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Bryna Jacobs
Thorp & Company
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bjacobs@thorpco.com

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer Names Deborah Moskowitz
Managing Partner of Orlando, Fla., Office

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 4, 2003 – Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer P.A. today announced it has named Deborah L. Moskowitz managing partner of its Orlando, Fla., office.

Her areas of practice include medical malpractice, nursing-home defense, construction, ERISA, general liability, hospital defense, insurance defense, and professional malpractice.

Moskowitz is licensed to practice in Florida, the Middle District of Florida, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a member of the American Bar Association and the Phi Delta Phi Honors Legal Fraternity. In addition, Moskowitz is a frequent presenter of legal topics to organizations of nursing-home practitioners and serves on the Polytechnic Institute of America’s advisory committee for its legal-assistant program.

"Deborah has been an integral part of our success in Orlando and will help us to grow the office," said Hugh Wood, the firm’s managing partner. "We’re currently looking to add lawyers in Orlando to keep up with the demand for our services from our many clients in Central Florida."

Prior to joining the firm, Moskowitz was an associate with Bobo Spicer in Orlando. Before this, she was in-house counsel for CNA Insurance in Maitland, Fla. Moskowitz began her legal career as an assistant state attorney for the 18th Judicial Circuit in Sanford, Fla., where she was recognized for her work with domestic-violence victims.

Moskowitz holds a law degree from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Ala., and a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Miami.

Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer is a full-service law firm with six offices in Florida – Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando and Tallahassee – and one in Jackson, Miss. The firm offers a wide range of litigation-defense services, including appellate, general litigation, health care, nursing home and professional-malpractice defense. The South Florida Legal Guide has ranked the firm among the "Top 100" law firms in Florida. For more information, visit www.qpwblaw.com.