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| | Address | | Suite 3400, One Biscayne Tower, 2 South Biscayne Boulevard | | Miami, Florida 33131 | | (Miami-Dade Co.) | | | |
| | | Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice in all states, Appellate and Federal Courts, Corporate and Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Litigation, Partnership and Tax, Employment and Labor, Financial Institutions, Real Estate Development and Finance, Leisure and Resorts, Environmental, Land Use and Administrative Law, Franchise and Distribution, Bond Financing, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Eminent Domain, Trusts and Estates, Probate, Guardianship and Trust Litigation, International Law, Immigration, Health Care, Technology and Computer Law, South America, Central America and the Caribbean, Commercial Litigation, Financial Services, Pharmaceutical Litigation, Portfolio Acquisition, Private Wealth Services, Tax. | | Year Established: 1925 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1925, Gunster Yoakley is one of Florida's oldest and largest full-service law firms. Its substantial and diversified practice offers a broad range of legal services to its client base of businesses, institutions, local governments, and prominent individuals. Gunster Yoakley has offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Vero Beach, and West Palm Beach and is home to 130 attorneys and more than 200 dedicated support staff, providing counsel to clients through numerous practice groups including corporate, litigation, real estate, and trusts and estates. For more information, please call 1-800-749-1980 or visit www.gunster.com. | | Firm Size: 130 |
Other Office Locations of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.A.
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.
Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
Stuart, Florida, U.S.A.
Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.
Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
| | —————————— | | Andres A. Fernandez (Shareholder) born Miami, Florida; admitted to bar, 1999, Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1996); St. Thomas University (J.D., 1999). Member: Dade County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; Cuban American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Banking; Corporate; Litigation. Email: Andres A. Fernandez | | Arthur Furia (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 2, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania; 1981, Florida. Education: Villanova University (B.S.B.A., 1974; J.D., 1980). Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania, 1975 and Florida, 1981. Adjunct Professor: University of Miami School of Law, 1985-1990; St. Thomas University School of Law, 1991-1993. Member: American Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 1992—; Board of Government, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. Honorary President, Immediate Past, President and Member, Board of Directors, Italy-America Chamber of Commerce. U.S. Representative in Florida for the American Chamber of Commerce in Milan, Italy. Regional Vice President and Member, Board of Directors, National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). Member, Board of Trustees, St. Thomas University; Member, Board of Trustees, Miami-Dade Community College Foundation. Member, Board of Directors, New World Symphony. Ufficio Legale, Republic of Italy. Member: Dade County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section); Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Corporate; International Business Transactions. Email: Arthur Furia | | Jeremy J. Hart (Shareholder) born Kingston, Jamaica, May 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1985, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida including Southern District Trial Bar; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with high honors, 1982; J.D., with honors, 1985). Member, University of Florida Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Appellate Practice; Member: Financial Institutions Committee; Business Litigation Committee). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Probate Litigation; Negotiable Instruments; Financial Institutions. Email: Jeremy J. Hart | | Kevin T. Lamb (Shareholder) born Quincy, Massachusetts, November 14, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Virginia; 1988, District of Columbia; 1990, Massachusetts; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court; 2005, Florida. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1978; J.D., 1982). Member: Boston (Member, Bankruptcy Law Committee) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Reorganization; Commercial Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Commercial Banking; Joint Ventures. | | Kevin M. Levy (Shareholder) born Bridgewater, New Jersey, February 22, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Florida. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1992); University of Miami (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Technology Law, 2007. Practice Areas: Corporate; International Business; Technology. Email: Kevin M. Levy | | Clinton R. Losego (Shareholder) born Miami, Florida, December 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Miami-Dade Community College (A.A., 1984); University of Miami (B.S., cum laude, 1986; J.D., cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Products Liability; Civil Forfeiture; Criminal Forfeiture; Money Laundering. Email: Clinton R. Losego | | John F. Mariani (Shareholder) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, July 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Florida and Pennsylvania; 1981, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Notre Dame (A.B., 1973); University of Miami (J.D., 1978). Member, Executive Board, University of Miami Law Review, 1977-1978. Law Clerk to the Hon. Ruggero J. Aldisert, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1978-1980. Formerly of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York and Palm Beach, 1980-1990. Member: New York State, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Reported Cases: Coastal Fuels Marketing, Inc. v. Florida Express Shipping Co., F.3d (11th Cir. Mar. 28, 2000); American Biologicals, Inc. v. Technical Chemicals & Products, Inc., So.2d (Fla. 4th DCA Feb. 16, 2000); Kelly v. Kelly, 911 F. Supp. 518 (M.D. Fla. 1995); Gemeinschaft Europaischer Kunstler Anastalt v. Miami Freedom Tower, Inc., 625 So.2d 83 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993); Belcher Oil Co. v. Florida Feuls, Inc., 749 F.Supp. 1104 (S.D. Fla. 1990); In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation, 818 F.2d 145 (2d Cir. 1987); In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation (MDL No. 381), 597 F. Supp. 740 (E.D.N.Y. 1984). Practice Areas: Products Liability. | | Raymond V. Miller Jr. (Shareholder) born Providence, Rhode Island, July 1, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1976); University of Miami (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Member, Bar and Gavel. Member: The Florida Bar; American Bar Association; National Order of Barristers; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Email: Raymond V. Miller Jr. | | Mahesh H. Nanwani (Shareholder) born Fukuoka, Japan, April 11, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Florida; 1990, District of Columbia. Education: Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan (B.A., cum laude, 1982); Georgetown University (J.D., 1987). Languages: Japanese and Sindhi. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions; International Law. Email: Mahesh H. Nanwani | | Mark J. Scheer (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., January 6, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Florida; 1989, U.S. Tax Court; 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 1983; high honors, M.A., 1984; J.D., with high honors 1987). Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Eta Sigma; Alpha Lambda Delta; Order of the Coif; Gold Key. Outstanding Graduate, Accounting, Amer. Fed. School of Accountancy, 1984. Junior Tax Editor, 1986 and Senior Tax Editor, 1987, University of Florida Law Review. Certified Public Accountant, Florida, 1984. Who's Who in American Law, 1994-1995, 1995-1996, 1996-1997. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Tax Section); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Tax; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law); Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Tax; Probate; Bankruptcy; Trusts; Estates; Corporate; International Business Transactions. Email: Mark J. Scheer | | Aaron W. Tandy (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., April 1, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Sixth Circuits; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1999, Florida; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 2002, 2002, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. Education: Haverford College (B.A., 1988); New York University (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Legislative Chair, Committee on Legal Issues Affecting People with Disabilities, 1995-1998); New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Consumer Litigation; Securities Litigation; Employment Litigation; ERISA; Antitrust; Complex Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Products Liability. Email: Aaron W. Tandy | | Sarah Lea Tobocman (Shareholder) born Cleveland, Ohio, July 8, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with honors, 1976); Centro de Estudios Colombo-Americanos, Bogota, Colombia (1972-1973); University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D., 1979). Languages: Spanish and Portuguese. Practice Areas: Immigration Law; Naturalization Law; International Law. Email: Sarah Lea Tobocman | | Clemente L. Vázquez-Bello (Shareholder) born Havana, Cuba, August 28, 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Florida; 1975, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1976, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Miami (B.A., cum laude, 1971; J.D., 1974). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Banking; Bank Secrecy Act Compliance; Money Laundering. Email: Clemente L. Vázquez-Bello | | —————————— | | Farrah Duperval (Associate) born Miami, Florida, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Florida; 2007, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: University of Miami (B.S.C., cum laude, 2002); American University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Law Clerk to the Hon. Barry R. Portez, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 2005-2006. Member: The Florida Bar; American Bar Association; National Bar Association; Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation(100%). Email: Farrah Duperval | | Luciana Melo (Associate) born Minas Gerias, Brazil, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Florida. Education: Florida Atlantic University (B.B.A., 2001); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: American Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Languages: Portuguese. Practice Areas: Immigration Law. Email: Luciana Melo | | Marina Olman (Associate) born Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Florida. Education: Florida International University (B.S., cum laude, 2001); Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: Dade County Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law. Email: Marina Olman | | Mariana R. Ribeiro (Associate) born Brazil, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Florida. Education: New College of Florida (B.A., 2002); University of Florida Levin College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member: The Florida Bar. Languages: Portuguese and Spanish. Email: Mariana R. Ribeiro | | OF COUNSEL | | Jay Carmichael (Of Counsel) born Wausau, Wisconsin, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Florida and Hawaii. Education: United States Coast Guard Academy (B.S.,1970); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977); George Washington University (LL.M., Environmental Law, 1993). Member: The Florida Bar. [U.S. Coast Guard, 1970-2004; Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, 1998-2007]. Practice Areas: Homeland Security; Maritime Law; Environmental Law. | | Edgar Lewis (Of Counsel) born Germany, July 13, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, Florida. Education: University of Miami (B.A., 1956; J.D., magna cum laude, 1958). Tau Epsilon Rho. Member, Wig & Robe and Iron Arrow (Honor Societies). Associate Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 1957-1958. Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Finance. Email: Edgar Lewis | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Office: Las Olas Centre, 450 East Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400. Telephone: 954-462-2000. Fax: 954-523-1722.
Jacksonville, Florida Office: One Enterprise Center, 225 Water Street, Suite 1750. Telephone: 904-354-1980. Fax: 904-954-2170.
Palm Beach, Florida Office: 151 Royal Palm Way. Telephone: 561-833-1970. Fax: 561-650-0655.
Stuart, Florida Office: Suite 200, 800 S.E. Monterey Commons Boulevard. Telephone: 772-288-1980. Fax: 772-288-0610.
Tallahassee, Florida Office: 215 South Monroe St., Suite 618. Telephone: 850-521-1980. Fax: 850-576-0902.
Vero Beach, Florida Office: Suite 301, 3055 Cardinal Drive. Telephone: 772-234-1040. Fax: 772-234-1518.
West Palm Beach, Florida Office: Phillips Point, Suite 500 East, 777 South Flagler Drive. Telephone: 561-655-1980. Fax: 561-655-5677.
| (For biographical data on other personnel, see professional biographies at Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Vero Beach and West Palm Beach, Florida) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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