Dexter Romanez is a partner in the Miami office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.  He is a trial lawyer with expertise in civil litigation and is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Education and Specialization. Mr. Romanez has over a decade of experience practicing in the areas of insurance defense, insurance coverage, personal injury involving trucking and automobile insurance defense, premise liability, and in matters pertaining to catastrophic injuries, wrongful death and surgical cases.  His practice includes a broad spectrum of representations of the nation’s leading insurance companies, their carriers, insureds, adjusters and their managers to resolve all litigation matters arising from automobile negligence, premise liability involving catastrophic injuries; and in cases relating to multiple surgeries, DUI, wrongful death, and excess exposure matters. Mr. Romanez has extensive experience handing all phases of pretrial claims, hearings, expert and non-expert depositions, mediations, settlement negotiations and jury trials.  

Prior to joining QPWB, he was an attorney at a South Florida insurance defense law firm providing representation to major insurance carriers and their insureds in all matters pertaining to his current areas of practice. 

Mr. Romanez is an approved instructor for adjuster continuing education by the Florida Department of Financial Services and has lectured on trial techniques and strategies to insurance companies and claims professionals throughout Florida.

Since his admission to the Florida Bar in 2004, he has tried and mediated numerous cases with favorable results in all areas of his practice, representing clients in a wide range of matters in both state and federal courts, as well as in arbitration, mediation, and appeals.

Notable Cases

Lee v. Sec. Nat’l Ins. Co., 943 So.2d 887 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006) 

Excalibur Towing Serv. Corp. v. State Farm Ins. Co., 971 So.2d 900 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007)

Jury Trial Accomplishments

Chapman v. Ruiz, Case No.: 13-010155 CA 15 

Akbari v. Lopez, Case No.: 14-005857 CA 34  

Palacios v. Brito, Case No.: 14-29160 CA 21  

Lahens v. Peralta, Case No.: 14-011020 CA 31 

Bern v. Acevedo, et. al., Case No.: 09-34642 CA 11 

Colman v. Home Depot, Case No.: 15-21555-CV-Ungaro

Mitchell v. Llado, et al., Case No.: 13-24756 CA 31

Rolands v. Ramjit, Case No.: 01-21453 CA 21 

Garcia v. Calana, Case No.: 11-278839 CA 20 

Vidal v. Morton, Case No.: 12-013656 CA 02 

Vasquez v. Sklaroff, et al., Case No.: 13-05589 CA 25 

Rolon v. Herrera, Case No.: 11-6608 CA 11 

Beshara v. Geremia, Case No.: 50 2009 CA038883 XXXX MB AI

Shenouda v. Geremia, Case No.: 50 2009 CA 014075 XXXX MB AO  

Harris v. Winn Dixie, et. al., Case No.: 10-34263 CA 10 

Bakken v. Madalvanos, Case No.: 51 2008 CA 8226 WS Division H 

Sun v. Allstate, Case No.: 50 2010 CA 026009 XXXX MB AD 

Sinclair v. 21st Century Ins. Co., Case No.: 09-046947 

Ortega v. Rodriguez, et. al., Case No.: 12-40872 CA 21

Viola v. Lima, et al., Case No.: 14-4900 CA 31

Pupo v. Geico, Case No.: Case No.: 10-7636 CA 32

Lazimi v. Burke, Case No.: 10-030342 CA 31

Butler v. Geico, Case No.: 10-59722 CA 27

Suarez Rabello v. Carreras, Case No.: 10-25316 CA 20

Murray v. Tribble, Case No.: 10-59625 CA 22

Colditz-Ottley v. Estate of Ronald Williams, Case No.: 09-13910-CA 20

Broussard v. Streicher, et al., Case No.: 50 2004 CA 011053 XXXX MB AF

Martinez v. Sanchez, Case No.: 03-16991-CA 02 

Gandy v. Martin, Case No.: 05-17567 CA 15

Tapanes v. State Farm, Case No.: 06-07273 CA 15 

Lezcano v. Coffey, Case No.: 05-5156 CA 10

Mr. Romanez received his Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, Fort Lauderdale, Florida in December 2003 and Bachelor of Science from Florida International University in December 1999, graduating with a major in communications.

He is licensed to practice law in Florida and is admitted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Romanez is fluent in Spanish.

Speaking Engagements

Florida Defense Lawyers Association’s 2019 Florida Liability Claims Conference, “ABC’s of Defending Spinal Injury Claims in Florida” Presenter, June 6, 2019

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