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New York University School of Law
Juris Doctor, May 1993
Article and Note Editor of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics

Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts, June 1990

• Supreme Court of Florida
• Supreme Court of Illinois
• Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
• Miami-Dade County Bar Association
• American Bar Association

He is licensed in Florida and Illinois and at the Southern District of Florida of the U.S. District Court and at the Northern District of Illinois at the U.S. District Court.

Mr. Carballo is a 1993 graduate of New York University School of Law and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1990.  Mr. Carballo is a member of the Florida and Illinois bar associations, as well as multiple federal bar associations.  He is in addition a fluent Spanish speaker.

With over 27 years of experience in the legal profession, Mr. Carballo focuses his practice on business and commercial litigation and transactional services, advisory and dispute resolution services, trial advocacy, trial arbitration, trial practice and appellate practice.

Mr. Carballo’s legal professional experiences include, but are not limited to, handling shareholder and partnership disputes; real estate transactions and litigation; healthcare-related controversies including, but not limited to, physician disputes, restrictive covenants, medical billing controversies, regulatory audits and medical negligence matters representing both plaintiffs and defendants.

Mr. Carballo’s clients have included international manufacturers, real estate investors, high-rise developers, building and material suppliers, mining operators, medical research centers, out-patient surgery centers and international entrepreneurs investing and working in South Florida’s growing economy, among many others.

Below find a non-exhaustive list of matters Mr. Carballo has handled in his career:

• Represented manufacturers and distributors in claims of trademark and patented design violations.
• Represented a marine recreational equipment manufacturing company in dispute with investors and employees.
• Represented a cargo airline in dispute with customers and vendors.
• Represented a cargo airline in dispute with fuel supplier.
• Represented a marine distribution business in dispute with a manufacturer regarding distribution agreement, termination of distribution agreement and remaining inventory.
• Represented a Telecommunications Company in multi-million-dollar dispute regarding violations of FCC regulations and claims of fraud.
• Represented minority owner of Spanish infrastructure development company to obtain United States discovery in support of shareholder litigation in Spain.
• Represented Dutch seed manufacturer over contract dispute for sale of seeds in Guatemala and Florida.
• Represented Mayor of the City of Sweetwater, Florida at the trial and appellate courts in an injunction to stop a recall petition.
• Represented a scuba diving shop operator in defense of customers’ claims of negligence and personal injuries.
• Represented outpatient surgical facilities and physicians in claims of medical negligence.
• Represented developers, property owners and businesses, including construction contractors, in defense of seven-figure claims of personal injuries.
• Represented physicians in multiple claims of employment agreements, agreements with drug manufacturers, agreements with landlords, and drug trial agreements.
• Represented outpatient surgical facilities regarding compliance issues and licensing issues.
• Represented partner in dissolution of partnership and winding down of various corporate entities.
• Represented advertising companies in dispute with clients engaged in long-term public relations campaigns.
• Represented purchasers of real estate auction properties to identify title problems and to pursue claims to quiet title to create marketable title to sell the property.
• Represented a developer in a project to evict 80 residential and commercial tenants from multiple-city blocks as part of a large-scale high-rise and shopping center development.
• Represented customers and freight forwarders in claims relating to lost merchandise during international shipments.
• Represented diamond manufacturer and distributor in defense of seven-figure claim of a commission brought by salesman.
• Represented used car dealer in dispute with lenders regarding floor financing and consignment agreements.
• Represented property owners in defense of claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Represented developers in high-rise construction defect litigation.
• Represented contractor in dispute with municipality regarding permitting and storage.
• Represented business owners in federal labor, wages and overtime pay violations.
• Represented an owner of properties in boundary disputes and claims of ejectment.
• Represented crane owner and operator in breach of contract claim for a construction project in the Bahamas.
• Represented foreign nationals in seven-figure claims of theft of funds in U.S. bank accounts.

University of Miami School of Law
Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, May 2015
Member: University of Miami Law Review

Washington University in St. Louis
Bachelor of Arts, May 2007

• Supreme Court of Florida
• Supreme Court of Missouri
• Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Native speaker of English. Conversational and written Hebrew.  Conversant in Spanish.

Mr. Swartz began his legal career at the national trial firm, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, where he defended institutional clients such as Coca-Cola, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Titan America, in catastrophic injury and wrongful death actions.

Mr. Swartz’s present practice focuses on commercial litigation. His legal professional experiences include, but are not limited to, handling general civil liability matters, business disputes, trial advocacy, and arbitration advocacy.

Below find a non-exhaustive list of commercial litigation matters Mr. Swartz has handled in his career:

• Represented a real estate brokerage firm in a procuring cause dispute against a national competitor.
• Represented a metallurgist in dispute with a commercial developer.
• Represented a rental car company in dispute with a used-car dealership for lost profits and unfair trade practices.
• Represented a souvenir vendor in dispute with its landlord for total business destruction.
• Represented a restaurant chain in dispute with its general contractor for claims of construction defects and breach of contract.
• Represented a business owner in a shareholder derivative action for corporate waste.
• Represented business owners in dispute with their partners for breach fiduciary duty.
• Represented a business manager in claims against his counsel for unauthorized practice of law and breach of fiduciary duty.
• Represented a pharmacy in defense of federal claims of unpaid wages and filing fraudulent tax returns.
• Represented property owners and businesses in defense of seven-figure claims of personal injuries.
• Represented property owners in dispute with elevator service companies.
• Represented an advertising company in dispute with a competitor for trademark infringement.
• Represented business owners in defense of claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• Represented a travel agency in dispute with a payment processor.
• Represented a national pest-control manufacturer in defense of product liability claims.

University of Miami School of Law
Juris Doctor, May 1990

Florida State University
Bachelor of Arts, June 1986

• Supreme Court of Florida
• Federal District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Native speaker of Spanish and English.

Mr. Ventura is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law and of Florida State University where he obtained a BA in International Affairs. Born in Havana and raised in Chicago and Miami, Mr. Ventura is fluent in both English and Spanish. He is a member of the Florida Bar and the bar of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Having been a lawyer for more than 30 years, Mr. Ventura’s experience and practice encompasses civil litigation and appeals in both state and federal courts, real property transactions, municipal and administrative law, land-use & zoning, and employment litigation. He prides himself on being a low-profile, results oriented attorney with a high level of organizational ability. Mr. Ventura’s private-sector clients have included real estate developers, concert promoters, logistics companies, and high-technology companies.

Mr. Ventura also has extensive experience in municipal government having served as special counsel in Hialeah Gardens and City Attorney in Sweetwater during which time the city more than doubled its size and tax base through annexation. He played a crucial role in the complete revamp of Sweetwater’s zoning laws through the design and implementation of its University City Zoning District.

Most recently, Mr. Ventura was part of a small group specially selected in 2015 by the new-elected Mayor of Sweetwater to save the city from financial catastrophe, place it on a course to restored financial solvency, and restore confidence and public trust. In his role as Chief of Staff and Deputy City Manager, Mr. Ventura oversaw a complete restructuring of Sweetwater’s city government and police department and was a crucial part of accreditation of its police department after years of mismanagement.

Below find a non-exhaustive list of matters Mr. Ventura has handled in his career:

• Successfully tried grievance appeal upholding mayor’s termination of police officer accused of misconduct.
• Successfully tried arbitration brought by police union and obtained ruling that grievant was unauthorized to grieve termination on ground that he was not a member of the PBA bargaining unit.
• Successfully defended interlocutory appeal of trial court ruling finding probable cause in state-based forfeiture proceeding.
• Successfully tried and defended union grievance claiming employee was unlawfully terminated.
• Successfully defended appeal of default final judgement entered in favor of clients at trial court level.
• Successfully appealed and obtained unanimous decision reversing a trial court judgment entered against City in the sum of $200,000 in a landmark case of first impression interpreting §116.065, Florida statutes.
• As special counsel, successfully brought civil action against the then-Mayor Gloria Bango to establish mayor’s obligation to nominate a finance director and that mayor could not herself serve in that capacity.
• Successfully defended interlocutory appeal of trial court decision finding in personam jurisdiction over entity headquartered outside of Miami-Dade County.
• Represented concert promoter in a variety of transactional and judicial matters including successful defense of a wrongful death case.
• Successfully tried and obtained defense jury verdict in federal civil action brought against home health care provider under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
• Special counsel to interim mayor after elected mayor was removed from office by governor.
• Served as general counsel to an internet-based commercial meeting business with world-wide scope of business.
• Represented various moving and logistics businesses in a variety of commercial transactions and legal matters.
• Successfully represented orthodontist in legal dispute with business partner.
• Represented diamond merchant in a variety of legal matters, both transactional and judicial.
• Represented various automobile dealers in a variety of legal matters, transactional, judicial, and administrative.
• Represented variety of business owners in litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act.