Press Release

Bradley is pleased to announce that Alexis M. Buese and Bonnie C. Daboll have joined the firm’s Tampa office as members of the Litigation Practice Group.

“Alexis and Bonnie are strong additions to our office and their arrival aligns with our continued goal of strategic growth in key areas,” said Bradley Tampa Office Managing Partner R. Craig Mayfield. “Alexis’s background in complex business disputes, real estate litigation, and her class action experience coupled with Bonnie’s work on all manner of civil matters and her deep product liability capabilities helps bolster our litigation team to meet increased client demand.”

Ms. Buese joins as a partner and represents a variety of consumer products and services clients in all aspects of commercial litigation, including class action, contract disputes, and real estate and consumer class action litigation. Prior to joining Bradley, Ms. Buese co-led the class action defense team at one of the Tampa Bay region’s largest commercial law firms. She has experience defending consumer goods manufacturers and retailers, ranging from apparel, furniture, and vitamin and dietary supplement companies to e-commerce clients.

Ms. Buese is a member of the Florida Retail Federation’s Chairman’s Circle and the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, as well as the Federal Bar Association. She also serves on the Advocacy Committee of the Hillsborough Education Foundation. A graduate of Loyola Law School Los Angeles, Ms. Buese received her B.A. from Tulane University.

Ms. Daboll joins as counsel and regularly defends corporations in product liability cases, employment disputes, personal injury cases, class actions and environmental toxic tort litigation. Ms. Daboll represents clients in every aspect of litigation, including trials, appellate proceedings and alternative disputes resolution.

A member of the Florida Bar, Ms. Daboll volunteers with the domestic violence nonprofit Are You Safe, as well as with Bay Area Legal Services, where she assists with housing discrimination matters. She served as a clerk to the Hon. C. Roger Vinson in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, and received her J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and her B.A. from the University of Florida.

Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group has more than 225 litigators that handle matters in nearly every substantive area of law concerning our business clients. The team approaches cases strategically, providing early case assessments for clients to help direct the course of the matter from preliminary dispositive motions and settlement talks through trial and appeal, if necessary. The team’s creativity and skill in successfully handling high-stakes and complex cases is informed by experience in litigating and arbitrating in every state, as well as every federal district and appellate court, across the United States.