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Miami Office
Tel: 305.397.0807
Fax: 305.358.3309
JStepan@FeldmanGale.com
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EDUCATION
- Juris Doctor, University of Florida College of Law, 1999
- Bachelor of Arts, International Studies with Departmental Honors, Johns Hopkins University, 1996
COURT ADMISSIONS
- Florida Supreme Court
- United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
- United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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JAMES A. STEPAN is an intellectual property and commercial litigator who focuses on business disputes, racketeering (RICO) and other business fraud cases, contracts, insurance, trademark, false designation of origin, unfair competition, false advertising, trade secrets, misappropriation of name, likeness, and image, and securities in federal and state courts and in arbitrations. Mr. Stepan has significant experience in all phases of litigation, including jury and bench trials, arbitration hearings, injunction hearings, motion hearings, depositions, mediations and settlement conferences, discovery, and appeals.
Mr. Stepan received his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law in 1999. During law school, Mr. Stepan served as a two-term officer of the Moot Court team, a legal research and writing teaching assistant, an officer of the Phi Delta Phi legal honors fraternity, a summer associate, and an intern at the State of Florida Attorney Generals office. Mr. Stepan received his Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with Departmental Honors from The Johns Hopkins University in 1996. Mr. Stepan is conversant in French.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND RECOGNITIONS
- Board Certified as a Specialist in Intellectual Property as Accredited by the Florida Bar
- Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Board, Vice-Chair for Administration and Vice-Chair for Special Events
- Final Four Alternate Zimmerman, Shuffield, Kiser and Sutcliffe, P.A. Moot Court intramural competition
- Phi Delta Phi, Vice-President
- John Marshall Bar Association Committee Chairman
- Legal Research and Writing and Appellate Advocacy Teaching Fellow
REPORTED CASES
- AlphaMed Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Arriva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 432 F. Supp.2d 1319 (S.D. Fla. 2006)
- United Automobile Insurance Co. v. Libman, 2010 WL 4226260 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2010)
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Miami Dade Volunteer Leadership Initiative Committee Chairman
- South Florida Technology Alliance, Sponsorship Committee
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- Civil RICO and other Remedies Against Insurance Fraud- Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee, June 9, 2010
- Five Factors Determine if False Advertising Case Can Proceed - Miami Daily Business Review, October 13, 2009
- Regulation of Chiropractic Assistants in Florida - Medical Claims Defense Network, April 29, 2009
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Florida Bar, Business Law Section
- Florida Bar, Intellectual Property Law Committee
- Dade County Bar Association
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