Overview
Overview
Antwon M. Emery is a Partner in the firm's Fort Lauderdale West office. He practices in the areas of hospitality defense, first party insurance litigation, property damage claims, wrongful death, negligent security, trucking accident defense and personal injury litigation including toxic torts.
Mr. Emery is a native of Flint, MI and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 2006 and his Bachelor of Science from Southern Illinois University in 2002. Prior to joining Cole, Scott & Kissane, Mr. Emery worked as a Miami-Dade County Public Defender and was a partner at another prominent local defense firm focusing on first party property, insurance coverage litigation, personal injury, construction defect and general liability defense.
Mr. Emery is also a decorated veteran having served ten years in the United States Navy.
Associations
- The Florida Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- National Black Lawyers Top 100
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association
Awards & Recognitions
Best Lawyers®, recognized since 2023
Experience
Representative Matters
Michael Mose Poole v. South Dade Rehabilitation Center, 444 So.3d 777 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014)
John Sawyer v. Ocean Park Condominium, Case No. 3D14-839 (Fla. 3d DCA, December 24, 2014)
Practice Areas
Education
- University of Miami College of Law, J.D.
- Southern Illinois University, B.S., Health Care Risk Assessment
Admissions
- Florida, 11/17/2006
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida