July 11, 2018
Blockchain Magazine
Overview
Craig Barnett focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts and in administrative law tribunals. He has represented clients at the trial and appellate levels in a wide range of commercial matters, including contract and business torts litigation; commercial loan foreclosures, nonjudicial remedies and workouts; real estate litigation, including claims involving title to real property and title insurance disputes; and post-judgment collection and recoupment proceedings. He has been involved heavily in eDiscovery and eRetention litigation, and counsels clients in the emerging fintech and medical cannabis industries.
Notable Experience
- Obtained multimillion-dollar judgment in favor of judgment creditor against impleaded third parties in proceedings supplementary in Destin, Florida, in case involving fraudulent transfers of accounts, stock, real property and other assets.
- Obtained summary final judgment in favor of lender in action against multiple personal guarantors of multimillion dollar construction loan for the development of an office condominium project in Orlando, Florida
- Represented investor group in workout of $29 million dollar credit facility secured by lien interests in multiple hotel and resort properties located throughout the Florida gulf coast area.
- Represented life settlement company in the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York and for the Northern District of Georgia in e-Discovery litigation involving disputes concerning the scope of discovery, the methodology for searches of electronic data, and apportioning the cost of e-Discovery between parties and third party witnesses.
- Prosecution on behalf of employers in litigation to enforce non-compete covenants and claims for damages arising from misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information.
- Represents institutional clients in commercial landlord-tenant litigation, including evictions, lease disputes and damage claims.
Credentials
Education
- J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1994
- B.S., Cornell University, 1991
Admissions
- Florida
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Certifications
- Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS)
Judicial Clerkships
- Law Clerk, Honorable Barbara J. Pariente, Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal (thereafter, Justice and Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court)
Professional & Community Involvement
- Florida Bar Business Law Section
- Proceedings Supplementary Task Force
- Business Litigation Committee
- Technology Committee
- International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
- Broward County Bar Association
- Cornell Club of Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton
- Leadership Fort Lauderdale Class V
Recognition
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2021-Present
- Fort Lauderdale Illustrated, Top Lawyer for Broward County, 2022
- The Boca Rotan Observer, Top Lawyers of 2022