Wayne Atkins, Esq.

Biography

Wayne R. Atkins is the managing partner of Xander Law Group.  He has extensive civil litigation experience representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants in various business & commercial litigation, appellate litigation and negligence & tort matters having practiced in both the federal and state courts.

Mr. Atkins began his legal education by earning his Juris Doctor from University of Miami School of Law in 2007.  During law school, Mr. Atkins was a member of the International and Comparative Law Review and interned at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, from where emerged his desire to be a litigator.  

Mr. Atkins is a member of both the Florida Bar and Massachusetts Bar, and began his career in appellate litigation.  Since then, Mr. Atkins began litigating in the trial courts as well.  He has extensive experience representing corporations, business entities, and individuals in a wide variety of complex commercial disputes (through litigation and alternative dispute resolution) and other civil matters.  

Mr. Atkins has also published articles with the Florida Bar Journal on current, substantive legal issues.

Education

University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL

• Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 2010

Suffolk University, Boston, MA

• Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Criminology and Law, May 2007

Court Admissions

• State Bar of Florida
• State Bar of Massachusetts
• United States District Court Southern District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Practice areas

• Litigation
• Appeals