About

BACKGROUND:

Jeff was born in Winter Park, Florida, where he lived until he moved to Tampa with his family. He spent the next seven years in Boston where he studied economics and history at Boston College and attended law school at Suffolk University Law School. While at Suffolk, Jeff was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of High Technology Law.

Jeff is an attorney at GrayRobinson and focuses his practice in both state and federal courts in the areas of commercial litigation and appellate law.

Click here to view "The Florida Legal Blog,"  Jeff's blog analyzing decisions from the Florida appellate courts and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

EDUCATION:

• Boston College, B.A. (2003)
• Suffolk University Law School, J.D. (2006) 
  
  
  • Journal of High Technology Law (Editor-in-Chief)
  • Phi Delta Phi, Legal Honor Society
  • Dean's List

BAR ADMISSIONS:

• The Florida Bar
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Middle District of Florida and the Northern District of Florida
• District of Columbia

PROFESSIONAL:

• American Bar Association
• Broward County Bar Association
• The Federal Bar Association

CIVIC:

• Junior Achievement of South Florida, Board of Directors
• Emerge Broward (Leadership Broward)

REPORTED DECISIONS:

• SunTrust Bank v. Electronic Wireless Corp., -- So. 3d -- (Fla. 3d DCA 2009).
• Derespina v. North Broward Hosp. Dist., 19 So. 3d 1128 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009).
• Tracfone Wireless, Inc. v. Blue Ocean's Distributing, LLC, 616 F. Supp. 2d 1284 (S.D. Fla. 2009).
• In re Matthew J. Whitehead, III, 399 B.R. 570 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2009).
• John Daly Enterprises, LLC v. Hippo Golf Co., Inc., 646 F. Supp. 2d 1347 (S.D. Fla. 2009).
• Fla. Ins. Guar. Ass'n, Inc. v. Shadow Wood Condominium Ass'n, -- So. 3d --  (Fla. 4th DCA 2009).
• Fla. Ins Guar. Ass'n, Inc. v. Devon Neighborhood Ass'n, Inc., -- So. 3d --  (Fla. 4th DCA 2009).
• John Daly Enterprises, LLC v. Hippo Golf Co., Inc., No. 08-61401-CIV, 2009 WL 4855455  (S.D. Fla. May 27, 2009).
• Kaplan v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., 07-11699, 2008 WL 4926623 (11th Cir. Nov. 19, 2008).
• Merriken v. Am. Maritime Off. Vacation Plan, et al, 08-60687, 2008 WL 4899126 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 29, 2008).
• Am. Maritime Off. Union v. Merriken, 981 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008).
• Wavestone Props., LLC v. Fortune Dev. Sales Corp., 978 So. 2d 830 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008).
• Del Mar Ass'n, Inc. v. Florida Ins. Guar. Ass'n, 2008 WL 5705147 (Fla. Cir. Ct. Dec 26, 2008).

PUBLICATIONS:

• Review of "Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom & Intellectual Property Law" by Lawrence Rosen (Author, 2005, Bimonthly Review of Law Books and Journal of High Technology Law).

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:

• Selected as a Super Lawyers "Rising Star" in 2009.