About Carlos Fabano

Carlos A. Fabano is a trial attorney who represents individuals and families in personal injury and wrongful death cases, with a specialization in medical malpractice. Prior to joining Leesfield & Partners, he spent over 12 years representing physicians and hospitals in medical malpractice defense, and he now uses that insider knowledge to advocate for patients and their families. His malpractice experience spans pediatric and adult cases across all types of claims, including failure to diagnose, surgical errors, OB/GYN and birth injury, cruise ship medical malpractice, radiology misinterpretation, hospital and nursing malpractice, and pharmaceutical overdoses.

He also handles automobile accidents, trucking accidents, construction site accidents, and defective products. A Miami native, he earned his J.D. from Nova Southeastern University, where he was a Moot Court Honor Society member and took first place in the Feinrider Moot Court Competition. He received his B.A. in International Relations from Florida International University.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Leesfield & Partners

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

$95 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2022 · #15

A Miami-Dade jury returned a $95 million verdict, among the largest motor-vehicle awards in the history of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, for the family of a young woman killed and her brother catastrophically injured when a drunk driver traveled the wrong way on I-95 in December 2015 after being overserved at a Miami bar.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court, 11th Judicial Circuit · 2022Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$24.1 millionVerdictTop 10 of 2005 · #6

A Seminole County jury awarded $24.1 million, the largest verdict in county history at the time, after an obstetrician's prolonged vacuum extraction and use of fundal pressure caused a uterine rupture that deprived a newborn girl of oxygen and left her with severe cerebral palsy.

Seminole County Circuit Court, Florida · 2005Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$16 millionSettlement

Justin Shapiro of Leesfield and Partners secured a $16 million settlement for a 67-year-old woman who was beaten and sexually assaulted in the open hallway of a northwest Miami-Dade Rodeway Inn while hotel employees and the property's security guard stood by and did nothing.

Miami-Dade County · 2022Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$15.4 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2011 · #15

A Broward County jury awarded $15.4 million to Dwight Grant, a 22-year-old backseat passenger who suffered skull fractures and permanent frontal-lobe brain damage when a drunk driver with a BAC of .21 rear-ended the stopped car at a drawbridge in Pompano Beach.

Broward County Circuit Court, Florida · 2011Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$6 millionSettlement

Justin Shapiro of Leesfield and Partners secured a $6 million policy-limits settlement for a client who suffered multiple skull fractures and brain hemorrhages after being struck in a crosswalk, completing the resolution during the Florida COVID-19 shutdown of 2020.

Florida · 2020Car AccidentsRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Nova Southeastern University
J.D.
Florida International University
Undergraduate

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