G. Joseph Curley

G. Joseph Curley is a shareholder and co-chair of the Employment Practice Group, as well as a member of the Business Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Curley joined the firm in 1986.

Practice Areas

• Employment Litigation-Defense Representation
• Employment Practice Group Chairman-Litigation
• Complex Commercial Litigation; Franchise Litigation

Education

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

Professional Associations and Memberships

Board Certified, Business Litigation
U.S. District Court
Southern District of Florida, admitted 1986
Middle District of Florida, admitted 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals,
Eleventh Circuit, admitted 1986
United States Supreme Court, admitted 2003
American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Franchising
Forum
The Florida Bar, admitted 1986
Labor and Employment Law Section
Palm Beach County Bar Association
Member CLE/Commercial Litigation Committee and CLE/Employment
Law Committee; member Circuit Court Civil Practice Committee
Academy of Trial Lawyers
Florida Trial Lawyers Association

Honors

Named one of The Best Lawyers in America, 2007, 2008
Named one of Florida Trend’s “Legal Elite,” 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
AV Rated (means his legal ability and ethical standards are very high
to preeminent) as independently determined by Martindale-Hubbell
Named one of the South Florida Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar,” 2008
Named by South Florida Legal Guide a “Top Attorney” in 2008
Named by Daily Business Review one of South Florida’s “Most Effective
Lawyers,” 2005
Named one of “Florida’s Super Lawyers” for general litigation, 2006, 2007, 2008
Former chair of Palm Beach County Bar Employment Law Committee

Seminars and Presentations

Florida Bar Labor and Employment Law Section Seminar, speaker on “Non-
compete and Trade Secrets: Advanced Litigation Tactics”
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
Ninth Annual Employment Law Seminar, speaker on Protecting Trade Secrets
and Non-compete Covenants
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

Recent Notable Trials

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