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Partner
Litigation & Intellectual Property Practice
Miami
(305) 810-2510 Phone
(305) 810-2460 Fax
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Alternative Dispute
Resolution
Class Action,
Multidistrict
Litigation
Complex Consumer and
Financial Services
Litigation
eDiscovery and
Cyber-Investigations
Team
Franchising &
Distribution
Latin America
Litigation
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Practice focuses on litigation with an emphasis on financial institutions and government regulatory advice, internal investigations, corporate compliance, petroleum marketing, business torts, contract and partnership disputes, products liability and intellectual property. Trial experience in federal and state courts. Advises multinational companies in connection with domestic legislation and matters related to operations in the Americas and the Caribbean. Head of Litigation in the Miami office and Firmwide Practice Group Leader for Commercial Litigation.
Relevant Experience 
- Trial experience in both federal and state courts on behalf of Fortune 500 companies.
- Represented a top European bank in connection with class action law suit filed in Florida on behalf of bank customers related to an alleged international Ponzi scheme.
- Represented a US financial institution in a securities fraud class action filed on behalf of South American individuals who invested in an alleged Ponzi scheme in Florida.
- Represented a large multinational beverage distributor with payment disputes over a non-payment of stock.
- Represented leading multinational companies in connection with disputes arising from operations in South and Central America including civil RICO claims.
- Represented Fortune 500 manufacturer in defense of national product liability class action.
- Involved in representing various financial institutions in regulatory matters, securities litigation, and litigation over distressed debt.
- Substantial experience representing petroleum franchisors in Petroleum Marketing Practices Act matters and petroleum pricing matters.
- Conducted several internal investigations for various Fortune 500 companies.
- Conducted Corporate Compliance reviews for various Fortune 500 companies.
- Experience representing companies and institutions before various state agencies relating to litigation and regulatory matters.
- Represented entities and individuals in connection with corporate governance issues, including disputes among partners and shareholders of closely held private corporations.
- Defended action for pesticide-related personal injuries arising out of plaintiff's alleged exposure to the chemical Dursban®.
- Defended a U.S. manufacturer of fertilizer in action filed by a South American farmer alleging crop damage due to application of fertilizer.
- Represented a Fortune 500 trademark holder in numerous lawsuits against counterfeiters, including obtaining favorable settlements involving insurers.
Background
- Law Clerk, Hon. K. Michael Moore, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1992–93
Membership
- Member, The Florida Bar
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Cuban American Bar Association
- Member, Hispanic National Bar Association
- Member, Dade County Bar Association
- Admitted to practice: United States District Court for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida
Awards and Professional Recognition
- Achieved the highest rating in Martindale-Hubbell
- Serves on the Florida Bar's Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure
- Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions, Peer Review and Attorney Grievance for the Southern District of Florida
- Administrative Head of Hunton & Williams Miami Office - Litigation Team
- Named one of "Florida's Legal Elite," a listing of the state's "lawyers held in the highest regard," selected by Florida attorneys and published in Florida Trend Magazine, July 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Listed in Chambers USA, for Litigation; General Commercial, 2006, 2007
- Named among the top lawyers in Florida by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, a listing of the state's "lawyers held in the highest regard" by their peers, 2006-2010
Education - J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1991
- B.A., University of Pennsylvania, English, School of Arts and Sciences, 1987
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Samuel Danon
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