Joshua Byrne Spector
Board Certified Business Litigator
Joshua Spector has advocated for clients in disputes ranging into tens of millions of dollars in controversy. As lead counsel, Mr. Spector has tried jury trials in both state and federal courts, and represented clients in federal appeals and appeals in Florida’s district courts and the Florida Supreme Court. Mr. Spector has represented a foreign head of state, Grammy-nominated artists, record labels, models, artist managers, songwriters, and film production companies, in addition to numerous related businesses, officers, and directors.
Core specialties in Mr. Spector’s practice include complex business litigation and related arbitrations, trade dress infringement, cybersquatting and domain name disputes, all ambits of trademark infringement under the Lanham Act, state common law unfair competition, defamation and trade libel, commercial litigation, appeals, non-competition agreements (non-competes), trade secrets (both under the Florida Trade Secret Act and the new DTSA), intra-company management disputes, dissolution, receiverships, and shareholder derivative claims. Mr. Spector has also qualified as an Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and is available to act as a private arbitrator by agreement of the parties.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Intellectual Property
- Entertainment & Sports Law
- Florida
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- 11th Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- English
- University of Miami School of Law
- Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor
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- Florida Bar President's Award, 11th Cir.
- Florida Bar
- Children's Champion Award
- Florida Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Program
- Top 100 Miami Lawyers
- Florida Super Lawyers
- Attorneys to Watch
- Attorney at Law Magazine
- 40 Under 40 Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- Florida State Bar # 584142
- Member
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- Florida Affirmative Defenses and Procedural Objections (ALM 6th ed. 2020)
- ALM
- Mediator, Circuit Court
- Florida Supreme Court
- Panelist
- American Arbitration Association
- Qualified Arbitrator
- Florida Supreme Court
- Board Certification - Business Litigation
- The Florida Bar
- Website
- Firm's Website
