Jamie B. Wasserman is a partner in the Ft. Lauderdale office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where she is a member of the Business Litigation Practice Group.
Jamie has been recognized as a "Rising Star" in Business Litigation by Florida Super Lawyers and the Daily Business Review. She regularly represents developers, commercial landlords, and lenders in real estate litigation matters and partners or members of legal entities in business disputes. Jamie also represents physicians, physician group practices, and licensed healthcare facilities in business and corporate litigation and arbitration matters. She is also experienced in drafting employment agreements, including non-competition and non-solicitation agreements.
While studying at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, Jamie was an Associate Editor of the Nova Law Review and received Book Awards for Legal Research and Writing. Prior to entering law school, she interned for the Office of Senator Arlen Specter in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
Credentials
Education
- Nova Southeastern University, J.D., magna cum laude, 2009
- University of Wisconsin, B.A., Communication Arts, 2006
Bar Admissions
- Florida
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Professional and Civic
- Leadership Broward Foundation
- General Counsel, 2020-2023
- Board of Directors, 2019-present
- Class VIII, Women Leading Broward
- Class XXXVII, Leadership Broward Foundation
- Member, Florida Bar Health Law Section
- Executive Council Nominating Committee
- Chair, Young Lawyers Subcommittee
- Co-Chair, Membership Committee/Networking Subcommittee
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Member, American Health Lawyers Association
- Former Board Member, Parent Organization for Nadel Center for Early Childhood Education, Congregation B’nai Israel
- Former Committee Member, Young Member Advisory Committee, Woodfield Country Club
News & Insights
News & Speaking Engagements
Publications
- "Climbing the Ladder: Building a Health Care Practice from Associate to Partner and Beyond," AHLA Connections (April 2018)
- Health Care Provider Liability and Litigation Topics at AHLA's Fundamentals of Health Law, Health Care Liability & Litigation Vol. 20, Issue 1, American Health Lawyers Association (March 2018)
- "Employ 50 or More? Tell the IRS About Your Health Care Plan," Daily Business Review (February 18, 2016)
- Hybrid Debt/Equity Transactions: Do They Intersect with the Usury Laws? 84 Fla.B.J. 22 (April 2010)
Practice Areas
Accolades
- On the Rise, Daily Business Review, 2018
- Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Business Litigation, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
- South Florida Legal Guide, Top Up & Comer, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
