Arthur J. Furia

Arthur J. Furia is a shareholder and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department. Mr. Furia 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

Education

Villanova University, Juris Doctor, 1980
Villanova University, B.S., accounting, 1974

Career Achievements

Practiced four years as a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Young
(1974-1978)
Official lawyer appointed by the Republic of Italy -- Consulate General for
Southeast USA and Italian Trade Commission
Involved in establishing the Italian operations of a public investment advisory
company
Assisted in raising equity funds and subordinated financing for major Florida-
based, multi-national enterprises in order to make further vertical and
horizontal acquisitions
Involved in merger of two major public charitable foundations with world-wide
operations

Professional Associations and Memberships

The Florida Bar, admitted 1981
Corporation, Banking and Business Law Sections, member
The Pennsylvania Bar, admitted 1980
American and Florida Institutes of Certified Public Accountants, member
Invested into the Association of Master Knights of Sovereign Military Order of
Malta
National Italian-American Foundation (NIAF), member, board of directors;
member executive committee; and regional vice-president
American Chamber of Commerce in Italy (Milan), state of Florida representative
Italy-America Chamber of Commerce-Southeast, member, board of
directors, past president and honorary president
Primo Carnera Foundation, founding chairman of the board
Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, member, board of governors
New World Symphony, member, board of directors, 2001-2005
Miami-Dade College Foundation, board of directors, executive
committee member, governance committee chair
St. Thomas University, member, board of trustees, 1996-2005
South Florida Center for Theological Studies, member, board of directors
Forum Committee on Franchising of the American Bar Association, member
Florida International University, Transnational and Comparative Studies,
member, board of directors
American Society of the Italian Legions of Merit

Honors

AV Rated (means that his legal ability and ethical standards are very high to
preeminent) as independently determined by Martindale-Hubbell
Designated “Cavaliere” by the President of the Republic of Italy, June 2000, the
highest recognition given by the Republic
Named “Renaissance Man of the Year” by the Renaissance Historical Society
of Florida
Listed in Florida Trend's “Legal Elite 2006” in the International practice area
Named as one of the “Florida Super Lawyers 2007”
Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America 2008”