Cione v. Gorr, 843 F. Supp. 1199 (N.D. Ohio 1994) (granting motion to dismiss securities fraud litigation)