Top-Ranked Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

As of November 1, 2026, the top-ranked medical malpractice lawyers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida are Steven Lawrence Lubell “Steve” (LexRank 84.00), Karissa Louise Owens (82.80) and Alan Anchell (80.00).

This ranking lists 25 medical malpractice lawyers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in order of their LexRank score, calculated from their Florida Bar records and other cited sources. Their experience ranges from 24 to 53 years in practice. 8 of the 25 list Spanish on their Florida Bar profile.

Lawyers ranked: 25
Fully verified: 25 of 25

The ranking

Ordered by organic LexRank score; paid placements are labelled and never affect a position. How we rank

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Steven Lawrence Lubell “Steve”
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 32 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #1?
Ranks #1 with 84.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Reputation (4/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Reputation 4/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Karissa Louise Owens
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 24 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #2?
Ranks #2 with 82.80: strongest in Reputation (4/20) and Experience (28.8/30). 1.20 points behind #1, mostly experience.
Strongest
- Reputation 4/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
- Experience 28.8/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
1.20 points behind #1 (Steven Lawrence Lubell “Steve”): Experience −1.2.
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Alan Anchell
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 32 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #3?
Ranks #3 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20). 2.80 points behind #2, mostly reputation.
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
2.80 points behind #2 (Karissa Louise Owens): Reputation −4.
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Jason G Barnett
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 32 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #4?
Ranks #4 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Noreek Stephan Davitian “Nick Davitian”
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 26 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #5?
Ranks #5 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Vivian Hattem Fazio
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 29 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #6?
Ranks #6 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Paul Gerad Finizio
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 41 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #7?
Ranks #7 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Evan Todd Marowitz
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 27 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #8?
Ranks #8 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Shawn Benson McKamey
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 32 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #9?
Ranks #9 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Robert M Roselli
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 37 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #10?
Ranks #10 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Christopher William Royer “Chris”
Krupnick Campbell Malone et al, PA · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 28 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #11?
Ranks #11 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Jeff Steven Abers
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 46 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #12?
Ranks #12 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Valerie Ann Conzo
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 34 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #13?
Ranks #13 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Edward Royce Curtis
Tripp Scott, P.A. · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 48 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #14?
Ranks #14 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Michael Sean Freedland
Freedland Harwin Valori Gander, PLLC · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 28 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #15?
Ranks #15 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Steven Jeffrey Hammer
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 40 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #16?
Ranks #16 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Marc Alan Kaufman
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 53 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #17?
Ranks #17 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Debra Potter Klauber
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 31 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #18?
Ranks #18 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Robert L Spector “Robert Spector”
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 50 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #19?
Ranks #19 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Reed Stewart Tolber
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 48 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #20?
Ranks #20 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Harlan Ira Wald “HARLAN”
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 30 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #21?
Ranks #21 with 80.00: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Paul Jay Gamm
Independent practice · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 24 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #22?
Ranks #22 with 78.80: strongest in Experience (28.8/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20). 1.20 points behind #21, mostly experience.
Strongest
- Experience 28.8/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
1.20 points behind #21 (Harlan Ira Wald “HARLAN”): Experience −1.2.
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Jeffery Rodman Lawley “Jeffery”
Billing Cochran, P.A. · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 24 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #23?
Ranks #23 with 78.80: strongest in Experience (28.8/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 28.8/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
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Dorsey Columbus Miller III
Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo & Cohen · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 24 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #24?
Ranks #24 with 78.80: strongest in Experience (28.8/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20).
Strongest
- Experience 28.8/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
No change
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Aleida M Mielke
Krupnick Campbell Malone et al, PA · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Verified
- 29 years experience
- Medical Malpractice
- Bar status verified
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Why #25?
Ranks #25 with 78.60: strongest in Experience (30/30) and Professional credentials (15/15); held back by Reputation (0/20). 0.20 points behind #24, mostly data quality.
Strongest
- Experience 30/30 (ranking avg 23.4)
- Professional credentials 15/15 (ranking avg 14.7)
Held back by
- Reputation 0/20 (ranking avg 0.1)
0.20 points behind #24 (Dorsey Columbus Miller III): Data quality −1.4.
Not on record (scores 0, never estimated): website.

Data sources behind the scores

Every score on this page is calculated from facts backed by these sources. Each profile shows which source supports which fact and when it was last checked.

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Medical Malpractice market in Fort Lauderdale

LexRanked tracks 55 lawyers and 7 law firms in medical malpractice law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 55 of the lawyers have verified professional data. Data verified October 30, 2026.

Lawyers: 55
Law firms: 7
Verified professional data: 55 of 55
Average rating: Withheldtoo few sourced ratings
Median review count: Withheldtoo few sourced counts
Median experience: 23 years55 lawyers

Calculated by LexRanked from its own records on November 1, 2026; data verified October 30, 2026. Ratings and review counts count only when backed by a source; figures from fewer than three profiles are withheld. All lawyers in Fort Lauderdale

What sets these Fort Lauderdale lawyers apart

Every lawyer in this ranking has a The Florida Bar license verified as eligible to practice, and every fact shown links to its source. The figures below come from each lawyer's Florida Bar profile.

Fact about the 25 ranked lawyers	Figure
Years in practice	24 to 53 (median 32)
Languages besides English	Spanish (8), Italian (3), French (2), German (2)
License status with The Florida Bar	Eligible to practice, verified for every lawyer
Most common law school	Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad College of Law (8 lawyers)

Who is included in this ranking?

Lawyers eligible to practice in Florida, with a Fort Lauderdale office address and medical malpractice as a practice area on record. It compares 25 medical malpractice lawyers, using only facts with a cited source. The Florida Bar does not board-certify lawyers in medical malpractice, so the practice area is the one each lawyer lists on their Florida Bar profile, which The Florida Bar does not review. How we rank.

Florida rules to know

A Florida medical malpractice claim must be filed within 2 years of discovering the injury and never later than 4 years, after a presuit investigation with a medical expert opinion and a 90-day notice period.

Rule	What it means
Filing deadline	2 years from the incident or from when it was or should have been discovered, and no later than 4 years from the incident; claims for a minor may be brought until the child's eighth birthday (Fla. Stat. § 95.11)
Expert opinion	The claimant must investigate first and send a verified written medical expert opinion with the notice of intent (§ 766.203)
Notice of intent	Before filing suit, the claimant must notify each prospective defendant of the intent to sue (§ 766.106)
90-day presuit period	No lawsuit may be filed for 90 days after the notice; the defendant must then reject the claim, offer to settle or offer arbitration (§ 766.106)
Lawyer fees	With a contingency fee, the patient keeps at least 70% of the first $250,000 and 90% of any damages above that, after costs (Fla. Const. art. I, § 26)

Court	Where cases are heard
State court circuit	Broward County is in Florida's Seventeenth Judicial Circuit

How to choose among these lawyers

Confirm the license, ask who will handle your matter, and get the fee terms in writing before you sign.

Look up the lawyer in The Florida Bar's directory and check the bar number shown on their LexRanked profile.
Ask whether the lawyer you meet will handle your matter personally, and how many matters like yours they have handled recently.
Ask how they charge and what costs are extra, and get the agreement in writing.
If you prefer to work in another language, check the languages listed on each profile.

Sources for the rules above

Frequently asked questions

How long do I have to file a medical malpractice claim in Florida?

Within 2 years from the incident or from when it was or should have been discovered, and no later than 4 years from the incident, under section 95.11. A claim for a minor may be brought until the child's eighth birthday.

What must happen before a medical malpractice lawsuit is filed?

The claimant investigates, obtains a verified written opinion from a medical expert and notifies each prospective defendant (sections 766.203 and 766.106). No suit may be filed for 90 days after the notice.

How much can a lawyer take from a medical malpractice award in Florida?

With a contingency fee, the patient keeps at least 70% of the first $250,000 and 90% of damages above $250,000, after reasonable costs, under article I, section 26 of the Florida Constitution.

What happens during the 90-day presuit period?

The doctor or hospital and its insurer review the claim and must respond by rejecting it, offering to settle or offering to arbitrate damages (section 766.106).

Which court handles cases in Fort Lauderdale?

State court cases in Broward County are heard in Florida's Seventeenth Judicial Circuit.

Are there Spanish-speaking medical malpractice lawyers in Fort Lauderdale?

Yes. 8 of the 25 ranked lawyers list Spanish on their Florida Bar profile. Each LexRanked profile shows the languages on record.

How is this ranking ordered?

By the LexRank score, calculated only from facts with a cited source: experience, practice-area relevance, awards on record such as board certification, professional credentials, data quality and location. Client reviews do not affect the LexRank score: neither star ratings nor the number of reviews is scored. Payment never changes a position.

Do client reviews affect the LexRank score?

Client reviews do not affect the LexRank score: neither star ratings nor the number of reviews is scored. Reviews are shown on profiles for information only, and Reputation counts only awards on record, such as board certification. How we rank

Which lawyers are verified?

25 of the 25 ranked lawyers have fully verified profiles: Steven Lawrence Lubell “Steve”, Karissa Louise Owens, Alan Anchell, Jason G Barnett and Noreek Stephan Davitian “Nick Davitian” and others.

Which lawyers speak Spanish?

12 of the 55 lawyers in this ranking have it on record, 12 confirmed by a verified fact or an official record. They are ranked separately by the same LexRank score. Top-Ranked Spanish-Speaking Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

What is the difference between the top two lawyers?

Steven Lawrence Lubell “Steve” scores 84.00 and Karissa Louise Owens 82.80, a gap of 1.20 points, mostly in experience. Compare them side by side

About this ranking

Last updated: November 1, 2026
Methodology: LexRank v1.2 - deterministic, reproducible scoring
Editorial review: LexRanked editorial team, October 19, 2026
Independence: Positions are never sold. Paid placements, if any, are labelled and do not affect scores.

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Summary

The ranking

Data sources behind the scores

Medical Malpractice market in Fort Lauderdale

What sets these Fort Lauderdale lawyers apart

Who is included in this ranking?

Florida rules to know

How to choose among these lawyers

Further reading

Sources for the rules above

Frequently asked questions

About this ranking

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