About David Markel

David L. Markel is a Partner at Gerson & Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers in Miami, Florida. He has years of experience in all phases of litigation and appeals and has successfully litigated cases in personal injury, labor and employment law, and commercial litigation.

Markel has tried jury trials, including a three-day case tried with firm partner Nicholas I. Gerson where a Naples jury awarded clients $10 million.

He earned his Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, Louisiana and studied alternative dispute resolution at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.

He is admitted to the Florida Bar, Georgia Bar, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$2.18 millionVerdict

A Lee County jury awarded $2,180,044 to John Kenneth Anderson after The Bottom Line nightclub in Fort Myers served alcohol to a 19-year-old patron who then attacked Anderson in the parking lot, causing a traumatic brain injury with permanent memory loss and partial hearing loss.

Lee County, Florida · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida
State Bar of Georgia
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Miami firms

Leesfield & Partners
Leesfield & Partners
$95 Million Verdict After Drunk Driver Overserved at Miami Bar Killed a Woman and Injured Her Brother
Goldberg & Rosen
Goldberg & Rosen
$1.02 billion · Champlain Towers Collapse: $1.021 Billion for 98 Victims in Under a Year
Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers
Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers
$56 million · Billion-Dollar Tobacco Verdict Upheld at $56 Million After SJC Review
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
$43 Million Broward Verdict for Couple Left in Comas by Drunk Driver
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
$3 Million Verdict for Handyman Who Lost Use of Dominant Hand After Tripping Over Hidden Wire Mesh

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.