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About Evelyn Veras
Evelyn Maria Veras received her B.S. in Health Education and Behavior from the University of Florida, where she was a Hall of Fame recipient and an active member of Florida Blue Key. She earned her J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she served as a Senior Articles Editor on the Florida Law Review and was a member of the Moot Court Team Executive Board. She also served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Lurana S. Snow of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Before joining Podhurst Orseck, Evelyn practiced at Walker, Revels, Greninger PLLC, handling general liability, property, and personal injury matters through all phases of litigation, and at Akerman LLP in complex civil and commercial disputes. She also worked for the Florida Legislature on the Insurance and Banking and Local Administration Subcommittees. Evelyn is admitted to the Florida Bar and is fluent in Spanish, with conversational proficiency in French and Portuguese.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Podhurst Orseck PA
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Court-appointed Chair Lead Counsel Peter Prieto of Podhurst Orseck coordinated the nation's largest automotive defect MDL, securing more than $1.5 billion in settlements from seven automakers for tens of millions of vehicle owners harmed by defective Takata airbag inflators.
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.
Steven Marks and Kristina Infante of Podhurst Orseck secured a combined $844 million in wrongful-death judgments for 43 families of passengers killed when LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellin, Colombia, in November 2016, killing 71 of the 77 people aboard.
Steven Marks and Ricardo Martinez-Cid of Podhurst Orseck served on the NFL Concussion Litigation Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, helping negotiate an uncapped settlement projected to exceed $1 billion for more than 20,000 retired players suffering traumatic brain injuries.
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