About Philip
Philip Freidin began his legal education at the University of Florida, where he earned a B.A. in 1966, and completed his J.D. at American University in 1969. He entered the bar early in a period of rapid change in civil litigation. His training combined state and federal perspectives and set the stage for a long trial career.
He helped found Freidin Dobrinsky Brown & Rosenblum the year he graduated from law school. That firm grew out of steady trial work and a practice built around contested civil cases. Decades later, in 2016, he again took a founding role in establishing Freidin Brown, continuing the pattern of creating firms structured for courtroom work rather than large firm specialties.
Courtrooms have been the center of his practice. He is admitted to practice in Florida and in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida. Those admissions allowed him to pursue cases across the state and to take on federal litigation when the facts and stakes required it.
Certifications are a throughline in his career. He is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education. He was a Board Certified Trial Advocate through the National Board of Trial Advocates from 1995 to 2008. Those credentials reflect a sustained emphasis on trial work and on meeting recognized standards for courtroom competence.
Professional membership has been a constant. He serves or has served in a range of organizations tied to trial practice and legal administration. His roles include work on the Florida Justice Association Board of Directors and membership in the American Association for Justice, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the American Bar Association and the Dade County Bar Association. He has participated in state-level judicial nominating commissions and task forces, including the Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice's Task Force on Complex Litigation and the Supreme Court of Florida Task Force on Management of Complex Cases beginning in 2007. He has also been involved in civic efforts such as the Dade County MADD chapter and a governor's task force on preventing elderly abuse.
Those memberships reflect a career that straddles trial work, professional governance and public service. He has balanced private practice with periodic service on commissions and boards that shape how courts handle complex cases. He continues to practice at Freidin Brown, P.A., handling civil trial litigation in state and federal courts in Florida.
