REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Lead trial counsel for plaintiff in commercial dispute leading to $82.2 million judgment against defendants.
• Lead trial counsel for industry-leading medical software company in multi-week federal jury trial resulting in $19.5 million unanimous verdict against competitor.
• Lead trial counsel in $1 million contract dispute resulting in successful bench trial verdict.
• Co-trial counsel in connection with $3.5 million partnership dispute resulting in successful bench trial verdict.
• Representation of $50 million private equity fund in over 120 commercial loan workouts and foreclosures.
• Representation of $47 million judgment debtor against public company resulting in appellate win.
• Representation of LATAM Airlines against several travel agencies resulting in favorable settlements.
• Representation of investor in obtaining rare writ of mandamus against City of Miami Beach, Florida, affirmed on appeal.
• Representation of airline ownership group in $5 million fraud and conspiracy litigation against public company resulting in no liability for client.
• Representation of private equity lender against guarantors on $40 million Palm Beach real estate project.
• Representation of court-appointed receiver in connection with 400+ unit commercial condominium adjacent to convention center and hotel.
• Representation of purchaser of C-130 aircraft from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense in United States District Court resulting in favorable settlement.
• Representation of art advisor in connection with a lawsuit by the purchaser of $1.3 million in art in New York Supreme Court resulting in dismissal of case and appellate affirmance.
• Representation of chapter 7 trustee in bankruptcy filed by one of the leading U.S. foliage plant wholesalers, and prosecution of over 100 adversary proceedings.
• Representation of chapter 7 trustee in bankruptcy filed by a public company.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• Best Lawyers in America ® – Recognized in Mortgage Banking Foreclosure –  (2023-2024)
• 2023 Best Lawyers in America © – Litigation
• 2021 SuperLawyers – Business Litigation
• 2021 Florida Trend Legal Elite
• 2020 SuperLawyers – Business Litigation
• 2020 Florida Trend Legal Elite
• 2019 Florida Trend Legal Elite
• 2018 Florida Trend Legal Elite
• 2017 Florida Trend Legal Elite

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS/PUBLICATIONS

• Speaker, Bench and Bar Session—Evidentiary Hearings in the Zoom Era, April 9, 2021
• Florida Bar Approved CLE presentation, “So You Got a Judgment, Now What?” 2012
• “Foreclosures: Rulings Favor Lender’s Stake”  Daily Business Review, December 19, 2017
• Speaker, American Bar Association Fall Leadership Summit, 2010

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Former Chairman | Coral Gables Museum
• Vice Chairman | Coral Gables Museum
• President, BNI Coral Gables
• Membership Committee and Leadership Team | BNI Coral Gables
• Co-Founder | Fordham Law Alumni Association (Miami Chapter)
• Former Board Member | Trustee Member | GEM member | Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce
• Former Nominating Committee Chair | Coral Gables Museum
• Former Committee Member | Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Gov’t & Political Affairs Group
• Former Board Member, Ways to Work (United Way/Branches)
• Former Board Member | Abacus Worldwide

EDUCATION

• J.D., Fordham University School of Law
• B.A., New York University

ADMITTED TO

• Florida Bar
• New York Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Bankruptcy)
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

PUBLISHED DECISIONS

• Llanso v. SHEDDF2-FL3, LLC, 3D21-783, 2022 WL 1559921 (Fla. 3d DCA May 18, 2022)
• SHEDDF2-FL3, LLC v. Penthouse S., LLC, 314 So. 3d 403 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020)
• City of Miami Beach v. 3098 Alton Rd., LLC, 307 So. 3d 86 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020)
• Fayad v. Univ. of Miami, 307 So. 3d 114 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020)
• Systemax, Inc. v. Fiorentino, 283 So. 3d 415 (Fla. 3d DCA 2019)
• Inter Am. Coal, S.A. v. SHE DDF2-FL2, LLC, 255 So. 3d 432 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018)
• Kahn v. 5120 Alton, LLC, 321 So. 3d 376 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021), review dismissed sub nom.Kahn v. 5120 Alton, LLC., SC21-1343, 2021 WL 4317395 (Fla. Sept. 23, 2021)
• Barna v. Beher Holdings, Ltd., Inc., 53 So. 3d 1039 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011)

PRIOR AFFILIATIONS

• Partner, Ehrenstein Charbonneau Calderin
• Zorrilla & Associates, P.C. (Attorney)
• Palm Resorts Group, LLC (Principal)