Attorney Keith Grumer, Grumer & Macaluso, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Keith Thomas Grumer
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Managing Partner
phone	888-587-5549
fax	(954) 713-2713
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Keith T. Grumer is a South Florida native with extensive experience in business and real estate litigation. He earned his law degree, cum laude , from the University of Miami in 1985, and received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Florida in 1982. Prior to forming Grumer & Levin, Mr. Grumer was a partner at Keith, Mack, Lewis, Cohen & Lumpkin, in Miami.

Mr. Grumer litigates commercial and real estate related matters in all state, federal, and bankruptcy courts in South Florida. Additionally, he has pursued several state-wide consumer class action proceedings on behalf of homeowners.

Mr. Grumer's commercial litigation experience entails balancing the needs of business professionals for resolution with the need to achieve desired goals. All risks are considered, including the cost, before a plan is devised and implemented.

Areas of Practice:: 60% Business litigation, corporate fraud, fiduciary responsibilities; 20% Real Property Litigation (title, mortgage, construction, and lien litigation); 20% Wills Contests and Undue Influence

Litigation Percentage:: 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Florida, 1985; U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1988; U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1986; U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida, 1986

Education:: University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1985
J.D.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Honors: Order of Coif
Law Review: University of Miami Law Review, 1983 - 1985; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1982
B.A.
Honors: Dean's List
Major: Political Science

Representative Cases:: Value Rent-A-Car, Inc. v. Collection Chevrolet, Inc., 570 So.2d 1376 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1990); Terranova Corp. v. Fried, 548 So.2d 270 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1989); Woodell V. TransFlorida Bank, 717 So.2d 108 (Fla. 4th DCA 1998); Gray v. Union Planters National Bank, 654 So.2d 1288 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1995); Value Rent-A.Car, Inc. v. Collection Chevrolet, Inc., 543 So.2d 803 (Fla. 3rd DCA 1989); Levin v. Palm Coast Builders & Const. Inc., 840 So.2d 316 (4th DCA Fla 2003); Price v. Tyler, 890 So.2d 246 (Fla. Sup. Ct. 2003)

Representative Clients:: Chase Manhattan Business Corp; WCI Communities, Inc d/b/a Florida Prudential Rlt; BNP Paribas; C.I.T. Investments

References:: Roy Diaz, Esq., Smith, Hyatt & Diaz; Jane Rankin, Esq., Kubicki & Draper, P.A.; Susan Lansky, Esq., Lasky Bigge & Rodriguez; Nicolas A. Manzini, Manzini & Associates

Honors and Awards:: University of Miami Law Review

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Broward County Bar Association; Member; Dade County Bar Association; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Keith, Mack, Lewis, Cohen & Lumpkin, Partner, 1991 - 1986; Rice & Reiser, P.A., Associate, 1985 - 1986

Fraternities/Sororities:: Tau Epsilon Phi

Se habla español. Commercial litigation attorneys at Grumer & Macaluso, P.A. represent clients throughout Florida in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Many of our clients are businesses from the south Florida communities of Boca Raton, Coral Springs, Pompano Beach, Naples, Cape Coral, Fort Lauderdale, and other communities in Miami-Dade County and Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, and Charlotte counties.