G. Joseph Curley
- Primary Office
- 777 South Flagler Drive
Suite 500 East - West Palm Beach, Florida
33401-6194 - P: (561) 650-0537
- F: (561) 655-5677
- jcurley@gunster.com
Co-Chair, Shareholder
Practice Group(s): Business Litigation, Labor & Employment
G. Joseph Curley is a shareholder who joined the firm in 1986.
- Practice Areas[ - ]
- Employment Litigation, Defense Representation
- Complex Commercial Litigation; Franchise Litigation
- Education[ - ]
- Stetson University College of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1985
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1982
- Honors[ - ]
- West Palm Beach Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers 2011
- Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-11
- The Best Lawyers in America, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Law, 2007-12
- Florida Trend, “Legal Elite,” 2005-10
- AV Rated as independently determined by Martindale-Hubbell
- South Florida Business Journal, “Best of the Bar,” 2008
- South Florida Legal Guide, “Top Attorney,” 2008, 2011
- Daily Business Review, “Most Effective Lawyers,” 2005, 2010 Semi-finalist
- Palm Beach County Bar Employment Law Committee, former Chair
- Seminars & Presentations[ - ]
- Florida Bar Labor and Employment Law Section Seminar, speaker on “Non-compete and Trade Secrets: Advanced Litigation Tactics”
- Palm Beach County Bar Association Litigation Seminar, speaker on Defense of Tort and Contract Claims
- Palm Beach County “Bridge the Gap” Seminar, speaker on Commercial Litigation Techniques
- “Covenants Not to Compete and Trade Secrets” seminars sponsored by the Lorman Business Center
- Ninth Annual Employment Law Seminar, speaker on Protecting Trade Secrets and Non-compete Covenants
- America Bar Association Seminar: Basic Equal Employment Opportunity Law & Procedures, speaker on Preliminary Issues/ Responses to Complaints; Primer, Discrimination Law and Defense; Defense of Discrimination and Wrongful Termination Claims
- Seminar: “Sex, Lies & Spies,” speaker on Investigation and Defense of Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
- Hiring and Firing in Florida: How to do it Right CLE seminar, Sterling Educational Services, Sept. 2008
- Professional Associations & Memberships[ - ]
- Palm Beach County Bar Association Member CLE/Commercial Litigation Committee and CLE/Employment Law Committee; member Circuit Court Civil Practice Committee
- American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Franchising Forum
- Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Florida Trial Lawyers Association
- Bar Admissions[ - ]
- The Florida Bar, 1986 – Board Certified, Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Law Section
- Court Admissions[ - ]
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1986 Middle District of Florida, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1986
- United States Supreme Court, 2003
- Representative Matters[ - ]
- Lead trial counsel obtaining $16.5 million jury verdict against BellSouth Communications
- Lead trial counsel obtaining zero jury verdict on behalf of United Technologies in trial regarding age discrimination claims in large reductions of force
- Several successful decisions and settlements on behalf of Paul Fireman and The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation arising from massive misappropriations
- Other arbitration and trial verdicts/decisions available upon request
