Join Gunster attorneys as they present at ACC South Florida's 15th Annual CLE Conference, "Anchors Away: Charting the Course for In-House Counsel" on September 5, 2025, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood. Gunster's session is scheduled for 2:30 P.M. and will be presented by Frank Florio, David Garcia-Pedrosa, Holly Goodman and Jonathan Osborne. Titled "Setting Sail with Attorney-Client Privilege: Keeping Confidentiality Afloat," this presentation will continue the interactive discussion from the 14th Annual Conference regarding the contours and challenges of preserving confidentiality and attorney-client and work product protections in transactional, litigation, investigatory, and compliance contexts, where corporate counsel often wears both legal and business hats inside the company. This year will feature additional, specific guidance for companies navigating privilege issues in the context of internal investigations.
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is a global bar association that promotes the common professional and business interests of in-house counsel through information, education, networking opportunities, and advocacy initiatives. ACC South Florida specifically serves in-house counsel in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, and currently has more than 550 members.
Frank Anthony Florio is a business litigation attorney who previously worked at one of Miami’s premier commercial litigation and class action law firms; served as a judicial intern for United States Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres; and clerked in the Major Crimes Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida.
Judge Edwin G. Torres; and clerked in the Major Crimes Division of the
David Garcia-Pedrosa has experience in a wide range of litigation matters representing both plaintiffs and defendants at the pre-litigation, trial, and appellate level in state and federal court. David strives to find creative solutions to complex problems. Clients value David’s ability to identify and execute effective strategies for achieving them.
David’s practice focuses on business, commercial, real estate and construction litigation, and he has represented clients in an array of matters, including contract and tort claims, shareholder disputes, adversary bankruptcy proceedings, and developer and condominium association disputes.
As a shareholder in Gunster's Employment Law practice group, Holly Griffin Goodman focuses her practice on counseling clients, from small businesses to large institutions, in everyday employment matters. Starting with the hiring process through discipline and termination, Holly’s goal is to help businesses manage their employees, and balance the interests of the business with obligations under federal, state, and local employment laws.
business with obligations under federal, state, and local employment laws.
Jonathan K. Osborne is a business litigation shareholder and co-chair of the firm’s White Collar Defense & Internal Investigations practice group. He began his practice at Gunster and later returned to the firm after serving in the U.S. Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida. Jonathan currently serves as the Managing Shareholder of the firm’s Fort Lauderdale Office.
Jonathan is a first-chair trial lawyer and counselor to organizations and individuals in complex civil and white collar matters and internal investigations. On the civil side, Jonathan has handled a variety of matters in federal and state courts and arbitration.
