Attorneys & Staff

G. Joseph Curley is a shareholder who joined the firm in 1986.

Practice Areas

• Employment Litigation, Defense Representation
• Complex Commercial Litigation; Franchise Litigation

Representative Matter(s)

• 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

Education

• Stetson University College of Law, J.D.
  cum laude, 1985
• University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1982

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

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

Honors

• Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-10
• The Best Lawyers in America, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Law, 2007-10
• 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
• Daily Business Review, “Most Effective Lawyers,” 2005
• 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

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• Shareholder
• Co-Chair

Main Office
777 South Flagler Drive, Suite 500 East
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6194

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• Insurance Coverage
• Labor and Employment