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Address
4651 North Federal Highway
Boca Raton, Florida 33431-5133 (Palm Beach Co.)
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5.0
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 Free Initial Consultation  Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) Statement of PracticeComplex Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation, Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts, White Collar Criminal Defense, Family Law, Employment Law, Civil Litigation. Year Established: 1997
Firm Size: 5
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Address4651 North Federal Highway Boca Raton, FL 33431-5133, (Palm Beach Co.)
PhonePhone: 561-394-8301 Facsimile: 561-394-3121 Email: SBPA@schoepplburke.com URL: http://www.schoepplburke.com

Website http://www.lawyers.com/schoepplburke
Office HoursMonday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Carl F. Schoeppl (Managing Partner) born Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 28, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Florida; 1991, District of Columbia; 1996, New York; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Military Appeals; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida including Trial Bar; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Florida Atlantic University (B.B.A., with honors, 1986); Oxford University School of Law, Oxford, England; Nova University (J.D., cum laude, 1989); Emory University (LL.M. in Litigation, 1990). Recipient: F.B.I. Service in the Public Interest Award, 1993. Staff Member, Nova Law Review and Moot Court Society. Special Assistant District Attorney, 1989-1990, District Attorney's Office of Fulton County, Georgia; Staff Attorney, 1990-1993, Senior Counsel, 1993-1995, and Ethics Counsel, 1990-1995, United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Faculty: Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Nova University School of Law, 1995. Instructor: National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Trial Skills, 1994 and Deposition Skills, 1998, Rollins College, Civil and Criminal Litigation, 1992. Receiver: Appointed by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, upon the recommendation of the SEC, as the Receiver for five different entities in an SEC enforcement action styled SEC v. Schaefer, et. al., Case No. 98-343-CIV-ORL-22A (M.D. Fla.)( $3.5 million securities fraud/Ponzi scheme case)." Receiver: Appointed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, upon the recommendation of the FTC, as the Receiver for Transworld Enterprises, Inc. in an FTC enforcement action styled FTC v. Transworld Enterprises, Inc., et al., Case No. 00-8126-CIV-GRAHAM (S.D.Fla)($3 million nationwide franchise fraud case involving the sale of ATM business opportunities). Receiver: Appointed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, upon the recommendation of the SEC, as the Receiver for U.S. Capital Funding, Inc. in an SEC enforcement action styled SEC v. U.S. Capital Funding, Inc. ($33 million securities fraud case involving the sale of bogus promissory notes). Reported Cases: Ubuy Holding, Inc. v. Gladstone, 340 F.Supp.2d 1343 (S.D.Fla. 2004); In re Sunstar Securities Healthcare Litigation, 173 F.Supp.2d 1315 (M.D. Fla. 2001); Smith v. Pennington, 325 F.3d 884 (4th Cir. 2003); SEC v. Yun, 327 F.3d 1263 (11th Cir. 2003); SEC v. Yun, 208 F.3d 1279 (M.D. Fla. 2002); SEC v. Yun, 148 F.3d 1287 (M.D. Fla. 2001); SEC v. Yun, 130 F.2d 1348 (M.D. Fla. 2001); Press v. Raether, 227 F.Supp.2d 1022 (E.D. Wis. 2002); Computerized Thermal Imaging, Inc. v. Bloomberg, L.P., 312 F.3d 1292 (10th Cir. 2002); Cadle Co. v. G&G Associates, 757 So.2d 1278 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000); Cadle Co. v. G&G Associates, 741 So.2d 1257 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Aquamar, S.A. v. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc., 179 F.3d 1279 (11th Cir. 1999) (Represented the Republic of Ecuador); The Cadle Co. v. G & G Associates, 737 So.2d 1136 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); SEC v. Chapnick, {1993-1994 Transfer Binder} Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 98,076 (S.D. Fla. Feb. 11, 1994)(an insider trading and $33 million securities fraud case); SEC v. Bradt {Current Transfer Binder} Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 98,624 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 7, 1995)(a $27 million "Ponzi" scheme case); Travel Access, Inc. v. System One Direct Access, Inc., 696 So. 2d 397 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997); Periera v. Florida Power & Light Company, 680 So. 2d 617 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996); Williamson v. State, 681 So. 2d 688 (Fla. 1996). Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Complex Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; White Collar Criminal Defense.Email: Carl F. Schoeppl
Michelle C. Burke (Member) born Green Bay, Wisconsin, March 30, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Florida; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 1984); Nova University (J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Goodwin Research Fellowship. Judicial Intern, Senior District Judge James C. Paine, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1989. Contributing Author: Flynn, "Private Medical Insurance and the Collateral Source Rule: A Good Bet?" 22 U.Tol.L.Rev. 39 (1990); M. Flynn, "Secured Transactions in Florida," § 8 (1990). Reported Cases: Catsicas v. Catsicas, 669 So. 2d 1126 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996). Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Matrimonial Law; Employment Law.Email: Michelle C. Burke
OF COUNSELAdam D. Palmer (Of Counsel) born Miami, Florida, October 4, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Florida; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1990, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1984); University of Miami (J.D., 1987). Recipient: The Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 2001; Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society's Pro Bono Service Award, Real Property Law, 2001. Member, University of Miami Speakers Council, Law School Division. Former Member, Elk, Bankier, Palmer & Christu. Member: Palm Beach County and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation; Appeals; Securities Fraud; NASD Arbitration; Landlord and Tenant Law.Email: Adam D. Palmer
SPECIAL COUNSELBrenda M. Nelson (Special Counsel) born Mobile, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania. (Not admitted in Florida). Education: Oglethorpe University (B.B.A., 1980); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1983). Reported Cases: In re Craftmatic Securities Litigation, 890 F.2d 628 (3rd Cir. 1989); Kirkpatrick v. J.C. Bradford & Co., 827 F.2d 718 (11th Cir. 1987); United States v. Lighte, 782 F.2d 367 (2nd Cir. 1986); In re Unisys Savings Plan Litigation, 1997 WL 299425 (E.D.Pa. May 29, 1997); In re Fleet/Norstar Securities Litigation, 974 F.Supp. 155 (D.R.I. 1997); Boeing by Levit v. Shrontz, 1992 WL 81228, 18 Del. J. Corp. L. 225 (Del. Ch. Apr. 20, 1992); Booth v. Connelly Containers, Inc., 1990 WL 61333, Fed Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 95,272 (E.D.Pa. May 7, 1990); Bresson v. Thomson McKinnon Securities Inc., 118 F.R.D. 339 (S.D.N.Y. 1988); Bresson v. Thomson McKinnon Securities Inc., 641 F. Supp. 338 (S.D.N.Y. 1986); In re Banamerica Securities Litigation, 636 F.Supp. 419 (C.D. Cal. 1986); United States v. Premises Known as 2639 Meetinghouse Rd., Jamison, Pa., 633 F.Supp. 979 (E.D. Pa. 1986) (representing ACLU as amicus curiae). Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial; Securities.
Mark Jay Krum (Special Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 21, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania; 1986, District of Columbia; 1991, New York; 1994, Wyoming and Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh, District of Columbia and Federal Circuits, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Supreme Court. (Not admitted in Florida). Education: Temple University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1982); Pepperdine University (J.D., 1985). Recipient, Federal Bar Association's Younger Federal Lawyers Award, 1994 (Recognized as one of five leading government attorneys throughout the nation and overseas), U.S. Dept. of Justice Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Superior Performance, 1991 and Special Act Award, 1995. Assistant U.S. Attorney Middle District of Florida, 1990-1996; Associate Independent Counsel/Senior Trial Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1996-1997. Adjunct Professor, Advanced Criminal Trial Advocacy, Stetson University College of Law, 1992-1996; Advanced Trial Advocacy, Temple University School of Law, 1996. Instructor: NITA (National and Regional Programs), 1994; Emory University School of Law, Trial Techniques Program, 1994; University of Florida College of Law Statewide Prosecutor/Public Defender Trial Training Program, 1993. Faculty Member and Instructor for International Money Laundering, Organized Crime and White Collar Crime Seminars: Argentina, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, Cyprus and Russia, 1995-1998. Chair, Officers and Board Members Nomination Committee of the Assistant U.S. Attorney's Association for the Middle District of Florida, 1995. Member: American Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Also Practicing Individually at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
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