PRACTICE AREAS
- Litigation
- Administrative & Governmental
- Business & Corporate
- Risk Analysis
EDUCATION
- J.D., University of Miami 2001
- B.A., Davidson College, 1998
BAR ADMISSION
- Florida
COURT ADMISSION
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
MEMBERSHIPS
- Cuban-American Bar Association
- Miami Children’s Young Ambassador Board
Juan Carlos Antorcha focuses his practice in complex and multi-district litigation matters involving individuals, families, and investor groups who control and invest in large publicly- and privately-held business enterprises. His practice spans corporate, litigation, family wealth planning, immigration, criminal and personal law issues.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Representing clients in multi-district litigation involving the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
- Representing third-party interests in federal criminal forfeiture proceedings.
- Representing clients in defense of breach of contract claims.
- Successfully defending against requests for preliminary injunction relief.
- Advising clients on wealth management and family wealth dispositions, as well as complex U.S. and international marital litigation, including the restructuring of business and property interests across the globe.
- Negotiating the breakups and dissolution of business entities, resolving complicated business disputes, and frequently mediating and negotiating intercompany and interfamily disputes without resorting to the courts.
- Handling multi-district litigation (MDL) and complex class action defense cases in federal and state courts.
- Representing one of Florida’s largest agricultural companies in environmental regulatory and rulemaking matters before the Department of Environmental Protection, Environmental Regulation Commission, and South Florida Water Management District, including related rule challenge proceedings before the Division of Administrative Hearings.
- Representing an automobile racing developer in the United States on land use issues before federal, state, and local agencies.
- Representing clients in federal litigation regarding EPA approval of environmental regulations.
- Representing clients in multimillion-dollar class action litigation involving breach of contract disputes in the agricultural sector.
- Representing clients in defense of class action breach of contract claims; successfully securing decertification of a class and subsequent denial of class certification.
- Representing clients in putative environmental and mass tort class actions alleging diminution of mental capacity resulting from exposure to numerous contaminants.
- Halmos et al. v. Insurance Company of North America, Case No. 08-cv-10084 (S.D. Fla.) (Ch. Magistrate Brown, J.).
- Bennington Foods, L.L.C. v. St. Croix Renaissance Group, LLP, Case No. 07-2254 (D.V.I.) (Bartle, J.).
- Facilities Solutions Group, LLC et al. v. Tremco Inc., et al., Case No. 06-20022 (S.D. Fla.) (Turnoff, J.).
- Miccosukee Tribe of Indians v. United States of America, EPA et al., Case No. 04-21448 (S.D. Fla.) (Gold, J.).
- South Florida Water Management District, State of Florida et al., Case No. 2008 CA 031975, In the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, Florida.
- Gutierrez v. Gutierrez, Case No. 99-09491, In the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, Florida.
- J&S Development Corporation et al. v. Montrose Global Assets Inc., et al., Case No. 06-cv-0094 (D.V.I.) (Finch, J.).
- Michael Oarsman v. Shari Glazer, Case No. 03-22861 (S.D. Fla.) (King, J.).
- Kelray McDonald et al. v. Okeelanta Corporation, Case No. 91-3105-AO, In the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, Florida.
- Properties of Hamilton, Inc. v. Yana Estrov, Case No. 2002-SC-012702, County Court in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Trial Experience
