Eric N. Assouline, Esq. |  |
Eric N. Assouline has been litigation counsel to corporations, individuals, creditors, landlords, commercial tenants, and suppliers of goods and services in hundreds of cases in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts, and arbitration proceedings, in Florida and numerous other states. Mr. Assouline's primary areas of concentration are commercial litigation, creditors' rights, bankruptcy, intellectual property, ponzi scheme litigation, and real estate litigation. Mr. Assouline has defended numerous individuals and companies in fraudulent transfer and preferential transfer litigation. Mr. Assouline has also been appointed as an arbitrator in many cases referred to him by Broward County Judges.
Mr. Assouline is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida and the State of New York.
Prior to co-founding Assouline & Berlowe, P.A., Mr. Assouline was an associate in the commercial litigation departments of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP, and Adorno & Zeder, P.A. (n/k/a/ Adorno & Yoss, LLP).
Mr. Assouline was born in Queens, New York. Mr. Assouline obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Arizona State University in 1993, and earned his Juris Doctor degree, with honors, from the University of Miami School of Law, in Miami, Florida in 1996, where he was a member of the University of Miami Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board.
Eric is a founding member of the Arizona State University South Florida Alumni Association.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial and Business Litigation
- Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
- Real Estate Transactions and Litigation
Education
University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, J.D., 1996 (Cum Laude)
Member, University of Miami Law Review
Member, Moot Court Board
Finalist, Moot Court Competition
Litigation Skills - Trial Section (High "A")
Book Award - Florida Constitutional Law
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, B.S. Business Management, 1993
Languages Spoken
Bar Admissions and Certifications
- State of Florida
- State of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of New York
- Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator
- Lemon Law Autoline Arbitrator, Better Business Bureaus
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New York Bar Association, Commercial Litigation and Federal Court Sections
- New York State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
- Florida Bar, Business Law Section
- Broward County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
- B'nai Brith Justice Unit #5207, Vice PResident, Tikkun Olam
- Cub Scouts, Pack 18, South Florida Council, Den Leader 2009-2010
- Florida Bar Grievance Committee Chairman - Section 17C
- Spellman-Hoeveller Inns of Court
- Florida Receiver's Forum
Past Employment Positions
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
- Adorno & Zeder, P.A (n/k/a Adorno & Yoss, LLP)
Publications, Interviews and Quotations
- Pacenti, John, Litigation: Landlord sues tenant, loses more in legal fees, (Daily Business Review Jul. 7, 2010)
- Pacenti, John, Justice Watch: A Double Whammy for Those Swindled in Ponzi Cases, (Daily Business Review Aug. 17, 2009)
- Computer Consultant Malpractice, Information Technology Litigation, Practicing Law Institute 2001, 2002
- Juris ’98 and Juris ’99 (ERISA Section): District Court judicial clerks’ manual for the Southern District of Florida
Notable Reported Cases
- GFSI, Inc. v. Comfort Knitwears(PVT), Ltd., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 2990188 (D.Kan. July 29, 2010).
- In Re The Deli Den, LLC, 425 B.R. 725 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2010).
- AVVA-BC, LLC v. Ameil, 25 So.3d 7 (Fla. 3d 2009).
- Stockwire Research Group, Inc., et. al. v. Lebed, et. al., 577 F.Supp.2d 1262 (S.D. Fla. 2008).
- In re Sparrow, 2007 WL 1482005, (Bkrtcy. S.D. Fla., Apr. 4, 2007).
- In re Casa Del Rio, LLC, 2007 WL 707035, (Bkrtcy .S.D.Fla. Mar. 7, 2007).
- In re Toppin, 342 B.R. 888 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2006).
- Obermaier v. Kenneth Copeland Evangelistic Association, Inc., 208 F.Supp.2d 1288 (M.D. Fla. 2002).
- Obermaier v. Arnett, et al., 2002 WL 3165453 (M.D. Fla. Nov. 22, 2002).
- Obermaier v. Hansen, 8 Fla.L.Weekly Supp. 642 (Fla.Cir. Ct. 20th Jud. Cir., July 17, 2001).
- Holbrook v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, 1999 WL 737956 (S.D. Fla. April 12, 1999).
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Eric N. Assouline, Esq.
Partner
Assouline & Berlowe, P.A.
213 E. Sheridan Street, Suite 3
Dania Beach, Florida 33004
ena@assoulineberlowe.com
phone: 954-929-1899
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