the firm - Rasco Klock Reininger Perez Esquenazi Vigil & Nieto International and Public Law firm

Janet Munn is a partner practicing in the areas of intellectual property and complex commercial litigation, including class action defense, defense of business and mass torts; products liability defense, securities and media law. She has served as lead counsel to a variety of Fortune 100 clients, as well as medium and small corporations and individuals in the telecommunications, computer, media, chemical, biomedical, pharmaceutical and the insurance fields. She has served as lead counsel  in domestic and international arbitrations and disputes.

In the intellectual property area she has handled domestic and international intellectual property disputes and has tried and arbitrated claims involving trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, copyrights and patents, claims of unfair competition, false advertising, non-competition and confidentiality agreements and the infringement of the rights of publicity.

In the area of class action and other complex commercial litigation she has defended class actions which sought certification of deceptive and unfair trade practices and marketing claims as well as claims for products liability, personal injury medical monitoring, violations of the securities laws; violations of the Fair and Accurate Transactions Act (FACTA); and environmental law claims.  She has defended RICO actions against multi-national corporations and has defended clients against claims for violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

In the area of media law, Ms. Munn has handled access matters on behalf of national broadcast and print media, representing the media in criminal, civil and juvenile courts; prosecuted Public Records Act cases, including cases seeking records of juveniles; defended media clients seeking to protect the editorial privilege and defended against newsgathering torts, libel and slander claims.

Ms. Munn has been listed repeatedly by Best Lawyers in America, in Intellectual Property Law; Florida Trend Magazine’s “Legal Elite;” and Super Lawyers.

BAR ADMISSIONS


• Florida
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• United States District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE - CLASS ACTION AND OTHER COMPLEX LITIGATION

• Lead counsel in defense of putative environmental/mass tort class action for alleged property damage and personal injuries to over 6,500 putative class members
• Defense of nation-wide FACTA class actions
• Defense of nation-wide class actions for alleged sales practice, billing and quality of service claims against telecommunications carriers
• Defense of products liability and unfair and deceptive trade practices class action against chemical company
• Defense of telecommunications company in federal and state RICO action and in subsequent international arbitration arising out of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations
• Lead counsel in defense of over 85 products liability cases for chemical manufacturer
• Defense of consumer class action against internet service provider
• Defense of chemical manufacturer in polybutylene class action
• Lead counsel in defense of municipal bond issuer in FINRA arbitration proceeding
• Defense of antitrust action arising out of alleged false advertising claims

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION AND COUNSELING

• Lead counsel in trial for plaintiff insurance company in trademark infringement and dilution action
• Representation of bank in $20 million dollar alleged theft of trade secrets involving business methods patents
• Lead counsel in defense of $60 million dollar trade secret and false patent marking case
• Lead counsel in representation of the sons of Pulitzer Prize winning author in trademark and unauthorized use of name and likeness case
• Lead counsel in arbitration of claims for patent royalties for biomedical equipment
• Representation of pharmaceutical company in Hatch Waxman proceeding
• Lead counsel in defense of biomedical manufacturing company in arbitration proceeding concerning patent royalties
• Defense of patent action brought against media and Internet companies relating to software
• Representation of Plaintiffs in trademark and copyright litigation disputes against nation-wide drug store chain involving infringement of product packaging designs for over-the-counter medications.

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Steel Hector & Davis, LLP for over 19 years where she was a Partner and head of the Intellectual Property and Media Law Groups
• Law Clerk to United States District Judge José A. Gonzalez, Jr., Southern District of Florida

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND PUBLICATIONS

• Chaired Intellectual Property Litigation Committee, Litigation Section of the American Bar Association
• Chaired Trial Advocacy Committee, International Trademark Association
• Chaired subcommittee on international arbitration, International Trademark Association
• Served on the Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and Procedures of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida which drafts and recommends changes to the Local Rules
• Contributing Author of "50 State Surveys on Media, Privacy and Related Torts, the Florida Section" of the Media Law Resource Center
• Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), National and Regional Sessions
• Instructor, International Trademark Association, Trying Trademark Cases
• President Emeritus, Lawyers for Children America, a pro bono organization representing abused and neglected children (www.lawyersforchildrenamerica.org)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• American Bar Association
• International Trademark Association

EDUCATION

• J.D., Nova University Law School with honors
• Research Editor, Nova Law Review
• Leo S. Goodwin Scholar
• M.A. in Social Sciences and B.A. in anthropology, Florida State University

Phone: 305-476-7100
Fax: 305-476-7102