Sarah Long concentrates her practice in the area of products liability defense in both Florida state courts and federal court. Sarah has been involved in the defense of automotive, heavy truck and equipment manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufactures, as well as other makers of consumer products in complex tort litigation, in addition to traditional tort actions. Sarah blends her solid analytical and research skills with her strong writing capabilities, and calls upon her experience as a trial attorney to offer clients knowledgeable, reliable and consistent services in the areas of discovery, motion practice and trial support.
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Owens, Keef F.
Keef Owens began his legal career serving as a four-year law clerk to the Honorable Charles M. Harris of Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal. Keef subsequently joined an Orlando law firm where he defended employers, insurance carriers, and servicing agents in workers’ compensation litigation and on appeal before Florida’s First District Court of Appeal. From 2016 through 2022, he served as a governor-appointed Judge of Compensation Claims. Keef brings his experience as an appellate law clerk, appellate attorney, and judge to his representation of the firm’s clients in advanced motion practice and appellate matters.
Wiggins, Michael J.
Michael Wiggins is a founding member and senior partner of McDonald Toole Wiggins, P.A. He is counsel to manufacturers and corporations in the U.S. and internationally, and his litigation practice is devoted entirely to defending large damage and catastrophic injury cases for the automotive, consumer products, industrial equipment and medical device industries. He is a nationally recognized trial lawyer that has defended and tried cases in over 20 states and federal jurisdictions around the country. He is frequently retained as lead counsel in mass tort, class action and pattern litigation around the country, and he has extensive experience managing local counsel in the role as regional or national counsel. Most recently, he has led or co-led trial teams in cases tried to verdict involving claims exceeding $100 million and is leading teams that are scheduled to defend catastrophic cases in Florida, California, Minnesota, Nevada and Massachusetts. His most important work is as an advocate for children with cancer, and he is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cannonball Kids cancer Foundation (“CKc”), a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation dedicated to funding medical clinical research. He is a frequent speaker on the reason and need for funding of research in cancers found primarily in children. Michael lives in Orlando with his wife, Melissa, and their five children: Olivia, Cannon, Arran James, Gray and Charlie.