Roger Slade

Equity Partner, Co-Chair of the Litigation Group

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Roger Slade is an Equity Partner with the Miami law firm of Haber Law and is the Co-Chairmen of the Firm’s litigation department. Mr. Slade has been AV -rated by Martindale Hubbell and has been named as a Florida Super Lawyer for fourteen consecutive years.  
Mr. Slade started his career at two large New York City law firms but has been practicing law in Florida since 1994. He has handled all types of litigation matters with a particular emphasis on family business disputes (domestic and international), business partnership disputes, business fraud cases, and litigation involving real estate including condominium litigation, landlord -tenant litigation, and commercial foreclosure litigation.

Mr. Slade is an accomplished trial lawyer and has handled cases in both State and Federal Courts. He also successfully argued appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Florida’s Second, Third, Fourth and Sixth Court of Appeals as well as the First Department of the New York County Supreme Court.

Mr. Slade was honored to serve as the President of the Miami-Dade Bar Association from 2023-2024. Mr. Slade is also a contributor to Litigation Magazine, a national publication of the American Bar Association as well as the Miami-Dade Bar Bulletin where he served for many years as Editor in Chief.

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Commercial and Business Litigation
  • International Business Law and Litigation
  • Shareholder and Partnership Litigation
 

Education

J.D., Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, 1988

  • Managing Editor, Brooklyn Law Review
  • Recipient, Brooklyn Law School Student Ethics Award
  • Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law Seminar

B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, 1983

 
 

ADMISSIONS

  • Florida, 1994
  • Connecticut, 1989
  • New York, 1989
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
 
 

RECOGNITION

  • Miami Dade Bar Association, Winner, Circle of Excellence Award, 2024
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2024,2026
  • Recipient of the Dade Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Award, 2023
  • Florida Super Lawyers, 2011- 2025
  • Miami-Dade County Bar Association Bar Pro Bono Award
 
 

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Miami-Dade Bar Association, Immediate Past
President, 2023

Miami-Dade County Bar Association, Member,
President, 2022

Miami-Dade County Bar Association Member
Board of Directors, 2019-2021

American Bar Association
Member

Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association
Board of Directors

 
 

Published Works

 

Representative Cases

  • Camps v. Bravo, 142 F. 4th 743 (11th Cir. 2025)
  • Aanonsen v. Suarez, 306 So. 3d 294 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020)
  • Kehoe v. Fidelity Federal Bank & Trust, 421 F. 3d 1209 (lead counsel)
  • Tulepan v. Roberts, 2015 U.S. Dist. Lexis 5488, 2015 WL 235441 (S.D. Fla. 2015)
  • Tien v. Tien, 131 S. Ct. 2873 (2011)
  • Suniland Assocs. V. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co., 2008 WL 398970 (S.D. Fla. 2008)
  • Investment Corp of Palm Beach v. Scientific Games Racing, LLC, 969 So. 2d 1028 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007)
  • Sinatra v. Ikaros Aviation, Inc., 723 So. 2d 658 (Fla 3d DCA 1999)
  • Banderas v. Advance Petroleum, Inc., 718 So.2d 376 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
  • Banderas v. Advance Petroleum, Inc., 716 So.2d 876 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998)
  • Century 21 v. F.W. Woolworth, 181 A.D. 2d 620 (1st Dep’t 1992)