Oshia Gainer Banks

Associate

obanks@cspalaw.com

305-347-1552

Areas of Practice in Litigation

Commercial Litigation
Employment and Labor Law

Professional Experience

Mrs. Banks concentrates her practice on commercial litigation and employment and labor law.  Prior to joining the firm, she focused her practice on commercial litigation, insurance coverage and appellate matters.

Mrs. Banks is a Miami native, graduating with honors from Miami Northwestern Senior High School in 1999.  Thereafter, she studied journalism and political science at Florida A & M University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science, cum laude, in 2003.  She received her law degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2006.  While in law school, Mrs. Banks was an Executive Board member of the Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Board, University of Florida Trial Team and Florida Journal of International Law.  She competed in the Moot Court Final Four competition before the Florida Supreme Court in 2005, the Robert Orseck Florida Bar Moot Court Competition (Semi-Finalist and Best Brief of Semi Final Round) in 2006, the Chicago Bar Moot Court Competition in 2006 and the National Civil Rights Trial Team Competition (Finalist) in 2006.  She also served as a Teaching Assistant in Legal Research and Writing, Judicial Intern for the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court and LexisNexis Legal Research Training Associate.

Bar Admissions

Florida Bar, 2007
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida

Activities & Memberships

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated
National Bar Association
Dade County Bar Association
National Order of Barristers
F. Malcolm Cunningham Jr., Bar Association
Wilkie D. Ferguson Bar Association
University of Florida Law Alumni Council

Honors & Awards

Moot Court Final Four Competitor, Florida Supreme Court (2005)
Florida Bar Moot Court Competition, Semi-Finalist (2006)
Chicago Bar Moot Court Competition (2006)
National Civil Rights Trial Team Competition, Finalist (2006)

Significant Reported Decisions

Esposito v. Wayne, 19 So. 3d 318 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)
Salomon v. Guralnick, 5 So. 3d 683 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)

Education

J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2006
B.S., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, cum laude, 2003