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Tony Carriuolo has extensive experience in a variety of fields, including complex business litigation, advocacy as special counsel to governmental bodies, adversarial proceedings adverse to public bodies, and engagements as special litigation counsel to Chapter 11 debtors in possession, bankruptcy trustees and major lenders. He has represented clients in shareholder disputes, trade litigation, controversies affecting real properties, and disputes resulting from governmental development decisions including inverse condemnation proceedings.  His litigation practice has included employment-related cases, such as the successful pursuit of embezzlement claims, the defense of management before the federal courts involving claims of harassment, discrimination or wrongful termination, and litigation resulting from hiring raids between competitors.  He has positive experience in managing parallel litigations pending in several districts (including international fora), with efficiency.

Tony has appeared as special litigation counsel in the United States Bankruptcy and District Courts for the District of Delaware, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York.

Representative Experience

  • Represented several public bodies as special litigation counsel, including School Board of Broward County regarding inter-governmental funding disputes involving contractual, statutory or constitutional issues, and complex insurer disputes; Health Care District of Palm Beach County in actions relating to operation/control and budgeting of rural and urban hospitals, and associated creditor disputes; and the City of Pompano Beach in defense of inverse condemnation matters
  • Creative representation of major developers of residential and commercial properties throughout Florida, in relation to ongoing financial turmoil, including defense/counterclaims in actions commenced by prime lenders
  • Special litigation counsel to Chapter 11 debtors in possession, bankruptcy trustees and major lenders in large cases (Florida and elsewhere), including prosecution of major insurance claims, and major fraudulent transfer claims
  • Adversarial proceedings at all levels of local government, representing aggrieved landowners/developers
  • Representation of joint venturers/purchasers in complex real estate litigation
  • International litigation involving alleged bank fraud

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Appointed to the Supreme Court of Florida’s Task Force on Management of Cases Involving Complex Litigation (2006-2008)
  • Board of Directors (Supreme Court of Florida appointee), The Florida Bar Foundation (June 2007-present) (including Executive Committee)
  • Appointed to The Florida Bar's Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services (2010-Present)
  • Fellow, The Florida Bar Foundation
  • Member, The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section and its Business Litigation Committee
  • Member, The Federal Bar Association, South Florida Chapter
  • Member, Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida
  • Member, American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation, its Business Torts Litigation Committee (Vice-Chair, and Midyear Meeting Chair) and its Committee on Corporate Counsel ( Vice-Chair Subcommittee on Complex Torts)
  • Appointed to Host Committee for ABA Section of Litigation's Midyear Meeting (April 2011) in Miami, FL
  • Program Co-Chair, Joint meeting of ABA Section of Litigation’s Committee on Corporate Counsel and Business Torts Litigation Committee (Rancho Mirage, CA, February 2010)
  • Created and moderated seminar on the legal implications to businesses and law firms of social networking, at February 2010 meeting of ABA Section of Litigation’s Committee on Corporate Counsel
  • Legal Aid Society of Broward County’s Executive Council, 2005 – present (Chair, January 2006- January 2008)
  • Member, Valley Bank’s Community Bank Board
  • “Celebrity Waiter”, Broward Partnership for the Homeless’ annual “Breakfast for Champions of the Homeless”
  • Key supporter and fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, and a long-standing Member of its Broward County Governing Board
  • Past Member, Florida Bar’s Committee for Equal Opportunities in the Profession
  • Past Member, Florida Bar’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee, and Subcommittee Chairman
  • Volunteer for Florida Supreme Court’s “Justice Teaching” initiative — regularly instructed elementary school children on constitutional rights and the judicial branch of government
  • Merit Badge Counselor (Citizenship) for local Boy Scout Troop (and past Committee Chair)

Awards & Recognition

  • Chambers & Partners USA Guides, America's Leading Business Lawyers
  • Florida's Super Lawyers (2007-2011)
  • The South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyer (2009-2012)
  • Named one of the “Corporate Elite” by the South Florida Business Journal, 1999
  • AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Selected as co-chair of ABA Section of Litigation’s Committee on Corporate Counsel annual meeting (February 2010)

Articles & Presentations

Articles

  • National Law Journal (July 2008) -"Managing The Case Can Mean Managing The Client"
  • ABA's Business Torts Journal (Fall 2007) - "Hearsay and Foundation Issues Affecting Your Use of ESI"
  • March, 2001 issue of Entrepreneur, entitled "Renter's Rights", which concerned employee leasing issues

Presentations

  • Moderator, ABA Section of Litigation, Committee on Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting - “Tweet” Dreams: Social Networking May Be Your Worst Nightmare
  • Speaker, 2010 ISCS Law Conference (Miami, FL),  “Creative Marketing Ideas to Attract Tenants, and their Potential Pitfalls”
  • Speaker, 2009 ICSC Law Conference (Phoenix, AZ), "Mitigation and Force Majeure Concepts in Today's Volatile Marketplace"
  • Moderated an ABA-sponsored national CLE teleconference entitled: "Title Insurer vs. Lender Amidst The Foreclosure Crisis" (April 2009)
  • Created and moderated an ethics-oriented program at the ABA Section of Litigation's annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia (April 2009), entitled: "Managing Your Case, and Your Client".
  • Presented "Florida Eminent Domain Law: Current Law and Interpretation" (November 2005) including discussion of impact of Kelo v. City of New London on local governments and landowners
  • Panelist providing insight to Masters in Accounting students at Florida Atlantic University on the use of experts in business valuation disputes (April 2008)
  • Panelist for ABA Section of Litigation-sponsored national CLE teleconference (April 2008) concerning admissibility issues affecting use of electronically stored information
  • Panelist at ABA Young Lawyers' Division's Institute for the Young Business Lawyer meeting in Dallas (April 2008) concerning admissibility issues affecting use of electronically stored information
  • Provided insight at The Florida School Board Attorneys' Association meeting (May 2008) on issues of records preservation during or in anticipation of litigation

Prior Affiliations

  • Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott - Fort Lauderdale
  • Fine Jacobson Schwartz Nash Block & England - Miami and Fort Lauderdale