Joshua Spector
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Joshua Spector formerly worked as a litigator for an international multiservice firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he represented diverse clients that included international investment banks and cosmetics companies, national health care providers, and private equity funds. His transactional work has included serving as outside general counsel for a creative design firm with international manufacturing and distribution networks.
Practice Areas
• Appellate Practice
• Business / Commercial Litigation
• Consumer Law
• Intra-business Disputes and Dissolution / Wind-up
• Trusts and Estates
• Wills
• Whistleblower / Qui Tam Litigation
• Federal False Claims Act and Florida False Claims Litigation
• Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Litigation
Education
University of Miami School of Law, J.D. magna cum laude (2002)
Brown University, A.B. (1996)
Bar Admissions
• State of Florida
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States
Honors & Awards
• SuperLawyers, Florida Rising Star (2009)
• Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, Up & Coming Attorney (2009)
• John Edward Smith Child Advocacy Award, Lawyers for Children America
• Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Pro Bono Service Award (2004, 2005, 2006)
• Dade County Bar Association – Put Something Back Pro Bono Award (2008)
• Order of the Coif
• University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, Editor
• Dean's Merit Scholarship, Recipient
• Society of Bar & Gavel, Selected Member
• University of Miami Vice President's Award for Service (2002)
• Iron Arrow
Publications
Hate Speech on the Internet: Spreading Angst or Promoting Free Expression? 10 U. Miami Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 155 (Fall 2002)
Comment: The Cuba Triangle: Sovereign Immunity, Private Diplomacy and State (In)Action, 32 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 321 (Summer 2001)
Community Affiliations and Memberships
• University of Miami Alumni Association, Board of Directors
• University of Miami School of Law Alumni Association, Board of Directors
• Dade County Bar Association, former Director, Board of Directors for Young Lawyers Section
• Lawyers for Children America, Attorney Ad Litem
