FIDJ - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Founding Member of Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph

Allan A. Joseph is a founding member of Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph. Since 1991, Mr. Joseph has concentrated his practice on business-related disputes, including Complex Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation, Business Torts, Insurance Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Shareholder and Member Derivative Actions, Intellectual Property Law, Alternative Disputes Resolutions Practice, International Law Litigation, Professional Malpractice Litigation, Civil Litigation, and Domestic Relations Litigation. Learn More → Practice Areas Litigation/ADR

Job Titles:

• Partner
• CAMS, Partner
• Founder and Partner of Fuerst Ittleman David
• Founding Partner of Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph

Andrew S. Ittleman is a Founder and Partner of Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph. He concentrates his practice in the areas of White Collar Criminal Defense, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance and Food and Drug Law. Mr. Ittleman litigates extensively against the United States government in civil and criminal matters. Learn More → Practice Areas Anti-Money Laundering Andrew S. Ittleman is a founding partner of Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph. He is an attorney and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist providing strategic representation to a wide variety of regulated businesses, their executives and officers, and other related individuals. Mr. Ittleman values long-standing relationships with his clients, ideally working with them as startups with cutting edge ideas, through their fundraising, licensing and development stages, and finally providing holistic representation once they are operational and commercializing regulated products and services. For certain clients, Mr. Ittleman serves as their fractional Ethics and Compliance Officers (ECO), with the ability to draft, implement, administer and train compliance programs touching on a variety of legal and regulatory areas. In all cases Mr. Ittleman's clients rely on him for practical, strategic, time sensitive, complex legal advice on an as-needed basis. Mr. Ittleman has provided critical legal services to numerous medical tourism facilities and related businesses. Mr. Ittleman's medical tourism clients typically provide medical treatments that are either unavailable in the United States, or better and more cost effective abroad. In most instances, Mr. Ittleman's medical tourism clients are founded by American physicians and entrepreneurs, and to date he has advised these clients launch medical tourism clinics located in Mexico, The Bahamas, Panama, Costa Rica, The Cayman Islands and other international jurisdictions. Because these medical tourism clinics are launched by U.S. persons and entities, and often market to American patients, Mr. Ittleman is asked to coordinate and oversee a broad range of legal projects and issues, either to comply with or avoid triggering U.S. law. Mr. Ittleman has been able to put his Anti-Money Laundering Specialist certification and compliance know how to good use over the years, including by serving as a fractional compliance officer for clients in the international trade industry. As a fractional compliance officer, Mr. Ittleman has drafted and implemented compliance policies touching on a wide array of important legal issues. Additionally, Mr. Ittleman regularly trains company personnel all over the world regarding the policies, the rules and restrictions they contain, and their reporting functions. In many cases, this requires Mr. Ittleman to effectively teach foreigners about nuanced areas of U.S. law and the risks involved, which he enjoys doing through real world case studies and down-to-earth explanations. Further, as a fractional compliance officer, Mr. Ittleman makes himself available in real time on an as needed basis to address compliance questions raised by company personnel worldwide.

Job Titles:

• of Counsel

Mr. Joseph is of counsel to the firm. His current practice is primarily focused on commercial litigation, cargo loss and damage claims subject to the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, the Warsaw Convention, the Carmack Amendment and state laws governing warehouses and intrastate carriage, civil forfeiture, United States Customs and Border Protection law (including classification, valuation, penalty and liquidated damages mitigation and broker penalties), malpractice suits against customhouse brokers and forwarders, international sale of goods, business torts and unfair competition and partnership disputes. He is experienced at both the trial and appellate levels. Learn More → Practice Areas Int'l Trade and Customs

Job Titles:

• of Counsel
• Member in Good Standing of the Florida Bar

Jayson Thomas is a cross-border trial and appellate litigation attorney. He represents our clients in complex business disputes and high stakes litigation in state and federal court, and before international arbitral tribunals. Jayson's approach to any dispute begins with identifying his client's objectives and devising a strategy to accomplish those objectives efficiently and effectively. When disputes cannot be resolved, Jayson relies on his substantial experience trying serious cases before judges and juries to achieve the best results possible for his clients. Prior to joining Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, Jayson practiced law in Canada for over 10 years. He began his career in commercial litigation at the Toronto office of a large global law firm and went on to establish a litigation boutique where he regularly tried cases and conducted appeals on behalf of high net worth individuals, and private and publicly held companies. Jayson holds law degrees from University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007) and the University of Windsor (LL.B., 2007). He was a member of the Moot Court Board of Advocates, a regional finalist in the Jessup International Moot Court Competition, an inductee into the Order of Barristers, and was named a Frank J. Murphy Scholar in recognition of his outstanding academic and extra-curricular achievements while in law school. Jayson is a member in good standing of the Florida Bar and the Law Society of Ontario in Canada.

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Member of the FIU College of Law Alumni Association
• Partner With Fuerst Ittleman David

Outside the office, Mr. Molinaro is an active member of the FIU College of Law Alumni Association and the Broward Chapter of the FIU Alumni Association. Mr. Molinaro previously served as President and Vice President of each organization. During his time as President of the FIU College of Law Alumni Association, Mr. Molinaro spearheaded the creation of the alumni-student mentoring program, expanded association membership, and partnered with third-party nonprofits to raise funds for the College of Law and Kristi House Children's Advocacy Center. While working with the Broward Chapter, Mr. Molinaro oversaw the creation and funding of the Broward Panther Network Scholarship that provides scholarships to FIU students who attended a Broward County High School. Since 2001, Mr. Molinaro has also volunteered his time as a high school football coach. Jeffrey Molinaro, Esq., is a partner with Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph and chairs the firm's appellate practice group. In addition to his appellate practice, Mr. Molinaro also practices in the areas of Civil and Commercial Litigation, Government Agency Litigation, and Anti-Money Laundering Regulatory Compliance. He originally joined Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph as a law clerk in 2008. Learn More → Practice Areas Anti-Money Laundering

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Partner With Fuerst Ittleman David

Michael B. Kornhauser is a partner with Fuerst Ittleman David and Joseph. He practices in the areas of commercial and civil litigation, representing a variety of clients on matters including nursing home/assisted living facility negligence defense litigation, employment litigation, corporate shareholder disputes, construction litigation, probate litigation, real estate litigation, landlord/tenant disputes, domestic relations litigation, and various contract disputes. Learn More →

Job Titles:

• Attorney

Miguel J. Chamorro is an attorney whose practice spans litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters. Learn More →

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Outside General Counsel

Christopher David is a U.S. Army veteran and seasoned trial lawyer. He approaches each case with an eye towards resolution in the client's best interests and an understanding that no case be can resolved in the client's best interests if it is not ready to be tried. Mr. David focuses squarely on the goals of his clients and works tirelessly to help his clients achieve them, both through aggressive trial practice and settlement negotiations. Mr. Christopher M. David is a partner to the firm of Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph. He is a founder and principal of David & Joseph, P.L. a Miami litigation boutique firm. He works in the areas of Complex Civil Litigation; Food, Drug & Cosmetics Law; and Custom, Import and Trade Law. Learn More → Practice Areas Litigation/ADR