Palm Beach County, FL – On August 27, 2025, a Florida jury awarded $535 million to the Estate of Turkish billionaire Dr. Mehmet Salih Tatlici in a significant international estate dispute. The verdict was secured by attorneys Jeremy Friedman, Craig Downs, and David Durkee of The Downs Law Group, a Coconut Grove-based firm known for
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a groundbreaking final rule prohibiting all non-compete agreements for employees at all levels, with only extremely limited exceptions. This significant change is set to reshape the landscape of employment contracts and labor mobility in the United States. As commercial litigation attorneys, The Downs Law Group
The Downs Law Group’s Founding and Principal attorney, Craig T. Downs, was named a “Distinguished Leader” award honoree by the Daily Business Review as part of their 2024 Florida Legal Awards. Each year, the Florida Legal Awards celebrate the best and brightest in the state’s legal community, honoring attorneys across diverse practice areas. This year,
The Fourth DCA today affirmed the ruling by per curiam affirmed (PCA) of the trial court which entered a Final Judgment in favor of its client Mehmet Tatlici in the amount of $740,000,000 in the matter of Tatlici v. Tatlici, involving claims of defamation. The Tatlici verdict obtained by the Downs Law Group was one
Our commercial litigation group, led by Jeremy D. Friedman, Paul A. Hankin, and Craig T. Downs, represents Claudia Schwarz, a former chief marketing officer for Williams Formula One. This story has been featured in The Times UK, Sports Illustrated, Daily Business Review, BVM Sports, GrandPrix 247, Planet F1, and more! In a groundbreaking case that
