§ 02 — Appellate work
Representative appellate decisions
Eight decisions from the Supreme Court of Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Florida’s Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeal, each with Andre as counsel of record. The opinions are public records; read them in full.
Why the appellate record matters
Trial results are private settlements and verdicts the public rarely sees. Appellate decisions are published, reasoned and permanent. They are the clearest public record of how a lawyer argues and how courts have received those arguments.
Each decision turned on its own facts and law. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.
About the appellate practice-
Supreme Court of Florida · 2026Review discharged
Strazzeri v. Eckert Realty Corp.
No. SC2024-1755 (Fla. July 2, 2026) · For the respondent, Eckert Realty Corp.
After the Fourth District reversed a jury verdict against Eckert Realty, the plaintiff asked the Supreme Court of Florida to review the case. The Court accepted jurisdiction, received full briefing on the merits and heard oral argument, then discharged jurisdiction — leaving the reversal in Eckert’s favor in place.
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Eleventh Circuit · 2023 · PublishedReversed in part
Global Network Management, Ltd. v. CenturyLink Latin American Solutions, LLC
67 F.4th 1312 (11th Cir. 2023) · For the plaintiff-appellant
A published opinion holding that a data-center operator’s control over a customer’s servers can support an implied bailment claim for 1,380 memory cards stolen from its facility. The court reinstated that central claim after the district court had dismissed the case, while leaving the dismissal of two implied-contract counts in place.
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Fourth District Court of Appeal · 2024Reversed
Eckert Realty Corp. v. Strazzeri
396 So. 3d 220 (Fla. 4th DCA 2024) · For the appellant, Eckert Realty Corp.
A jury had assigned the property owner seventy percent of the fault for a fall on an office-complex ramp. The Fourth District held that the plaintiff never proved the owner knew or should have known of a dangerous condition, reversed the denial of a directed verdict and sent the case back for judgment in the owner’s favor.
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Fourth District Court of Appeal · 2023Writ granted
Domnin v. Domnina
361 So. 3d 382 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023) · For the petitioner
A trial judge ended a temporary-alimony hearing and ruled before the husband could present his case. The Fourth District held that this denied him due process, granted a writ of prohibition, and ordered the judge disqualified and the divorce reassigned.
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Third District Court of Appeal · 2026Affirmed
Golubtsova v. Budaev
No. 3D25-0296 (Fla. 3d DCA Feb. 18, 2026) · For the appellees
After a Russian divorce that left Miami-Dade real estate undivided, the former wife brought a petition in Florida’s family court. The Third District affirmed its dismissal: neither party met Florida’s six-month residency requirement, so the court lacked jurisdiction.
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Third District Court of Appeal · 2025Affirmed
Golubtsova v. Budaev
418 So. 3d 329 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025) · For the appellees
A lis pendens cannot be kept on a property when the lawsuit behind it seeks money damages rather than relief affecting title. The Third District affirmed the order dissolving the lis pendens against the clients’ property.
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Third District Court of Appeal · 2022Affirmed
Loginov v. Samoilova
345 So. 3d 372 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022) · For the appellee
After a three-day non-jury trial, the court ruled that Russian judgments domesticated in Florida, which treated a husband’s loan as a marital debt, gave the creditor no right to collect from the former wife or to an equitable lien on her Sunny Isles Beach condominium. The Third District affirmed the judgment in her favor.
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Third District Court of Appeal · 2021Reversed
Samoilova v. Loginov
330 So. 3d 1041 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) · For the appellant
A successor judge has the authority to decide a motion to vacate a judgment entered by a predecessor. The Third District reversed an order that had denied the motion without reaching its merits and sent the case back for a decision on the merits.
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