Practice Experience

• Neil Kodsi is a member of the Firm's Products and Toxic Tort Liability Practice Group. 
• Prior to joining Carlton Fields, Mr. Kodsi served as national trial counsel for a major tobacco company in smoking and health litigation, including all environmental tobacco smoke (second hand smoke) lawsuits that have been filed in the United States.
• Mr. Kodsi has extensive experience in litigating environmental and toxic torts cases, including several class actions. Mr. Kodsi's cases also often involve very complex scientific issues and he has worked extensively with experts in the fields of chemistry, toxicology, epidemiology, and biostatistics.
  

Professional and Civic Activities

• Florida Bar Association
• State Bar of Georgia
• North Carolina State Bar
• American Bar Association
• Adjunct Professor, Wake Forest University School of Law, Fall 2004
• Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy

Professional Recognition

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Co-recipient of the 2006 William Reece Smith, Jr. Pro Bono Award
• Recipient of The Most Effective Lawyer Award in the Class Action category by the Daily Business Review 2007

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Florida
• Georgia
• North Carolina

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Florida State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of North Carolina

Background

• Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1996-2004)
• Constangy, Brooks & Smith (Atlanta, Georgia, 1991-1995)

 

Education

• Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 1991)
  Order of the Barristers
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1988)