Joseph A DeMaria
Business Litigation
The Firm focuses its business litigation practice on complex financial-based disputes in the United States and abroad, in federal and state courts.
The Firm's mission as litigators is to provide strategic advice and direction to its clients, leading to successful resolutions of complex financial disputes. The Firm considers its lawyers to be advisors and counselors as well as advocates. If a pre-trial solution cannot be found, the Firm has highly skilled and experienced trial lawyers ready to represent clients before judges and juries. A number of the Firm's attorneys and paralegals are fluent in Spanish.
The Firm has successfully represented, as plaintiffs and defendants, countries, states, corporations, and individuals before federal and state juries, trial courts, appellate courts, and arbitration panels. Its lawyers have represented clients nationwide, in almost every area of financial and commercial law, including contractual disputes, UCC, securities, antitrust, banking, real estate, partnership and joint venture disputes, fraud, lender liability, aviation, construction, intellectual property, employment, international arbitration, white collar criminal, First Amendment, probate, letters of credit, administrative law, and regulatory actions.
The Firm has also been successfully engaged to prosecute and defend numerous business torts ranging from intentional interference with contractual relationships to defamation. It has obtained injunctions and defended actions to enjoin theft of trade secrets and unfair competition. It has prosecuted and defended actions for conversion, civil theft, unfair trade practices, antitrust, RICO, and many other statutory and common law torts.
Unparalleled Trial Experience
The Firm is unparalleled in its experience and success in actually trying cases involving complex business disputes. Our trial lawyers educate judges and juries through the often-complex maze of sophisticated financial transactions. The Firm has successfully tried cases before judges and juries in such arcane and complicated legal areas as interest rate swaps, reverse repurchase transactions, lender liability, securities, partnership disputes, corporate governance issues, construction defects, and bankruptcy avoidance issues. The Firm attempts to keep the trials of such matters lively and informative, with a multimedia approach.
Certified Business Litigation Attorney - Florida Bar
Joseph A DeMaria
Tew Cardenas LLP
Four Seasons Tower #1500
1441 Brickell Ave
Miami FL 33131-3430
Tel: 305 536-1112
Fax: 305 536-1116
E-mail: jad@tewlaw.com
PRACTICE AREAS
- Business Litigation
- Construction Law
- Professional Malpractice
- Securities Litigation and Enforcement Proceedings
- White Collar Criminal Defense
Joseph A. DeMaria is one of the leading trial lawyers in South Florida. He is frequently hired on a wide range of complex business litigation and white collar criminal defense matters. Throughout his career, Mr. DeMaria has managed some of the most high profile South Florida cases, which have drawn national news attention, making him a sought after guest commentator on national news shows including CNN and CNBC.
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE
* Defense of Directors and Officers of Financial Institutions
* Corporate, Shareholder Derivative and Class Action Litigation
* White-Collar Criminal Defense, including RICO, Federal Tax Offenses, Securities and Commodities Fraud, Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Compliance and Forfeiture Proceedings
* Construction Litigation, Negotiation and Administration
* Legal and Accounting Malpractice
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