R. Bruce Wallace

  Key West, Florida
  Partner
  Phone : 305.294.4585
  Fax : 305.294.7822
  Email : bruce@horan-wallace.com

 R. BRUCE WALLACE graduated from the University of Miami School of Law, Cum Laude, in 1974.  He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1971.  Upon admission to the Bar in 1974, he became an associate with the Miami Florida firm of Taylor, Brion, Buker & Greene, becoming a partner in that firm in 1979, and remaining a partner in that firm until its dissolution in 1995.  Bruce started to center his practice in Key West in the early 1990's and teamed up with David Paul Horan in 2000.  Bruce has extensive litigation, trial, and appellate experience in complex business and construction cases as well as product liability and personal injury defense. He has maintained a Martindale-Hubbell AV rating for over 20 years. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, Monroe County Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute.

        Areas of Practice:
 

Business Litigation

Construction Litigation

Products Liability Defense

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        Bar Admissions:

Florida, 1974

U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1975

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1975

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981

U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1985

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        Education:

University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1974
J.D.

Honors: Cum Laude
 

Cornell University, 1971
B.A.

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        Representative Clients:

Admiral Insurance Company

First State Bank of the Florida Keys

General Electric Company

Key West Housing Authority

Heery International, Inc.

Starwood Hotels

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        Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Bar Association

Member
 

The Florida Bar

Member
 

Defense Research Institute

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        Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Alpha Delta

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        Representative Cases:
 

Default Proof Credit Card System, Inc. v. State Street Bank, 753 F.Supp. 1566 (S.D. Fla. 1990)

Calder Race Course, Inc. v. Illinois Union Ins. Co., 714 F.Supp. 1183 (S.D. Fla. 1989)

Rainco International, Inc. v. Tranex Corporation, 531 F.Supp. 796 (S.D. Fla. 1982)

First Pacific Corp. v. Socedade de Empreen - dimentos, 566 So.2d 3 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)

DeMarco v. Publix Supermarkets, Inc., 384 So.2d 1253 (Fla. 1980)