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Litigation - Represented defendants in enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Futures Trade Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; worked on the legal team that represented the Estate of George Batchelor in the $500 million fraudulent transfer action arising from the leveraged buyout of International Air Leases, Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; represented the Federal Equity Receiver of Viatical Capital, Inc. and its affiliates in a fraudulent transfer action that resulted in a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against the brokers of the receivership entities who received commissions in exchange for selling fraudulent investment products to investors; represented class representatives in a class action filed in the Mutual Benefits Corporation federal equity receivership proceeding in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, which after less than one year of litigation, returned $105 million dollars – a 100% recovery – to the class representatives and all members of the class; worked on the legal team that successfully defended Steel Hector & Davis in a $500 million legal malpractice case that arose from the collapse of Southeast Bank. Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Reorganizations - Worked on the legal teams that
represented debtors-in-possession, including national and international
SEC Receiverships - Worked on the legal team that represented the Federal Equity Receiver appointed by United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in the receivership case of Securities and Exchange Commission v. Viatical Capital, Inc., et al. ( www.lifereceivership.com), where the receivership entities fraudulently sold over $59 million in securities in the form of viatical insurance policies and investor and creditor claims total over $50 million, and the Receiver successfully marshaled over $25 million in assets and allowed claimants are expected to receive an unprecedented 50% distribution. Worked on the legal team that represents the Federal Equity Receiver appointed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in the case of Securities and Exchange Commission v. Pension Fund of America, et al (www.pfareceivership.com), where the receivership entities fraudulently sold over $120 million in securities in the form of long-term investment products and investor and creditor claims are estimated to total over $75 million, and the Receiver successfully marshaled over $20 million in assets to be distributed to the defrauded investors and creditors. Federal Appeals - Successfully defended an airline in a Federal appeal that created new law in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit regarding the issue of multiple occurrences for purposes of insurance coverage in the context of a airplane crash: Flemming v. Air Sunshine, Inc., 311 F.3d 282 (3d Cir. 2002); represented defendants in enforcement actions brought by the Commodities Futures Trade Commission and Federal Trade Commission in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLISHED DECISIONS E.S. Blankest,
LLC v. United Beverage Florida, LLC (In re United Container, LLC),
284 B.R. 162 (Banker. Flemming v. Air Sunshine, Inc., 311 F.3d 282 (3d Cir. 2002). Harbaugh v. Vardinoyannis, 2006 WL 1816463 (S.D. Fla. June 2, 2006). BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS Florida (1998) The United States District Courts for Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida (2001) The United States Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh and Third Circuits (2001)
University
of Florida College of Law (J.D., 1998) University
of Florida College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (B.A., with
Honors 1995)
American Bar
Association (Member, Litigation & Federal Courts Sections) Italian American
Bar Association (Member)
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