About Jonathan Pavsner

Jonathan M. Pavsner joined Grossman Yaffa Cohen as a partner, bringing more than thirty years of experience litigating complex cases in Florida. Since 1993, Jonathan has devoted his practice to representing individuals and families affected by the negligence of others, with a particular emphasis on medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, and wrongful death. Over the course of his career, he has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements.

He served as President of the Broward County Trial Lawyers Association and as Chairman of the Florida Bar's Grievance Committee. Jonathan has been included in The Best Lawyers in America since 2012 for personal injury and medical malpractice litigation. He is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts, as well as numerous federal courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Grossman Yaffa Cohen

These results are credited to Grossman Yaffa Cohen. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

The families of 98 people killed in the June 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida, recovered over $1 billion through a class settlement run by a court-appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, with final approval reached in under a year.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court, Miami, FL · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Stuart Grossman, Neal Roth, and Alex Arteaga-Gomez of Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen represented families in the $127.5 million federal settlement arising from the FBI's failure to follow up on a tip warning that Nikolas Cruz was planning a school shooting five weeks before the February 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas massacre.

U.S. Department of Justice (federal), Parkland, FL · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$100 millionVerdict

A Palm Beach County jury awarded $100 million against former OB/GYN Berto Lopez, who performed a catastrophic circumcision on a 10-day-old boy ten days after the Florida Board of Medicine revoked his license, though the unlicensed doctor skipped the trial and collection remains doubtful.

15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, Florida · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$100 millionVerdict

A Palm Beach County jury awarded $100 million to a toddler left permanently injured after Dr. Berto Lopez performed a circumcision ten days after the Florida Board of Medicine revoked his license.

Palm Beach County Circuit Court, FL · 2024Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$80 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2008 · #2

Stuart Grossman and Seth Miles won an $80 million federal default judgment for three Cuban nationals who were trafficked to Curaçao and compelled to work 16-hour shifts repairing ships for a fraction of a cent per hour under the Alien Tort Claims Act.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida (Miami) · 2008Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Florida State University College of Law
J.D., 1993
Florida Institute of Technology
Undergraduate, 1990

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$1.02 billion · Champlain Towers Collapse: $1.021 Billion for 98 Victims in Under a Year
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$310 Million Verdict Over Teen's Fatal Orlando FreeFall Ride Fall, Manufacturer Never Appeared

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