Rob Vezina manages VLP from the firm’s home base in Florida’s capital. For over 30 years Rob has engaged in a highly recognized practice focusing on public and private construction disputes in both state and federal courts. Rob’s practice reaches a broad range of issues involving public procurements — from his extensive work in all aspects of P-3 contracting to the handling of bid protests in many of the largest and highest profile procurements in Florida. [View Protest Case Listing Before Florida's Division of Admin. Hearings.]
Clients observe that Rob’s “smooth and non-confrontational style” coupled with his “adroit manner and quick thinking abilities,” help him to effectively present their cases and positions. 2006 Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers.
Rob has tried many complex construction and procurement cases to verdict and judgment, and the firm has left its mark on the body of Florida’s case law in the construction, surety and public contracts arenas. [View Significant Trial and Appellate Case Listing.]
Beyond the confines of Florida, Rob has litigated disputes regarding major infrastructure projects in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, as well as the Caribbean Basin. He also has maintained an active appellate practice, arguing many of the firm’s cases before the state and federal courts of appeal.
Rob’s approach to the practice is well summarized in this assessment of the firm: “Side-stepping the periphery and jumping straight to the heart of the issues,” the VLP team “attains the requisite goals at incredible value.” 2006 Chambers USA Guide to American’s Leading Business Lawyers
Location:
- Tallahassee, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami Florida
Education:
- Florida, 1981
- District of Columbia, 1985
Court Admissions:
- US Court of Federal Claims
- US Court of Appeals, Federal and 11th Circuit
- US District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
- US Supreme Court
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Honors:
- Martindale Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating
- Best Lawyers in America
- Florida Trend Legal Elite
- Florida Super Lawyers
- Chambers USA – Recommended
- Adjunct Professor, Florida State University Law School ’08 – ‘10
Publications and Presentations:
- Conclude to Not Collude, The Florida Trans. Builders (Sp. 2011)
- Public Private Contracting in Florida (Co-Author) Survives, 83 Florida Bar Journal 10 (2009) (Co-Author) [View Full Listing of Publications and Presentations]
