Attorneys & Staff

Art Furia is a shareholder who has practiced law in the State of Florida since 1980.

Practice Areas

• Corporate and Business Law
• Domestic and International Business Planning
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Partnership Formation and Joint Ventures
• Venture and Mezzanine Equity Raising
• Distribution and Licensing

Representative Matter(s)

• Practiced four years as a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Young, 1974-78
• Official lawyer appointed by the Republic of Italy, Consulate General for Southeast USA and Italian Trade Commission

Education

• Villanova University, J.D., 1980
• Villanova University, B.S., 1974

Bar Admissions

• The Florida Bar, 1981
• The Pennsylvania Bar, 1980

Professional Associations & Memberships

• Corporation, Banking and Business Law Sections, member
• American and Florida Institutes of Certified Public Accountants, member
• Miami-Dade College Foundation, Board of Directors, Executive Committee Member, Board Secretary and Development Committee Co-chair
• Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Board of Governors
• National Italian-American Foundation (NIAF), Elected General Counsel, member of Executive Committee and member of Board of Directors
• American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit
• Villanova University Marketing & Public Policy Advisory Board
• Villanova University Executive Education in Italy Program, Advisory Board
• Biblioteca Ambrosiana Foundation (Milan), founding Board member for US
• American Chamber of Commerce in Milan, Italy, State of Florida Representative
• Italy-America Chamber of Commerce-Southeast, Past President, Honorary President and Board of Directors
• Primo Carnera Foundation, Founding Chairman of the Board
• New World Symphony, member, Board of Directors, 2001-05
• St. Thomas University, member, Board of Trustees, 1996-2005
• South Florida Center for Theological Studies, Board of Directors, member, 2000-08

Honors

• AV Rated as independently determined by Martindale-Hubbell
• Designated Cavaliere Ufficiale al Merito della Republica Italiana (The Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy) in June 2008
• Invested into the Association of Master Knights of Sovereign Military Order of Malta
• Renaissance Man of the Year by the Renaissance Historical Society of Florida
• The Best Lawyers in America, Banking Law, 2008-10
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2007-10
• Florida Trend, Legal Elite, 2006

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• Shareholder
• Practice Leader
• International
• Miami Development & Growth Committee

Main Office
2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3400
Miami, FL 33131-1897

• Corporate
• International