J. Joseph Givner

Attorney Profile
Top Rated Business & Corporate Attorney in Aventura, FL
Aventura, FL 33180
- Business/Corporate (40%),
- Real Estate: Business (40%),
- Business Litigation (20%)
- English,
- Spanish
The founder of Givner Law Group, J. Joseph Givner is a highly regarded transactional and litigation attorney. Based in Aventura, Florida, he represents clients throughout the area in real estate sales and purchases, private placements and other financings, mergers and acquisitions, commercial real estate leasing, intellectual property licensing agreements, and partnership and joint venture formations. Mr. Givner has also represented an in-flight duty-free concessionaire in negotiations with domestic and foreign airlines.
Mr. Givner's litigation practice has included shareholder disputes, trade secrets, franchising and other commercial matters. Highly regarded by his fellow professionals for the quality of his work and his high degree of ethics, Mr. Givner has received an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and a "Superb" peer review rating through Avvo. He has also been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America.
As an undergraduate, Mr. Givner attended Columbia University and received a Bachelor of Arts with honors in 1986. He then pursued his legal studies at Harvard Law School and was awarded his Juris Doctor with honors in 1989. After graduation, Mr. Givner served a clerkship with a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida before joining a Miami law firm, where he gained significant trial and business law experience before forming his own firm in 1999. Fluent in Spanish and English, he is admitted to practice in Florida and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. An active participant in a variety of professional organizations, Mr. Givner's memberships include The Florida Bar and the Dade County Bar Association.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
- 40%Business/Corporate
- 40%Real Estate: Business
- 20%Business Litigation
Business Formation and Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnership, Contracts, Business Organizations, Mortgage & Refinance, Trade Secret, Non-Compete Agreements
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About Joseph Givner
Admitted: 1990, Florida
Professional Webpage: http://givnerlawgroup.com/index.php
Honors/Awards:
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Florida Super Lawyers
- AV Rated, Martindale Hubbell
- Finalist, Dealmaker of the Year, Corporate Finance, Daily Business Review
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Dade County Bar, Member
- Florida Bar, Member
- Entrepreneurs’ Organization South Florida Chapter, Member
- North Dade Bar, Member
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Member
- American Bar, Member
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Member
Educational Background:
- Columbia University, Honors: With Honors, 1986
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Last Updated: 12/3/2020