ADA - Key Persons
Aaron Resnick, a graduate of Leadership Miami, is a leader in the Miami's legal and cultural arts scene. Professionally, Mr. Resnick is an attorney, who honed his craft at one of Florida's oldest and most prestigious firms, Gunster Yoakley, before starting his own boutique law firm in 2005 with offices now in Miami, Boca Raton, and New York City (as well as satellite offices in Gainesville and Jacksonville). Mr. Resnick received his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science with honors from Emory University and a Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Florida. Mr. Resnick is admitted to all of the state and federal courts in Florida and the United States Supreme Court.
In 2016, Acquisition International Magazine announced that Mr. Resnick was a winner of the 2016 Business Excellence Awards and named the "Best Business Litigation Attorney" for Florida. In 2016, Mr. Resnick was also recognized by Florida Trend magazine as one of its 2016 Florida Legal Elite™ and Super Lawyers Magazine named Mr. Resnick one a Super Lawyer having previously been recognized by it as one of its Florida Rising Stars. He was also named as one of the American Registry's "America's Most Honored Professionals" and was selected as Corporate America's 2016 Legal Elite. Corporate America also named the Law Offices of Aaron Resnick, P.A. as the "Best Sports & Entertainment Law Firm - Florida" and Mr. Resnick was included in Who's Who Legal: Sports & Entertainment.
Mr. Resnick is on the board of directors for the Miami Beach Bar Association, and is a member of the Dade County Bar Association where he serves on a number of committees as well as the American Bar Association. He is also on the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce's Law Council. He was elected three times to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Dade County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section and has served as a committee chair for the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, an organization which recognized him as the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division's Star of the Quarter. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and South Florida Business Journal have both previously recognized him as one of the Top 40 under 40 professionals in South Florida.
Mr. Resnick was awarded the "Shining Star" Award by the Arts & Business Council of Miami, Inc. This award each year honors the top Miami business professional supporting the arts and cultural community. Mr. Resnick co-founded the Little Lighthouse Foundation, www.littlelighthouse.org, which is a South Florida based charity that seeks, identifies and provides support to children and their families with health, educational, and financial challenges, and serves on its board of directors. Mr. Resnick was the founding chairperson of the Friends of the New World Symphony, and now serves permanently on its Executive Committee. He also sat on the Board of Directors for the Miami Design Preservation League for over 10 years. He has served on the executive committee for numerous young patron groups in South Florida including, but not limited to: Best Buddies of South Florida, Big Brothers Big Sister's Impact Circle, Art Crowd of the Bass Museum, the Green Room Society for the Center for Performing Arts, the Tropees of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, the Jewish Legal Society of Miami, and the MOCA Shakers amongst others. He was a Regional Board Member of the Maccabi World Union and a member of the Ben Gurion Society of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Currently, he is a member of the Silver Director's Circle for the Bass Museum, the Maestro's Circle for the Friends of the New World Symphony, and a Supporting Member of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, and a founding member and Patron of the Perez Art Museum.
Mr. Resnick's law practice concentrates on business and commercial matters, focusing on litigation, real estate and real estate litigation. His current practice also includes the personal representation of a number of current and former professional athletes in the National Football League, the National Basketball League and Major League Baseball, as well as members of the arts, fashion and entertainment world.
PRACTICE AREAS
Business and Commercial Litigation
Mr. Resnick has represented several Fortune 500 domestic and international companies in courtrooms throughout the country, but primarily represents corporations in Florida. Derek Schwartz is the corporate, tax and trust and estate attorney at the Davidoff Law Firm. Mr. Schwartz received his Bachelors of Business Administration in Accounting from Emory University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida. Mr. Schwartz's practice areas include corporation formation and negotiations in transactions, estate planning, pre and post marriage planning, real estate transactions, title insurance, tax advice, asset protection planning, and probate matters. Mr. Schwartz has worked for three of the largest and most prestigious law firms in Florida, Holland & Knight, LLP, Shutts & Bowen, LLP, and Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Mr. Schwartz has coupled his education and work experience to obtain a client list that includes large corporations, professional athletes, and very large estates
Biography
Derek A. Schwartz concentrates his practice in areas of wealth preservation, estate planning, wills and trusts, asset protection, probate and the tax and business legal needs of professionals. Derek earned his bachelor degree in accounting from Emory University and his law degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. At the University of Florida, Derek served as a tax editor to the Florida Tax Review and was a member of the Florida Law Review. Formerly associated with the law firms of Holland & Knight, LLP and Greenberg Traurig. Derek also focuses on the drafting and implementation of limited liability companies, foundations, family limited partnerships as well as the design and effectuation of tax favored and asset enhancement strategies.
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
Our principal attorney is Jonathan Davidoff. Mr. Davidoff's extensive experience and education is an asset to our firm and invaluable to our clients. Mr. Davidoff is admitted to practice in the state courts of Florida, Massachusetts, New York, federal courts in Florida and New York, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Davidoff earned his Bachelors of Arts in Political Science and Bachelors of Business Administration from Emory University, a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Miami, a Juris Doctor from New York Law School (magna cum laude), and a Master of Legal Letters from New York University School of Law.
Having previously served as a prosecutor for several years and represented clients involved in small and large matters, Mr. Davidoff is able to view cases from a very multifaceted perspective. Mr. Davidoff has represented clients such as: attorneys from large law firms such as Latham & Watkins, LLP and Kelley Dry & Warren, LLP who were involved in criminal matters, investment bankers from Bank of America (the Parmalat transactions) and Enron Corporation who were involved in two of the world's largest corporate collapses, a former federal government employee in New Jersey Federal Court on theft of government funds (Section 8 housing), and clients charged with life felonies to simple misdemeanor and DUI/DWI charges.
Mr. Davidoff is also able to handle commercial matters involving criminal issues, such as when he represented a client whose attorney forged the buyers' signature in a mortgage note, clients whose multi-million dollar company purchased was actually a worthless entity, a client who sought a divorce based on domestic violence, clients whose restaurant was purchased based on fraud and deception, matters involving corporations such as Hewlett-Packard and the grey market, doctors charged with health insurance and no-fault fraud, defamation actions, discrimination action, ADA violations, and many other legal issues. Mr. Davidoff is able to handle any type of litigation matter, as all litigation matters are different in their own right, so it is important to have an attorney like Jonathan Davidoff who has handled diverse cases in the past.
Mr. Davidoff's commercial cases range from defamation to ADA violations to partnership disputes to discrimination, and everything in between. Whether a business investment went bad, your customers (clients or patients) refuse to pay or claim misconduct, there is fraud or theft involved with respect to your business or personal property or investments, there was a material misrepresentation that induced your investment or purchase, or any other misconduct is alleged (either by you or against you), Mr. Davidoff can and will zealously represent you and your interests.
Additionally, Mr. Davidoff has extensive experience in representing lenders, borrowers, sellers and purchasers of receivables. Mr. Davidoff has represented medical providers in their agreements with funding companies in which medical receivables were factored, as well as represented funding companies who either purchased or made advances on medical receivables. Mr. Davidoff's experiences in representing these parties in both New York and Florida has resulted in successful results for his clients. Also, Mr. Davidoff has represented hotels and investors in ADA and discrimination actions, as well as landlords and website owners in which claims of ADA violations were asserted against them. Because of Mr. Davidoff's diverse background and experience, he is able to represent almost any client in almost any commercial matter. Just send an email or call Jonathan Davidoff.
PRACTICE AREAS
Business & Commercial Law