Partner Dean Xenick Installed as President-Elect of Palm Beach County Bar Association

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., June 1, 2019 — The statewide law firm of Reid Burman Lebedeker Xenick is pleased to announce that veteran trial attorney Dean Xenick was installed as President-Elect of the Palm Beach County Bar Association on June 1, 2019 at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida.

“The mission of the Palm Beach County Bar Association is to serve its members, foster professionalism and enhance the public’s understanding and awareness of the legal system,” said Xenick, a native Floridian with more than 18 years of experience as a trial attorney. “As the Palm Beach County Bar Association approaches its 100th year advancing this mission, providing numerous public service activities and giving back to the community, I am grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of this dynamic organization for the past 6 years as a Director. I look forward to continuing my service as President-Elect this year and leading the Association as President in 2020.”

Xenick focuses his practice in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, defective drugs and products, mass torts (Multi-District Litigation), insurance litigation, business litigation, complex commercial litigation, general civil litigation, and legal malpractice.

Xenick is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator for circuit civil court matters, including personal injury, wrongful death, business cases, insurance disputes, commercial cases, legal malpractice, and general civil litigation matters.

Xenick worked for one of the largest insurance defense firms in Florida for almost 10 years, where he was a junior partner. He has unique insight on how to handle personal injury cases against insurance companies. Xenick handles cases in Florida state and federal courts, in addition to several federal courts across the United States in Multi-District Litigation matters.

Xenick is AV Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, a significant rating accomplishment and a testament to the fact that his peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence. The Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings are an objective indicator of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and professional ability, generated from evaluations of lawyers by other members of the bar and judiciary.

Xenick has been selected to The Best Lawyers in America since 2015. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most highly-respected peer review guide to the legal profession worldwide. He has also been named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 list, as one of South Florida’s Top Rated Lawyers, a Rising Star by Super Lawyers, a Top Up and Comer by the South Florida Legal Guide, an Outstanding Young Lawyer by American Registry, and one of Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite Up & Comers. He has also achieved a 10.0 Superb rating by Avvo.com.

Xenick is also an Emeritus member of the Craig S. Barnard Inns of Court, a nationwide organization whose mission is to foster excellence in professionalism, ethics, civility, and legal skills. He is an active member of the Palm Beach County Justice Association, the Florida Justice Association, and the Young Lawyers and North County Sections of the Palm Beach County Bar Association.

In 2018, Florida Bar President Michelle Suskauer appointed Xenick to the Florida Bar’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee (DIC), where he serves on the inaugural Executive Council Subcommittee.

He is also on the Voluntary Bar Leadership Grants Subcommittee for DIC. In 2011 Xenick was appointed by then Florida Bar President Scott Hawkins to the Florida Bar’s Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, where he served two three-year terms as a member.

Xenick is actively involved in the Palm Beach County community, including volunteering as a youth soccer coach in the Palm Beach Gardens youth soccer league. He has also served on the Highballs and Hibiscus Host Committee, benefiting the Jupiter Medical Center Foundation, and has served on the host committee of Arthur’s Jam, benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Xenick received his J.D. degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2000, and he earned a B.A., cum laude, in Criminology from the University of Florida in 1997.

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Reid Burman Lebedeker Xenick is a statewide boutique civil litigation law firm based in West Palm Beach. The firm represents corporate and individual clients in a variety of civil cases, including business litigation, complex commercial litigation, insurance disputes, personal injury, wrongful death, defective drugs and products, mass torts (Multi-District Litigation), legal malpractice, employment law, zoning and land use issues, and mediation. The firm is ocated online at reidburmanlaw.com. For more information about Reid Burman Lebedeker Xenick, please call (561) 659-7700.