Michelle Gervais chairs Blank Rome’s Florida offices and co-chairs the firm’s Sports Law industry group, advising high-profile athletes, celebrities, executives, and high-net-worth individuals, as well as businesses in the sports, entertainment, and finance industries in complex disputes that involve the intersection of business and family law matters. Make Gervais part of your team before there is a crisis. Known as a “fixer” across several legal disciplines, Gervais handles highly delicate matters protecting her clients from serious financial and reputational harm.
For select professional athletes and executives, Gervais helps them handle a variety of family law matters including dissolutions of marriage, domestic violence, civil rape claims, sexually transmitted diseases, extortion, paternity, custody, support, and pre-nuptial, post-nuptial, and cohabitation agreements. She also assists her clients and their businesses with other risk management issues affecting their brand, their company, and their professional legacy.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management | 2026 | Crisis Management, Litigation, Sports, Family |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Entertainment, Sports & Media Lawyers | 2026 | Family Law & Reputation, esp. Athletes |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers | 2026 | Matrimonial & Family Law, Litigation, Sports |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers | 2025 | Matrimonial & Family Law, Litigation, Sports |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers | 2024 | |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Family Lawyers | 2020 |
With deep experience in complex commercial litigation, as well as world class client service that goes above and beyond for her clients, Gervais is the lawyer to call when you need a holistic solution to a complex and delicate legal problem.
Sports, Entertainment, and Matrimonial Law
- Collaborative and litigate divorce/dissolution of marriage
- Domestic violence, domestic disputes, civil rape claims
- Civil claims for sexually transmitted diseases
- Extortion
- Pre-nuptial/ante-nuptial, post-nuptial and cohabitation agreements
- Paternity, disestablishment of paternity, custody, parenting plans, child access, child support, alimony, palimony, and modification
- International kidnapping/Hague/ICARA, jurisdictional disputes, surrogacy, and relocation
- Contract/endorsement negotiation, drafting, review and litigation, breach, Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) claims, and unjust enrichment disputes
- Name, Image. and Likeness (“NIL”)
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contract negotiation and litigation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, violations of Fair Labor Standards Act, and Florida Whistleblower Act
Commercial, Real Estate & Business Litigation
- dissolutions, fraud, misrepresentation, and civil conspiracy
- violation of non-competes, trade secrets
- contract negotiation/litigation
- insurance disputes, violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices and Whistleblower’s Acts
- represents financial institutions in contested foreclosures, quiet title, TILA, RESPA, FDUTPA, FCCPA, TCPA, title and lien priority disputes, and eminent domain
- Dissolution of partnerships
- Fraud, misrepresentation, and civil conspiracy
- Violation of non-compete agreements, trade secret protection, and breach of fiduciary responsibility
- Insurance disputes, violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (“FDUTPA”)
- Purchase/sales contract disputes, Interstate Land Sales Act (“ILSA”) litigation, and construction/builder disputes
- Real estate disputes/litigation