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Biography
Jason R. Margulies is a board-certified admiralty and maritime lawyer, as well as a co-managing partner of Lipcon, Margulies & Winkleman, P.A. After serving as a law clerk for the firm starting in 1992, Mr. Margulies joined the firm as an attorney. As a board certified and experienced trial lawyer, Jason handles personal injury and wrongful death claims. He has also handled hundreds of cruise ship rape and sexual assault cases. Mr. Margulies is often called upon to review and comment on national and international legal matters by the press and to serve as an expert witness on matters associated with admiralty and maritime law.
“I fight for the rights of the injured and the families of those wrongfully deceased against multi-billion dollar corporations, like the worlds largest cruise lines and hotel chains. Leveling the playing field to obtain real justice for our clients, to enable them to put their lives back together, is my passion and my life’s work. I am humbled and excited to fight this good fight, every day.”
Mr. Margulies has received extensive honors and accolades over the course of his career in maritime law, including the following:
Mr. Margulies has had extensive litigation and trial success during his career, recovering hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of persons suffering maritime injuries and deaths around the world. His notable verdicts and recoveries include the following:
Mr. Margulies has been a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Admiralty and Maritime Law since 2013. He is admitted to practice in the following courts:
Education
- Graduated from Cornell University Pre-Law Summer Program in 1986 Graduated from Stern School of Business at New York University in 1992 Graduated from the University of Miami School of Law
- cum laude
- in 1995 While in law school
- named Most Outstanding Third Year Member and Associate Editor of the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review