Mark A. Matovina was born in Hammond, Indiana and is a graduate of the University of Central Florida. He received a Bachelors of Science in Marketing and then went on to Barry University School of Law where he received a Juris Doctorate of Law in 2001. He has a unique perspective and ability to find every detail on a case having worked as a Private Investigator during his time at law school. He joined with Attorney Politis in 2009 and became a named partner in 2011. He is a valuable asset to the firm and their clients as a highly skilled Civil Litigation attorney. Mr. Matovina is a member of the Florida Justice Association and his practice is dedicated to Personal Injury Law. He is happily married and enjoys boating, sport bikes and fitness.

Elias Matsakis' practice transcends multiple legal disciplines where he has led teams of attorneys in complex transactions and served as the trusted advisor to numerous businesses, entrepreneurs, and high net worth individuals. In his new practice, he will leverage that experience to provide counseling and guidance. For more substantial matters, he will co-counsel with his former colleagues to build the appropriate team with the requisite capacity to meet client needs. For many years, he served as the practice group leader for Holland & Knight's Illinois Business Attorneys and as the head of its Illinois Healthcare and Life Sciences Team. In those capacities, and as the lead attorney, he collaborated frequently with his law firm’s corporate, real estate and finance attorneys in signature real estate and corporate merger and acquisition projects both locally and across the nation. For the past 30 years, his practice has also focused on the representation of physician organizations, physician management companies and health systems in a wide range of matters including integration and alignment transactions, managed care contracting, technology deployment, joint ventures, Accountable Care Organizations, healthcare networks, and regulatory compliance matters. He is also experienced in the representation of skilled nursing and senior living development mergers and acquisitions. In addition, Mr. Matsakis assists large nonprofit organizations in corporate governance and conflict policies. In the role of counselor for large privately-held businesses he has served as their principal legal strategist in both their growth and litigation needs. In that capacity he has had substantial experience in dispute resolution and has successfully negotiated numerous significant settlements of complex “bet the company” commercial litigation matters across multiple industries and in complex estate disputes. Mr. Matsakis devotes a significant amount of his time to pro bono matters on behalf of local charitable and religious organizations. Mr. Matsakis' leadership skills have been recognized both by his former firm where he had served for many years as a member of its Directors Committee and the Executive partner of its 150 lawyer Chicago Office and by the community where he served on the District 225 Board of Education for six years, a school district of approximately 4500 students.

Area of Practice: Employment Law Jason P. Matthews has counseled and represented employees in a wide range of labor and employment related matters since 2004. Jason is a member of the Dayton Bar Association and the DBA’s Labor and Employment Law Committee. Jason has been a member of the Ohio Employment Lawyers Association since 2006. Before starting his own firm, Jason worked with Jeffrey M. Silverstein and Associates for over nine years. Prior to entering private practice, Jason served as a Civil Rights Representative for the Ohio Civil Rights Commission where he investigated charges of discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Jason received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Marietta College in 1996 where he majored in History and Political Science and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Dayton in 1999.

Derek Matthews, Esq., brings a well-rounded background to his legal practice, having graduated from George Washington University and Western Michigan University Cooley Law School. His diverse expertise spans personal injury law, family law, criminal law, business law, estate planning, probate law, and dependency law. With a unique professional journey that includes roles as a firefighter, respiratory therapist, pharmaceutical representative, and in-home construction, Matthews likely offers clients a comprehensive perspective. Beyond his legal endeavors, Derek enjoys boating, golf, and cherishing moments with his wife and children, suggesting a balanced and family-oriented approach to life. This combination of education, professional experience, and personal interests paints a picture of a lawyer with a broad skill set and a commitment to a well-rounded, client-focused practice.

Jim handles a wide range of plaintiffs’ personal injury cases. He focuses his practice on product defects, medical negligence, and trucking accidents. Jim is from Cordele, Georgia, where he attended Crisp County High School before attending Georgia Southern University on a baseball scholarship. After being drafted by the Atlanta Braves, Jim played professionally in the minor leagues for a short while before ultimately following a path toward his legal career. He graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1983. With more than 40 years of legal experience, Jim has earned a reputation as a seasoned and successful trial lawyer. In the early years of his career, he defended hundreds of personal injury cases. He defended hospitals and physicians, trucking companies, and manufacturers of a wide range of products, including tobacco and asbestos products. He also worked on behalf of companies in business litigation matters. Jim eventually decided to switch sides and focus on the representation of plaintiffs after a successful trial in which he represented a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in a personal injury case. At Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C., he now handles a wide variety of personal injury and wrongful death cases brought by injured victims and their families, as well as plaintiff business litigation. Most of Jim’s clients are referred to him by other attorneys and former clients he has helped in the past. Jim is actively involved in the pelvic mesh and hernia mesh litigation. He is co-lead counsel in the C.R. Bard hernia mesh consolidated litigation in Rhode Island, was lead counsel in the Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh litigation in state court in New Hampshire, and was state court liaison to the New Hampshire federal court C-Qur multi-district litigation. He had significant roles in the discovery, deposition, and pre-trial stages of the Ethicon/Johnson & Johnson Physiomesh hernia mesh multidistrict litigation in Atlanta (which was settled before trial) and in all stages, including trial, in the C.R. Bard pelvic mesh MDL in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia (which settled after a win for his client in the first bellwether trial). Following many successful medical malpractice cases, Jim was chosen to co-author the chapter on Legal Issues in a highly respected medical textbook, Clinical Anesthesiology Practice.