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illiam W. Large is a passionate advocate for civil justice reform and an experienced attorney who led Gov. Jeb Bush's fight to reform medical malpractice rules to cap damage awards. As president of the Florida Justice Reform Institute (FJRI), Mr. Large is responsible for the daily operations of FJRI. Mr. Large brings extensive legal and political expertise to FJRI and has worked in the highest levels of Florida government to bring about civil justice reform.
Prior to serving as president, Mr. Large served as Governor Bush's deputy chief of staffand was responsible for coordinating and advancing Governor Bush's vision from the governor's executive office to several state agencies, including: the Agency for Health Care Administration; the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; the Department of Health; the Department of Children and Families; the Department of Elder Affairs; the Department of Veteran Affairs; and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
Before becoming deputy chief of staff, Mr. Large served as the general counsel for the Florida Department of Health from March 2000 until June 2004. In that capacity, Mr. Large oversaw more than 70 attorneys and managed litigation files for the third largest executive branch agency.
As DOH general counsel, Mr. Large became one of Governor Bush's chief counselors as lawmakers negotiated reforms of the state's medical malpractice laws. During his tenure as general counsel at DOH, Mr. Large served as director of the Governor's Task Force on Professional Liability Insurance, playing a vital role in ensuring the governor's medical malpractice reform initiatives were approved by the Florida Legislature. Mr. Large lobbied lawmakers and helped author the governor's medical malpractice legislative proposals—including a cap on non-economic damages—in order to provide much needed malpractice premium relief for physicians.
Prior to working for the state, Mr. Large was a partner in the Orlando law firm of Hill, Adams, Hall and Schieffelin, P.A., where he practiced in the areas of professional malpractice defense litigation primarily representing hospitals. Mr. Large is a member of The Florida Bar, as well as the Administrative Law Section; Health Law Section; and the Trial Law Section. He is admitted to practice before all Florida courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District, Middle District and Southern District of Florida. Mr. Large is an "AV" rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest Peer Review Rating awarded. He is a member in good standing of the Federalist Society, the Florida Defense Lawyers Association and the Defense Research Institute.
On April 15, 2011 Mr. Large was also appointed by United States Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson to serve a two-year term on the Federal Judicial Nominating Commission for the Northern District of Florida. On June 24, 2013 Mr. Large was reappointed to serve an additional two years.
Mr. Large received both his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (B.S.B.A. 1989) and hisJuris Doctor (J.D. 1993) from the University of Florida, and holds three master's degrees from Florida State University: (1) A Master's Degree in Political Science (M.S. 2002); (2) A Master's Degree in Business Administration (M.B.A. 2009); and (3) A Master's Degree inRisk Management and Insurance (MS-RMI 2009).
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ft LAUDERDALE - Efforts by environmental groups to encourage Florida cities and counties to sue fossil fuel companies appear to be foundering as one city lobbied says it has no intention of filing one.
Municipalities, counties, and even states have filed suits against oil and gas companies, including giants such as Exxon, claiming the companies knew that burning fossil fuels contributed to damaging climate change, but concealed the information.
Last October, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission heard fromEarthrights International (ERI), a Washington D.C.-based environmental advocacy group involved in a number of similar suits in various parts of the country.
Seth Platt, a lobbyist with LSN Partners.
ERI appears to have worked with other groups in pushing cities in Florida to file suits, according to emails obtained by the Florida Record. One of those groups, the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD), was represented by Miami Beach lobbyist, Seth Platt, of LSN Partners.
Representatives attempted to persuade the commission to file suit, arguing that fossil fuel companies should be liable for the cost to the municipality to combat the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels. It has not worked, yet.
"We have no intention of filing a lawsuit," Alain E. Boileau, city attorney, told the Florida Record after the city was asked for an update following last October's presentation.
Other government entities in south Florida were reported to be in contact with the environmental organizations, including Miami-Dade County
But a spokesperson for Mayor Carlos Gimenez told the Florida Record: “We’ve checked with the county attorney’s office, and there has been no discussion regarding any such lawsuits."
Another reported target was the City of Miami Beach. In a brief statement to the Florida Record, city spokesperson, Melissa Berthier, said, "Regrettably, the City of Miami Beach is disinclined to discuss this subject matter."
More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed across the country, from California, to Colorado, to New York City. Most are filed by coastal municipalities.
But, in one consequential decision, a suit filed by San Francisco and Oakland arguing under public nuisance laws was dismissed by a federal court in California.
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Judge William Alsup, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, found that the issue of climate change “deserves a solution on a more vast scale than can be supplied by a district judge or jury in a public nuisance case." An appeal was filed.
Some of the suits involved ERI, which promises to help organize legal action at no cost to a municipality. The group managed to secure a hearing before the Fort Lauderdale City Commission last October.
ERI program director Marco Simons, told the commissioners the suits “primarily seek reimbursement for some of the costs of adapting to climate change and its impacts - which likely requires billions of dollars for Fort Lauderdale.”
"It is that the fossil fuel industry, for years, pursued a strategy of reckless production while knowing that it would result in serious climate impacts - and both concealing and misleading the public about that knowledge,” Simons said.
Emails were sent earlier in the year to Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis and his chief of staff, Scott Wyman, referring to upcoming meetings.
One sent in June was from lobbyist Platt, who stated his client was IGSD. One of its projects, the Center for Climate Integrity, is headed by Richard Wiles, who also publishes Climate Liability News (CLN).
The Center for Climate Integrity's "central goal is to accelerate corporate and governmental policy changes that speed the energy transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sources and that otherwise contribute to a safe climate," according to the IGSD. "One way to advance this goal is to require fossil fuel producers to bear the cost of the damage caused by their products."
Platt, in an email June 2018, referring to an upcoming meeting, stated his client was trying to collaborate with an organization called the Environmental Research Institute and an individual, Jorge Mursuli, whom he said was working with the City of Miami to file a lawsuit against the fossil fuel companies.
"I have invited Jorge Mursuli to the meeting," Platt wrote in the email, which also contained a run down of relevant information, including ongoing cases and a survey of Florida residents, which he wrote "overwhelmingly support making polluters pay."
The second email, from Mursuli to the mayor, with Wyman and Platt cc'd, was sent in the middle of July and also referred to an upcoming meeting. Mursuli made clear that ERI "(not Environmental Research Institute) was leading the efforts to explore the possibility of litigation."
He added that "it makes sense that our lead counsel at Earthrights comes see you and your team to best discuss potential strategy."
Platt is registered as a lobbyist in Fort Lauderdale for IGSD, but not ERI. He did not reply to several messages asking for comment.
William Large, of the Florida Justice Reform Institutesaid many want to blame a problem on a "company with deep pockets."
"An essential element of every tort case is ‘causation',” Large told the Florida Record. "There is no evidence that fossil fuel companies ‘caused’ climate change. As such, these type of lawsuits lack merit.”
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Florida Justice Reform Institute
Programs|Form 990s|Grantmaking|Financials|Personnel|Peers
IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(4)
Num. employees
2
City
Tallahassee
State
Florida
Year formed
2004
Most recent tax filings
2019-12
NTEE code, primary
R20: Civil Rights, Advocacy for Specific Groups
Description
To promote public awareness of the benefits of meaningfultort Reformfor the state of Florida. The purposes for which the corporation is organized are: to ensure and maintain a fair and predictable civil Justice system that will encourage the creatio...
Program areas at Florida Justice Reform Institute
To promote programs designed to increase public awareness and understanding of the state of Florida's civil Justice system and to advocate economic benefits of meaningful tort Reform that will encourage the creation of new jobs in Florida.
Form 990s for Florida Justice Reform Institute
Fiscal year ending Date received by IRS Form PDF link
2019-12 2020-10-30 990 View PDF
2018-12 2019-06-19 990 View PDF
2017-12 2018-08-23 990 View PDF
2016-12 2017-08-21 990O View PDF
2015-12 2016-08-17 990O View PDF
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Grants made by Florida Justice Reform Institute
Grantee Grant year Amount
American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) 2019-12 $6,000
Financials for Florida Justice Reform Institute
RevenuesExpensesAssetsLiabilities
Revenues FYE 12/2019 FYE 12/2018 % Change
Total grants, contributions, etc. $962,500 $819,382 17.5%
Program services $0 $0 -
Investment income and dividends $78 $95 -17.9%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds $0 $0 -
Royalty revenue $0 $0 -
Net rental income $0 $0 -
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets $0 $0 -
Net income from fundraising events $0 $0 -
Net income from gaming activities $0 $0 -
Net income from sales of inventory $0 $0 -
Miscellaneous revenues $0 $0 -
Total revenues $962,578 $819,477 17.5%
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Issues
Human rights
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State / local level
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