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Todd S. Payne is the Managing Partner of Zebersky Payne Shaw Lewenz, LLP. He is Chair of the firm’s Corporate and Healthcare Practice Groups and is Co-Chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group.

Todd represents corporate and individual clients in complex commercial litigation, healthcare litigation, and class action/mass tort litigation. Mr. Payne also handles a variety of corporate and transactional matters, including business and real estate acquisitions, corporate mergers and buy-outs, corporate formations, payer/provider contracts, as well as contract and lease preparation. Todd has litigated and tried cases ranging from payer/provider disputes on behalf of healthcare clients, to $100 Million aviation disputes, and has handled corporate matters ranging from the formation of entrepreneurial start-ups to large-scale corporate and real estate transactions.

Todd has been recognized in publications such as the Daily Business Review and the National Law Journal as one of the top attorneys in the country. Mr. Payne received is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and is consistently named a Florida “Super Lawyer.”

Mr. Payne served as Vice Chairman of the Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee and on the Rules of Judicial Administration Committee of the Florida Bar. He was also Chair of the Bench and Bar Committee of the Broward County Bar Association and Past President of the University of Miami Law Alumni Association.

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Location
  • 110 Southeast Sixth Street, Suite 2900
    Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Education
  • University of Miami School of Law, J.D., graduated 1989

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
Awards:
  • University of Miami Iron Arrow Honor Society, 1983
    University of Miami School of Law Alumni Association, Thomas Davison, III, Memorial Service Award, 2000
    University of Miami Alumni Association, Orange Award for Outstanding Service Award, 2011
    Daily Business Review Top Florida Verdicts & Settlements of 2013
    National Law Journal 2013 Big Money
    Super Lawyers, 2014, 2016-2023
    FBI Citizens Academy Graduate, 2015

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ELEVENTH CIRCUIT CHANGES COURSE ON STANDING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION CLAIMS


Whether a person who receives an unwanted, automated telemarketing text message has standing to sue the sender.

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CHANGES TO SBA LOAN CRITERIA MAY CAUSE BIG M&A IMPACT


The revised rule offers a win-win situation for both buyers and sellers of companies and will enable more creative deal structures when SBA financing is being used to fund an acquisition.

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ZPSL’S COMMERCIAL LITIGATION TEAM OBTAINS DEFENSE WIN FOR CLIENT, LIVE NATION


Zebersky Payne Shaw Lewenz obtained a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of global entertainment company, Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. In a lawsuit filed by NoNaNi Entertainment, LLC (“NoNaNi”). NoNani, a Florida based entertainment company, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against Live Nation and two prominent hip-hop artists, Polo G and G Herb

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