Neil D. Kodsi
Principal
Neil is a seasoned trial lawyer with over thirty (30) years of jury trial experience. Neil has tried numerous cases to verdict in both federal and state court. Additionally, he has successfully tried cases involving many different theories of liability, including patent infringement, employment discrimination, product liability, toxic tort, wrongful death, personal injury, breach of contract, bad faith, and first-party insurance claims.
Neil previously worked for large national and/or regional law firms, where he was one of the “go-to” trial lawyers for those firms for complex cases involving highly complicated expert testimony. Simply put, Neil is — first and foremost — a trial lawyer.
In 2021, Neil joined his long-time friend and colleague, Andrew Feldman to form Feldman Kodsi. Together, Andrew and Neil represent a wide array of clients in both transactional and litigation matters.
In addition to representing clients, Neil also has a passion for teaching other practicing lawyers, as well as law students about trial practice and his peers frequently ask him to conduct training programs for lawyers related to trial practice. He served as an adjunct professor of Law and trial team coach at Wake Forest University and he frequently serves as a faculty member for litigation skills programs sponsored by the American Bar Association and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA). In September 2018, NITA recognized Neil by naming him as their National Volunteer faculty of the month.
Professional Recognition:
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Rated “Superb” by Avvo.com
• Recipient of The Florida Bar Foundation’s Paul Doyle Children Advocacy Award, 2013
• Recipient of The Most Effective Lawyer Award in the Class Action category by the Daily Business Review 2007
• Recipient of the 2006 William Reece Smith, Jr. Pro Bono Award
• Certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Court Mediator in 2011
• “Top Ten Defense Verdict of 2002,” National Law Journal
Speaking Engagements:
• “Legal Issues for Families Dealing with Autism.” University of Miami Center for Autism Related Disabilities / Autism-U (March 21, 2013)
• “Winning the Battle of Experts: How the use of expert testimony saved the day for autistic children.” Broward County Hispanic Bar Association (December 13, 2012)
• KEYNOTE SPEAKER at the Annual Conference of the Florida Association for Behavior Analysis, “How Science and Medicine in the Courtroom Defeated AHCA’s Policy Denying Coverage For ABA.” (September 26, 2012)
• “Nanotechnology: Is it the Next Chinese Drywall or the Next Y2K?” at The Florida Defense Lawyer’s Association, Florida Liability Claims Conference (June 10, 2010)
• “How Lawyers Prepare Experts and Experts Prepare Lawyers,” The Dade County Defense Bar Association (April 18, 2007)
Publications:
• “Confronting Experts Whose Opinions Are Neither Supported nor Directly Contradicted by Scientific Literature,” Trial Lawyers Forum, The Florida Bar Journal (June 2006)
Bar and Court Admissions
• Florida
• Georgia
• North Carolina
• Florida State Courts
• Georgia State Courts
• North Carolina State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina
Education:
• Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 1991)
• Order of the Barristers
• National Trial Team
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1988)
Community Involvement
• Rotary Club of Miami Shores (President, 2013- 2014)
• Rotary District 6990 (Assistant Governor, 2015 – 2016)
• Miami Shores Fine Arts Commission (2015 – 2017)
• Miami Shores Mayor’s Task Force Member (2011 – 2012)
• Softball Coach, Doctors Charter School of Miami Shores (2016 – 2017)
• Assistant Softball Coach, Miami Country Day School (2020-2021)
• Miami Shores Chamber of Commerce (President, 2021)
Our Attorneys
Andrew M. Feldman
Neil Kodsi
Services
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
We offer a full spectrum of dispute resolution services within each of our practice areas.
Transaction
Our firm’s transactional practice offers a full range of contract and document services to help you reach your goals.
General Counsel
Our goal as outside general counsel is to add value for our clients by becoming an integral part of their team.
Mediation
We have successfully mediated numerous cases for our clients, obtaining valuable settlements and helping parties avoid the expense and risk of continued litigation.