Wesley R. Parsons

Partner

wparsons@cspalaw.com

305-347-3123

Areas of Practice in Litigation

Governmental Administrative, Trial, and Appeal
Commercial Litigation
Injunction Litigation Hearings
Computer Law
Class Action Litigation

Professional Experience

Wes Parsons is a Partner at Clarke Silverglate, P.A. Mr. Parsons’ area of practice includes business litigation. He represents the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in its Citrus Canker Eradication Program, the largest pest eradication program in the world, and has successfully defended the Department, in trials and appeals, in over 200 cases.

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh, Fourth, and Federal Circuits
U.S. Supreme Court

Significant Reported Decisions

Hollywood Towers Condo. Ass’n v. Hampton, 35 Fla. L. Weekly 1424a (Fla. June 23, 2010)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. Bogorff, 35 So. 3d 84 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010)
Grove Services Inc. of Miami v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 29 So. 3d 397 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. Patchen, 25 So. 3d 1283 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. Citrus Canker Litigation, 20 So. 3d 864 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)
Sorensen v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 14 So. 3d 1016 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008)
PBD Realty, LLC v. First Nat’l Bank of South Miami, 13 So. 3d 481 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)
Reed Bros., Inc. v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 991 So. 2d 867 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. Cox, 947 So. 2d 561 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. Citrus Canker Litigation, 941 So. 2d 461 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. Dellaselva, 926 So. 2d 1293 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006)
Vaughan v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 920 So. 2d 650 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
Mack v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 912 So. 2d 1274 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
Rodriguez v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 910 So. 2d 351 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)
Brennan v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 907 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)
Patchen v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 906 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 2005)
Castin v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 901 So. 2d 1020 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
Tiajoloff v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 890 So. 2d 1245 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005)
Rich v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 898 So. 2d 1163 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2005)
Langan v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 861 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Ayers v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 861 So. 2d 500 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005)
Meszaros v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 861 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Parker v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 858 So. 2d 1108 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Butterfield v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 858 So. 2d 1108 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Huffman v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 858 So. 2d 1107 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
MacPherson v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 858 So. 2d 1107 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Petrac v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 858 So. 2d 1106 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Garcia v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 858 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Harvey v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 858 So. 2d 1105 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Spears v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 858 So. 2d 1100 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Fischer v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 857 So. 2d 890 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
Baldwin v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 855 So. 2d 73 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Frontera v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 853 So. 2d 428 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
Kirchgessner v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 849 So. 2d 410 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003)
Faulkner v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 847 So. 2d 1131 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
Sweet v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 837 So. 2d 553 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. City of Pompano Beach, 829 So .2d 928 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002)
Patchen v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 817 So. 2d 854 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002)
Bisz v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 802 So. 2d 385 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
Greenstein v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 795 So. 2d 160 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. Miami-Dade County, 790 So. 2d 559 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. Miami-Dade County, 790 So. 2d 555 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
Tayar v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 795 So. 2d 74 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)
Kelly v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 791 So. 2d 484 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)
Markus v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 785 So. 2d 595 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001)
Sapp Farms, Inc. v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 783 So. 2d 1085 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)
Sapp Farms, Inc. v. Dep’t of Agriculture, 761 So. 2d 347 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)
Dep’t of Agriculture v. Varela, 732 So. 2d 1146 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999)
Cambridge Capital Corp. v. Halcon Enterprises, Inc., 842 F. Supp. 499 (S.D. Fla. 1993)
Kosow v. Kosow, 614 So. 2d 513 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993)
Loglan Institute, Inc. v. Logical Language Group, Inc., 962 F.2d 1038 (Fed. Cir. 1992)
Sears Mort. Sec. Corp. v. Loan American Financial Corp., 614 So. 2d 514 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991)
Alberto v. State Dep’t of Natural Resources, 568 So. 2d 441 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
Campillo v. Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., 567 So. 2d 557 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
Howard v. Haddad, 916 F.2d 167 (4th Cir. 1990)
Warren v. Dep’t of Transportation, 559 So. 2d 387 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
Dascal v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp., 554 So. 2d 1173 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990)
United Postal Sav. Ass’n v. Nagelbush, 553 So. 2d 189 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
Nagelbush v. United Postal Sav. Ass’n, 550 So. 2d 476 (Fla. 3d DCA 1989)
R.C. v. State, 516 So. 2d 98 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987)

Education

J.D., Yale Law School (1983)
Editor, Yale Law Journal (1982-1983)
B.A., magna cum laude Rice University (1980)

Publications

The Inefficient Common Law, 92 Yale Law Journal 862 (1983)
War and the Cycle of Relative Power, 74 American Political Science Review 947 (1980) (with Charles F. Doran)