Meenu T. Sasser

Meenu T. Sasser is a shareholder who joined the firm in 1995. In 2005, Ms. Sasser was part of a team that obtained a $16.5 million jury verdict after a successful, month-long jury trial. Ms. Sasser is the immediate past president of the 2,700 lawyer member Palm Beach County Bar Association.

Practice Areas

• Business Litigation/General Civil Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Professional Liability Defense
• Employment Litigation and Non-Compete Disputes

Education

University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1995
Associate editor, Comparative Labor Law Journal
University of Florida College of Law, visiting student, with honors, 1994-95
Book Awards: Trial Practice, Environmental Law
College of William and Mary, B.S., cum laude and with honors, 1992

Honors

AV-Rated (means that her legal ability and ethical standards
are very high to pre-eminent) as independently determined
by Martindale-Hubbell
South Florida Business Journal’s Up and Comer in Law, 2005
Florida Trend, Legal Elite, 2005-06
Florida Super Lawyer, 2006-08
Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches Athena Young
Professional Award, finalist, 2007 -08
South Florida Business Journal’s Businesswoman of the Year,
finalist, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships

The Florida Bar, board certified, business litigation
United States District Court: Southern District of Florida, 1995;
Northern District of Florida, 1998; Middle District of Florida, 1998
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1996
Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism, 2008
Palm Beach County Bar Association
President, 2007-08
Board of Directors, 2002-07
American Inns of Court, Palm Beach County Chapter,
Programming co-chair,
Membership co-chair

Civic and Community Service

ARC of Palm Beach County, board of directors,
executive committee, 2005-07
School Board of the Potentials Charter School, vice-chair
Florida Association of Women Lawyers,
board of directors, 2002-04
College of William & Mary Alumni Association, president,
Gold Coast Chapter
University of Pennsylvania Alumni Association,
admissions committee

Publications

“Discovery in Other States and Countries” chapter in Florida Business
Litigation Manual, 2007
“Defining the Hourglass: When Is a Claim Under the Florida Civil Rights
Act Time Barred?” 73 Fla. B.J. 68 (Dec. 1999) (cited in McDowell v.
School Board of Leon County, 765 So.2d 804 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000))

Selected Reported Cases

Ehrman v. Mann, 979 So. 2d 1011 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)
Martin v. Automobili Lamborghini Exclusive, Inc., 307 F.3d 1332 (11th Cir. 2002)
MCR Funding v. CMG Funding Corp., 771 So.2d 32 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
Putnam Berkley Group, Inc. v. Dinin, 734 So.2d 532 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999)
Milano v. Moldmaster, 703 So.2d 1093 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997)