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Brumer & Brumer: The Two-Generation Downtown Firm Behind the $21.5 Million “Sunday” Verdict

Brumer & Brumer has been representing injured Miamians across two generations — more than $100 million recovered over roughly 60 years, per the firm — and its managing member Marc Brumer won international attention with a $21.5 million federal jury verdict for Marie Jean Pierre, a hotel dishwasher fired for refusing to work on Sundays for religious reasons.

At a Glance

Origin and Background

Brumer & Brumer is a generational Miami firm — its roughly 60-year recovery history predates its current managing member’s own three-decade career. Marc Brumer, born in Miami Beach in 1956 and AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, has built a practice identity inseparable from the communities he serves: known in Miami’s Haitian community as the “Haitian Jewish Lawyer,” he has secured millions in recoveries for Haitian clients and frames his work as fighting for “Davids” against “Goliaths.” His practice spans personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, and insurance law.

A Miami Personal Injury Firm’s Practice Concentration

The firm’s core docket is Miami personal injury — motor vehicle collisions, premises cases, wrongful death, and products liability — taken on contingency with free consultations. Its recent public matters also show range beyond the core: a $4 million settlement for an Amazon employee injured in a trucking accident, a crosswalk pedestrian verdict of $667,991, and legislative claims-bill work. See this Miami Personal Injury directory for how this community-rooted practice compares to larger-volume firms serving Miami-Dade County.

Notable Work / Track Record

The firm’s signature result — the $21.5 million Marie Jean Pierre verdict against the Conrad Miami’s owner — was a federal religious-discrimination case rather than a personal injury claim, a distinction Awesome Attorneys notes plainly; it nonetheless demonstrates the firm’s willingness and ability to try a case against a global hotel corporation to a jury and win. In injury work proper, the firm reports over $100 million recovered across its history, and Marc Brumer’s claims-bill practice has produced concrete results: the Florida Legislature authorized a $1.7 million payment from Miami Beach to the family of a recreation leader who drowned in a public pool, and Governor DeSantis signed a bill clearing a multi-million dollar award for the estate of Peniel Janvier. Claims bills — required when judgments against government entities exceed Florida’s sovereign immunity caps — are a specialized, legislative dimension of injury practice few firms pursue. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.

Client Voice

The firm’s public profile leans on named case outcomes and media coverage — including NBC affiliate WTVJ’s reporting on the Jean Pierre verdict — rather than a curated testimonial wall; Awesome Attorneys reports that emphasis as it found it.

Beyond the Courtroom

Marc Brumer serves as President of The Rok Family Shul, Chabad’s downtown Jewish center, and the Brumer Preschool of the Arts is named in his honor — documented civic commitments in the same downtown neighborhood where he practices. His co-counsel work with Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain on a fatal trucking case shows peer-level collaboration within Miami’s plaintiff bar.

Recognition for This Miami Personal Injury Firm

Marc Brumer’s Martindale-Hubbell AV rating is a peer-review rating of legal ability and ethics. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a Florida Bar board certification on his record during research and, per this directory’s standard, applies no “specialist” language.

Florida Legal Backdrop

Florida’s 2023 tort reform law, HB 837, cut the general negligence statute of limitations from four years to two (Fla. Stat. § 95.11) and adopted modified comparative negligence for most negligence actions (§ 768.81). Claims against government entities face the sovereign immunity caps of § 768.28 — and recoveries above those caps require a claims bill passed by the Florida Legislature, the exact procedure Brumer has successfully navigated. None of this is legal advice; consult a licensed attorney promptly after any injury.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Brumer & Brumer’s clearest differentiator as a Miami personal injury firm is its combination of deep community roots — two generations downtown, documented standing in Miami’s Haitian community — with rare procedural range, from federal jury trials against global corporations to legislative claims bills. The honest trade-offs, disclosed directly: its most famous verdict is a civil rights case rather than an injury case, its aggregate recovery figure is firm-reported, and Awesome Attorneys could not confirm a precise street address from primary sources at research time beyond its downtown Miami location. For an injured person in Miami who values a firm woven into the city’s communities, this practice is a strong basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from the firm’s own website (brumerlaw.com, including its attorney biography, media, and results pages) and directory biographical records for Marc Brumer documenting his birth year, AV rating, and practice areas.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by The Law Offices of Brumer & Brumer or Marc Brumer prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.