Anthony Upshaw

Anthony (Tony) Upshaw represents clients on product defense, class action, mass tort and complex civil litigation. Over the course of his career, Tony has tried more than 30 civil jury trials to verdict.

Tony is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Often asked by clients and colleagues to “step into the breach” as trial counsel, he has been recognized nationally for his ability to relate to juries around the country. Tony frequently speaks at various legal association functions, particularly on issues surrounding voir dire, trial technique and diversity in the courtroom. He was a featured speaker at the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) Congress in Paris, France, presented the “Hot Topics in Product Liability Litigation” at the DRI Conference in New Orleans, and testified at the hearings for the American Bar Association (ABA) Presidential Diversity Summit in Boston.

In 2017, he was appointed as the Firm’s Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion. Tony is also a member of both the Firm’s Management and Executive Committees.

RESULTS

Serves as national trial counsel for Monsanto in polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) litigation

Serves as a member of the McDermott team that serves as national coordinating counsel for Honeywell International’s Bendix asbestos docket

Served as lead counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the individual follow-up cases to the national flight attendant class action lawsuit against the tobacco industry

Represented a major oil company in pending benzene exposure litigation in Florida and New Jersey

Defends major companies in products liability class actions, including pharmaceutical, asbestos and pollution claims

RECOGNITIONS

Legal 500 US, 2020 – 2021

Chambers USA, Dispute Resolution: Product liability, 2021

Benchmark Litigation, 2016 – 2020

Daily Business Review, Diversity and Inclusion Champion, 2021

Diversity & The Bar, Top 10 Rainmakers, 2017

National Law Journal, for obtaining a “top-ten defense verdict” related to his defense of the tobacco industry, for three consecutive years

Florida Super Lawyer, 2006 - 2016

COMMUNITY

American Bar Association, former member of the Board of Governors, Racial and Ethnic Diversity Commission and Co-Chair of the Litigation Section Haiti Project

Florida Bar

Miami-Dade County Bar Association, chair of the 2015 Inclusion Initiative, and former president of the Young Lawyers Section

11th Circuit Court Committee on Professionalism

CREDENTIALS

Education

University of Miami School of Law, JD, 1990

United States Coast Guard Academy, BS, 1982

Admissions

District of Columbia

Florida

Courts / Agencies

US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

US District Court for the Middle District of Florida

US District Court for the Northern District of Florida

US District Court for the Southern District of Florida

US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

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Tamika Jude

Tamika Grace Jude, Esq. is an attorney licensed to practice in the state of New Jersey. (If you are located in another state, don't worry. Immigration law is Federal and Attorney Jude is able to practice Immigration Law in all 50 states.) Attorney Jude is an immigrant from the beautiful island of Dominica in the Caribbean. As an immigrant herself, she is very familiar with the immigration process. After completing her Associates Degrees at the Dominica State College, she attended the University of the Virgin Islands where she pursued two Bachelors Degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice. She was very passionate about immigration law and went on to Barry University-Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, where she graduated with her Juris Doctor and a Litigation Honors Certificate. Attorney Jude served as an Associate Editor for the Barry University Environmental Earth Law Journal, served within the Student Bar Association as a senator for all three years of law school, worked in the Immigration Clinic, was a member of the Trial Team and was on the executive board of multiple student organizations on campus including the Immigration Law Society and is a member of Phi Alpha Delta. She was also the recipient of an immigration stipend from Barry University. While at law school she volunteered with a small law firm in Orlando Florida and participated in free naturalization clinics for the community. Since graduation, she served as a law clerk for an immigration firm in Vienna, Virginia. These experiences have equipped her with the knowledge necessary to be a successful immigration attorney. She has filed multiple petitions, represented clients in removal proceedings and prides herself on providing excellent customer service and always being available to her clients.

Larissa Salvador

My name is Larissa Salvador, I was born in Madureira and raised in Complexo do Alemao, Rio de Janeiro Brazil. At the age of 11, my family moved to the United States in search of a safer and better future for our family.

As many before me, I went through the immigration system, as uncertain and emotionally charged as it is. I completed both middle school and high school in Boca Raton, Florida. I graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Monroe College, in New York, in 2009 at the age of 19. Due to my immigration status it took me a while to be able to go to law school, although I knew since I was 16 that I wanted to be an immigration attorney.

After a lot of hard work, I was able to attend and graduate from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law in 2018, with my Juris Doctor degree. The same year in which I became a United States Citizen.

In 2019, I founded the Salvador Law, P.A. with the intention and hopes to give more personalized services to our clients. Being from a family of immigrants and an immigrant myself, I know how important it is to be able to trust your life’s move along with your family to someone that fully understands not only the legal hurdles but also the emotional pressure that an immigration case can bring. Prior to this, I was the general manager of an immigration law firm, in which I was very blessed and lucky to learn the ropes that allowed me to today have the practice that I do.

We hope that with us, you may find a peace of mind and the ability to sleep at night, knowing that your case is not only in capable hands but also with people that take your family as our own.

From my team to yours, thank you for allowing us to be a part of your legal team and I look forward to, together, bringing you one step closer to your American Dream.

Imani Williams

Imani M. Williams always knew she wanted to be an attorney and bring meaningful change to the community and for her clients. Her path to personal injury plaintiff work began at Southern University and A & M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she studied Journalism and graduated with Honors a semester early. After earning her Juris Doctor from Southern University Law Center and passing the Louisiana Bar, the West Palm Beach native returned home to help care for her father. Watching her father struggle with Parkinson’s Disease fueled her passion for advocating for those who are injured and fighting for those without a voice. She passed the Florida Bar in 2020 and joined the West Palm Beach Office of Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith, PLLC in August 2023. Imani currently serves as a 15th Circuit Representative on The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors, is a member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women South Palm Beach County Chapter and an ambassador of Speak Up for Kids Palm Beach County. Admitted The Louisiana Bar (2019) The Florida Bar (2020) Honors National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2024) (Florida) National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2022 – Present) (Florida) Professional Memberships The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors 15th Circuit Palm Beach County Justice Association Young Lawyers Board of Governors (2023 – Present) F. Malcolm Cunningham Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Chair (2023 – Present) Member (2020 – Present) Palm Beach County Sheree Davis Cunningham Black Women Lawyers Association Social Media Committee Chair (2023 – Present) Member (2022 – Present) Palm Beach County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section Board (2021 – Present) Palm Beach County Chapter of FAWL Constitution Day / Law Week Committee Co-Chair (2022 – 2023) Member (2022 – Present) Florida Justice Association (2022 – Present) American Association for Justice (2023 – Present) Palm Beach County Hispanic Bar Association (2021 – Present) Community Involvement National Coalition of 100 Black Women, South Palm Beach County Chapter (2021 – Present) Bylaws Committee Chair (2022 – 2023) Speak Up for Kids Palm Beach County, Ambassador (2023 – Present) A Different Shade of Love, Volunteer (2020 – Present) Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association, Volunteer Greater Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, Youth Mentor Education J.D. Southern University Law Center (2019) B.A. in Journalism at Southern University and A&M College (2015)