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Marvin S. Littky is a highly successful personal injury attorney who began practicing law in Detroit, Michigan in 1963. He and his family moved to Palm Beach County in 1973 where he continued in the personal injury practice.

Mr. Littky attended the University of Detroit where he completed his undergraduate studies and graduated from Stetson University College of Law with an LLB. and Juris Doctor degree in 1963.

Since his graduation, he has always represented the rights of the injured both in Michigan and now in Florida. He has been involved in a personal injury practice in one form or another for the past 40 years.

Mr. Littky's legal associations include the Palm Beach County Bar Association, The Florida Bar Association, the Florida Academy of Trial lawyers and the Michigan Bar Association. In addition, he is a charter member of the Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Association.

He is admitted to practice in the United States Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, in addition to the U.S. Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Mr. Littky's wife Roberta, is a financial consultant with Smith Barney in North Palm Beach. They have three grown children Julie, Pamela, and Joseph and four grand children. He has coached Little League teams in the town of Palm Beach for many years.

Mr. Littky has served on various committees in the Palm Beach County Bar Association. In addition, he has been an active member of the Board of Trustees of Temple Beth El of West Palm Beach for 10 years and has been honored for his volunteer work by Very Special Arts - Florida of Palm Beach County.  In 2002, he was awarded the Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation Director's Hall of Fame Award.


Mark Joseph Smith is also a highly successful personal injury attorney who began practicing law as an associate in some of Palm Beach County's most prominent defense firms, representing major insurance companies and their insured. Mr. Smith gained extensive experience in how insurance companies handle claims and operate. Since 1992, Mr. Smith has represented the interests of people injured as a result of the negligence of others.

Mr. Smith attended the University, of Florida where he completed his undergraduate studies in 1980 and was graduated from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing Michigan where he received his Juris Doctor degree and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1986.

Mr. Smith's legal associations include the Florida Bar Association, the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the North Palm Beach County Bar Association, and the Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers.


Douglas L. Phipps has been involved in serving people and the country all his life.  His first leadership role came as a teenager serving on the congressional candidate campaign staff for one of Palm Beach County's leading citizens.  He attended prep school in Pennsylvania and was a leader in academics, student government, and varsity sports.  He went on to play sports in college but service to people became a priority when he was selected as a candidate for appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.  In the Army he was a combat veteran of Vietnam and, several years later, he became an active, vocal member of the Vietnam Veterans of America.  In the late 1980's he helped sponsor the "Moving Wall," a replica of the Vietnam veterans memorial in Washington, D.C., and brought it to the South Florida Fair so friends and family members of local veterans could pay tribute to those lost in the Southeast Asian struggle.

Mr. Phipps is a former law enforcement officer who graduated from the F.B.I. Academy in 1977 in concert with studies at the University of Virginia School of Law and Nova Southeastern University.  He was a Police Law Specialist and served as a Special Prosecutor with the Office of the State Attorney in Florida, responsible for the prosecution of organized criminal activity ranging from international auto theft conspiracies to smuggling and trafficking in illegal drugs.

In law school he was selected by a panel of Judges and leading attorneys to chair a federally funded program to write a text on evidence.  Phipps has authored several treatises on law, evidence and procedure which have been used in the college courses he has taught.

Doug Phipps has helped found and organize several of Palm Beach County's public service organizations and continues to support charitable programs which benefit our community.

As a member of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of America and Florida, he represents the interests of victims of negligence.  He is a member of the Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Association, admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal, Atlanta, Georgia.  He is a trial advocate and experienced trial lawyer who has continued to dedicate his personal and professional life to represent the interests of the people.

Doug Phipps served on the initial steering committee for The Childrens' Services Council in Palm Beach County.  He also was a founding member of The Law Enforcement Officers Trainers Association, a national organization to promote professional standards for federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel.   Phipps founded the Palm Beach County Crime Prevention Officers Association and was a founding member of Crime Stoppers, an initiative in which citizen volunteers assist the police in identifying crime and criminals with local communities.  After the firm obtained a multi-million dollar settlement of a case where three young children were horribly burned in a car fire, he has donated to and been an advocate of the Shriners Crippled Childrens Hospital and Burn Center in Tampa, Florida.  Subsequent to a verdict of $8.8 million in a recent case where his client sustained severe injuries as a result of employer disregard for worker safety, he has been a vocal advocate in the political arena for Workers Compensation and job safety.


Aejandro (Alex) G. Casas is a first generation American, the son of immigrants who fled Cuba to begin a new life in the Untied States.  He grew up in Palm Beach County and attended Cardinal Newman High School. Mr. Casas earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida Atlantic University and received his Juris Doctor from Florida State University in 1991.

While at Florida State University he was a member of the Law Review, where he served as an Associate Editor.  He was also president of the Spanish American Law Students Association.

After graduating from Florida State University, Mr. Casas began his legal career as an Assistant State Attorney in the 15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, Florida.  He remained at the State Attorney's Office through 1997.  While serving as an Assistant State Attorney, he prosecuted various types of crimes from misdemeanors to first degree felonies.  He was involved in the prosecution of several highly publicized cases.

Since leaving the State Attorney's Office, Mr. Casas has concentrated his practice on civil litigation with a focus on personal injury, representing the interests of injured persons and their families.

Mr. Casas is a member of the American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Palm Beach County Bar Association, Palm Beach County Trail Lawyers Association and the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.  He is also admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the Southern District.

He is married to Susie LittleJohn Casas and they have two daughters, Cristina and Cecilia.  They are very active in their church, where they both serve as lectors and he has taught a class for new members.

Mr. Casas speaks Spanish fluently, is a member of the Cuban American Club of Palm Beach County and has been actively involved with the United Cerebral Palsy.

 

Steven B. Phillips is an accomplished personal injury trial attorney, who for the past three years has devoted his time exclusively to representing the interests of individuals injured as the result of the negligence of others.  Prior to that time, Mr. Phillips gained extensive experience into the operation of insurance companies and the handling of claims as legal counsel to some of Florida’s largest insurance companies and their insureds for nine years.

Mr. Phillips attended Auburn University where he was on the varsity baseball team and graduated with a degree in accounting in 1987.  He attended Palm Beach Community College where he played baseball and graduated with an associates in arts degree in 1985.  He received his law degree from Nova University Law School and was admitted to practice in the State of Florida in 1991.  He is also admitted to practice in the United States Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  Mr. Phillips has been board certified in civil trial law by The Florida Bar since 1998.  Among his many trial accomplishments, in May 2004, Mr. Phillips obtained a jury verdict on behalf of a client in excess of $5.8 million.

He is married with two children and active in coaching youth sports teams.

Mr. Phillips’ legal associations include the Florida Bar Association, the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Palm Beach County Trial Lawyers Association, the Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Association.

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