Edward C. Prieto
Managing Partner
West Palm Beach Office
1475 Centrepark Blvd., Suite 130
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Miami Office
9300 South Dadeland Blvd., 4th Floor
Miami, Florida 33156
Edward C. Prieto is a founding partner of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. He is the managing partner of the West Palm Beach office and also practices from the firm's Miami office. His areas of practice include insurance defense, medical malpractice and nursing home defense litigation.
Mr. Prieto has earned various defense verdicts in general liability, medical malpractice and nursing home matters. One of his defense verdicts was recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the country's "Top 20 Defense Verdicts" in a case of nursing home negligence on behalf of a Florida healthcare facility. He has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, a widely used legal guide of the nation's top legal talent. Since 2003, Mr. Prieto has been recognized by the South Florida Legal Guide among the "Top Lawyers in South Florida" in the areas of nursing home defense, and insurance defense. He has also been selected as a top attorney by Florida Trend's "Legal Elite" and named to Florida Super Lawyers. His courtroom accomplishments have also been featured on MSNBC's "Winners Circle.
A graduate of Florida State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1986, Mr. Prieto earned his Juris Doctor, with honors, from Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad Law Center in 1990.
He first practiced law in Daytona Beach, where he was Assistant State Attorney in the office of the State Attorney of the Seventh Judicial District. In 1993, Mr. Prieto returned to Miami and began practicing in the areas of civil litigation and criminal defense law. In 1998, he became a founding member of the firm.
Mr. Prieto is admitted to practice in Florida. He is a member of the Florida Bar and the Defense Research Institute.
Related Articles
QPWB Trial Attorneys Get Defense Verdict for Condominium Association
QPWB Gets Defense Verdict for Nebraska Assisted Living Facility on Wrongful Death and Negligence Claims
QPWB Trial Team Proves Wal-Mart is Not Responsible for $3.5 Million Injury Claims
QPWB Attorneys and Firm Receive High Honors From The 2009 South Florida Legal Guide
Broward County Jury Returns Quick Defense Verdict in Premises Liability Matter
Nursing Home Defense Verdict
QPWB Gets Defense Verdict for Nebraska Assisted Living Facility on Wrongful Death and Negligence Claims