Overview
Overview
Clayton Hugh Chin Quee Jr. is a partner at the firm's Miami Office. Mr. Chin Quee's practice areas include commercial litigation, employment and labor law, civil rights law, professional negligence, child welfare litigation, and condominium association law.
Mr. Chin Quee graduated Cum Laude from Florida International University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2012. He then went on to attend the University of Miami School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate in 2015.
Prior to joining Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Mr. Chin Quee advocated for the best interests of abused, abandoned and neglected children in the 11th Circuit with the Guardian ad Litem Program. Mr. Chin Quee is a member of the Florida Bar and is licensed to practice law before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Secured dismissal of employment action premised on allegations of disability discrimination, retaliation and a failure to accommodate
- Prevailed on motion for summary judgment in breach of fiduciary duty action filed by unit owner against a condominium association
- Prevailed on motion for judgment on the pleadings in fraud action filed by unit owner against a condominium association
- Secured dismissal of a premises liability action involving the slip and fall of a minor at a school
- Secured numerous dismissals of charges of discrimination filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Florida Commission on Human Relations
- Secured favorable financial resolution for property owner in negligent security matter involving gunshot victims
- Secured favorable financial resolution for child welfare agency involved in negligence action concerning the alleged sexual abuse of a minor
- Secured dismissal of complaint filed with the DBPR against property manager
- Secured favorable financial resolution for association involved in defamation action
- Secured favorable financial resolutions for various companies involved in employment disputes
- Secured favorable resolution of housing discrimination claim filed with Miami-Dade Commission on Human Rights
- Obtained favorable results for lawyers called before attorney grievance committees
Associations
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of South Florida (APABA)
Practice Areas
- Child Welfare Litigation
- Civil Rights Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Country Club, Condominium and Homeowners' Association Law
- Directors and Officers
- Employment and Labor
- Federal Practice
- Insurance Defense Litigation
- Personal Injury Protection (PIP)
- Premises Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Security Negligence
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D.
- Florida International University, B.A., Psychology, cum laude
Admissions
- Florida
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida