Bart R. Valdes

• Administrative
• Appeals
• Bankruptcy
• Business Litigation
• Local Government
• Civil Litigation
• Civil Trial
• Code Enforcement
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction
• Contracts
• Corporate Law
• Debtor and Creditor
• Eminent Domain
• Environmental and Land Use
• Government
• Insurance Litigation
• Insurance Fraud Litigation
• Labor and Employment
• Landlord and Tenant Disputes (Residential and Commercial)
• Mortgage Foreclosure
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Probate and Trust Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation and Disputes
• Real Estate/Land Development
• Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
• Trial
• Trusts and Estates
• Zoning, Planning and Land Use

• Florida Bar Business Law Section- (Executive Council 2016-2022)
• Florida Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
• Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section
• Business Law Section COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Task Force (Co-Chair 2020-2022)
• E-Discovery and Digital Evidence Committee of Business Law Section (Chair  2017-2018)
• Task Force on Proposed Amendments to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure (Chair 2018-2022)
• Entrepreneur’s Organization- Tampa Bay Chapter (Board Member 2021-2023)
• Bay Area Apartment Association (Government Affairs Committee 2021-2023)
• Building Owners and Managers Association of Greater Tampa Bay
• Leadership Tampa Bay (Class of 2018)
• Tampa Hispanic Bar Association (Treasurer 2014-2022)
• Tampa Hispanic Bar Foundation (Director 2019-2023)
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
• Orange County Bar Association
• Lake St. Charles Homeowner’s Association- Director/Treasurer (2006-2008)
• Tampa Interbay Rotary Foundation Board of Directors (2011-2017)
• Tampa Interbay Rotary Club (Past-President) (2009-2019)
• Volunteer for Reading is Fundamental
• Volunteer Captain for Tampa Bay Watch
• Committeeman- Taste of South Tampa (2008-2009)
• International Association of Special Investigation Units- Member

Speaking Engagements

2023

• Update On Florida Law Impacting The Multifamily Sector In 2023– Polk County Learning Day for the Bay Area Apartment Association
• Recent Florida Laws Affecting Multifamily – Bay Area Apartment Association
• Practical Preservation, Collection and Use of ESI and Digital Evidence During Litigation and Trial  – Florida Bar Annual Convention

2022

• Cyber Security Controls and Best Practices – DSK Law Quarterly Learning Series
• Ephemeral Electronic Evidence Preservation And Discovery Obligations, And Best Practices  –  2022 Annual Florida Bar Convention

2021

• “We are getting sued! What should we do?” – Florida Charter School Governance Conference
• “How to Guide” and Practical Consideration for Handling Evictions and Foreclosure Cases – Featured Webinar of the Business Law Section and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar

2019

• Uncovering Insurance Fraud in the Digital Age – Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee 27th Annual Conference
• EUOs, 6(b) Requests, and Other Tools for Uncovering Insurance Fraud – Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee 27th Annual Conference

2018

• Uncovering Insurance Fraud Through E-Discovery and Digital Evidence – Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee 26th Annual Conference
• Using the Right Tool the Right Way to Uncover Insurance Fraud – Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee 26th Annual Conference
• Emerging Technology and Transformation in the Practice of Law in the Digital Age – 68th Annual Florida Bar Convention
• Examining Where We Are Today and Looking Ahead in E-Discovery and Digital Evidence in the Face of Technology Advancements – 68th Annual Florida Bar Convention
• Essential CyberSecurity Controls And Tales From The Dark Web – 68th Annual Florida Bar Convention
• Avoid Drowning in Finances – 101 Budgeting for a Successful Year – 2018 Voluntary Bar Leaders Conference

2017

• Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence in the Courtroom – Hillsborough Circuit Court Judges
• Uncovering Insurance Fraud Through E-Discovery and Digital Evidence – Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee Annual Conference
• Maintaining Competency In The Face Of Technology Advancements: How To Keep Pace With Your Professional And Ethical Requirements- Florida Bar Annual Meeting
• Cybersecurity Controls Needed For Firms And Clients Alike – Florida Bar Annual Meeting

2016

• Effective Courtroom Management Of Computerized Discovery – Broward County Circuit Court Judges
• Electronic Discovery and Ethics in 2016 and Beyond – Business Law Section of Florida Bar
• Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence – Tampa Hispanic Bar Association
• Balancing Life and the Practice of Law – Western Michigan University – Cooley Law School

2015

• Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence Pre-Discovery Through Trial – Florida Bar Annual Convention

Articles

• Strategies for Commercial Building Owners and Property Managers to Avoid Litigation Over Lease Agreements and to Protect Against Liability Claims, By Bart R. Valdes, Esq. and Aaron Baroff, Esq.
• Common Pitfalls to Avoid in Residential Evictions, by Bart R. Valdes dated November 20, 2020.
• Understanding the CDC’s Nationwide Residential Eviction Moratorium Order, by Bart Valdes, Esq, dated October 2020.
• Mortgage Foreclosure and Eviction Issues During and After The COVID-19 Pandemic, by Bart R. Valdes and Ruben Laboy, dated June 4, 2020.
• Five Important Things To Know About Bankruptcy For Debtors And Creditors, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq., dated May 15, 2020.
• Mortgage Foreclosure Relief Under The CARES Act For Federally Backed Loans, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq., and Norm Nash, Esq., dated May 5, 2020.
• A Survey On Some Recent Important E-Discovery And Digital Evidence Cases, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq., dated June 11, 2018.
• Is Privacy Obsolete in Modern Litigation?, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq., dated July 14, 2017.
• Taking the Deposition of an Entity Representative or Custodian of Records and Seeking Electronically Stored Information, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq., dated May 9, 2016.
• Requests For Production Instructions And Definitions: How To Make Them Work For You, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq., dated March 21, 2016.
• Investigating PIP Fraud Through the Appropriate and Effective Use of (6)(b) Requests, by Bart Valdes, Esq., dated September 17, 2015.
• Investigating PIP Fraud Through the Use of EUOs and Preserving the EUO Defense in PIP Cases, by Bart Valdes, Esq., dated September 14, 2015.
• A Clarification to Florida’s Law Provides Guidance to Courts in Regard to Proceedings Supplementary Under § 56.29, Florida Statutes, When Judgment Creditors Seek to Collect on Judgments, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq. and P. Hayden Haskins, Esq., dated October 24, 2014.
• Attorneys’ Fees and Costs When Litigating Against an Insurance Company, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq., dated October 2, 2014.
• Deficiency Judgments in Foreclosure Actions, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq. and P. Hayden Haskins, Esq., dated October 1, 2013.
• Dealing with Association Liens and Code Enforcement Liens in a Foreclosure Action, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq., dated January 13, 2013.
• New Mediation Requirements Put New Burdens on Corporate Entities in Litigation, by Bart R. Valdes, Esq., dated September 14, 2012.

Reported Cases

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Williams, 824 F.3d 1311 (11th Cir. 2014)
• Singer v. Unibilt, 43 So.3d 784 (Fla. 5th DCA 2010)
• VOSR Industries v. Martin Properties, 919 So.2d 554 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
• Vincent Contestabile v. Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund, Inc., 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1025a (Fla. 9th Cir. Ct. 2015)
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. First Choice Care Chiropractic and Rehabilitation, 22 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 1028a (Fla. 10th Cir. Ct. 2014)
• State Farm Mutual v. Advanced Chiropractic and Medical Center, 2019 WL 2534908 (S.D. Fla. 2019)
• State Farm Mutual v. Family Practice and Rehab, 2019 WL 4418221 (M.D. Fla. 2019)