Tyler McDede is an associate in the firm's Coral Gables office. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from the College of Charleston, graduating cum laude. Mr. McDede obtained his Juris Doctor at the University of Miami School of Law, where he graduated cum laude. Before law school, Mr. McDede worked at a family law and general practice firm in South Carolina and a construction litigation firm in Orlando.  At the University of Miami School of Law, he received the Marco A. Vazquez Scholarship for exceptional trial advocacy and Dean’s Certificate of Achievement Awards in both Federal Courts and Legal Malpractice.  He also joined the firm as a law clerk during his first year of law school. He is currently admitted to the Florida Bar. Mr. McDede focuses his practice on civil litigation, with an emphasis on construction defect, design defect, and construction lien disputes. Mr. McDede previously served as a baseball data analyst for the Miami Hurricanes, where he built statistical models for player evaluation and recruiting, and currently serves as an official scorer for the program. He brings the same analytical, data-driven approach to evaluating complex construction disputes on behalf of the firm's clients.