AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Florida Super Lawyers, 2007 

Charles Wachter practices in the areas of federal court litigation, class action litigation, securities litigation, insurance litigation and trade practices litigation.

Representative Experience

• United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr.
  Clerk, 1981-1982
• United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama, Judge Myron H. Thompson
  Clerk, 1982-1983

Class Action Litigation Experience and other Reported Decisions

• Jackson v. Motel 6 Multipurpose, Inc., 130 F. 3d 999 (11th Cir. 1997)
• Horton v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 459 F. Supp. 2d 1246 (M.D. Fla. 2006)
•  Turner v. General Electric Co., Case No. 05-CV-00186, 2006 WL 2620275 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 13, 2006)
• Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. v. Hausinger, 927 So. 2d 243 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)
• Correctional Medical Services, Inc. v. Wise, 792 So. 2d 1286 (Fla. 5th DCA 2001)
• Greene v. Alachua General Hospital, Inc., 705 So. 2d 953 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998)
• Helbig v. Schneider, 686 So. 2d 742 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
• Hall v. Humana Hosp. Daytona Beach, 686 So. 2d 653 (Fla. 5th DCA 1996) 
• Fla. Dep't of Transportation v. Lounders, Case No. 04-CA-006624 (Fla. 13th Cir. Mar. 7, 2006) 

Presentations

• "Powerful Techniques for Direct and Cross Examination," Speaker, National Business Institute, January 2008
• "Variable Annuities," Speaker, John Hancock Law Seminar, November 2007
• "Class Action Litigation," Speaker, John Hancock Law Seminar, November 2007
• "Class Action Litigation," Speaker, Nationwide Insurance Law Seminar, September 2007
• "Insurance Coverage Litigation," Speaker, National Business Institute, June 2007
• "The Art of the Settlement," Speaker, National Business Institute, March 2007
• "Superior Deposition Strategies in Florida Civil Trial Practice," Speaker, National Business Institute, May 2005
• "Keys to Successful Pre-Trial Preparation in Florida," Speaker, National Business Institute, November 2004
• "Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in Florida," Speaker, National Business Institute, February 2004
• "Powerful Evidence in Florida Civil Litigation," Speaker, National Business Institute, January 2004
• "Strength in Numbers: The Paralegal's Guide to Conducting Discovery in Class Action Lawsuits," Speaker, National Business Institute, May 2003
• "Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in Florida," Speaker, National Business Institute, September 2002
• "The Joint Defense Strategy in Florida: When Is It Really 'All for One'?," Speaker, National Business Institute, April 2002