Rebecca Reynolds advises clients on complex commercial litigation matters across a range of industries, including financial services, real estate, construction, and automotive.
Rebecca focuses her practice on helping clients resolve business disputes efficiently and strategically in both state and federal court. She has experience representing lenders and other stakeholders in commercial loan defaults, workouts, and foreclosure litigation, with an emphasis on CMBS loans and other loans secured by commercial real estate. She also counsels clients in contract disputes, business tort matters, landlord-tenant disputes, construction litigation, antitrust matters, TCPA claims, and product liability and automotive warranty litigation.
Rebecca manages all phases of litigation, including drafting pleadings and dispositive motions, developing case strategy, handling written discovery and eDiscovery, preparing witnesses for depositions, and taking and defending depositions of parties, non-parties, and experts. She has experience appearing in evidentiary hearings and multiple arbitrations, including serving as second chair in a multiday construction arbitration involving breach of contract and FDUTPA claims and conducting an evidentiary hearing on a motion to appoint a receiver.
Rebecca has gained additional experience that helped shape her practice, advocacy-driven approach to litigation and client service through roles with the Office of the Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, the University of Florida College of Law’s Gender Justice Clinic, and the Honorable Patricia L. Strowbridge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
Representative Experience
- Successfully defended a CMBS lender in a matter where the borrower sued to recover a late fee paidon the balloon payment due at maturity. The court granted summary judgment in favor of the lender and dismissed the case.
- Obtained summary judgment of more than $3.5 million for a commercial property owner against a tenant and its guarantor for the breach of a lease, and successfully defended against a counterclaim alleging structural defects, which the court dismissed.
- Successfully defended a convenience store in a personal injury slip-and-fall lawsuit. The courtgranted summary judgment for the client and dismissed the case.
- Obtained a final award of over $800,000 in a commercial construction dispute.
- Served as counsel for two retail pharmacy chains in two complex JAMS arbitrations involving disputes with their pharmacy benefit managers. In one, the arbitrators awarded our client the full amount of its contract damages, exceeding $6.8 million, as well as a discretionary award of attorneys’ fees and costs. In the other, the arbitrators also awarded our client contract damages, exceeding $8.4 million, as well as a discretionary award of attorneys’ fees and costs.
Presentations and Publications
- “Late Fees on a Balloon Payment Due at Maturity,” republished in the Daily Business Review (January 2025)