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Greenberg Traurig, LLPShareholder; Assistant General Counsel
Jim Tolpin
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Jim Tolpin

5.0
1 review

333 SE 2nd Avenue, Suite 4400, Miami, FL 33131

Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Complex Torts

About Jim Tolpin

As Assistant General Counsel, Jim Tolpin advises the firm in the areas of professional responsibility and risk management, including on issues involving conflicts, legal ethics, firm policy, and litigation.

Before becoming Assistant General Counsel, Jim was a shareholder in the firm's International Litigation Department, representing clients in a wide range of domestic and international commercial litigation matters before federal and state courts and arbitration panels. He joined the firm in 1997 after working as law clerk to U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King of the Southern District of Florida and, before that, as a reporter and editor at the (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Sun-Sentinel.

Concentrations

•Professional responsibility
•Risk management
•Intra-firm compliance
•Supervision of outside counsel

Judicial Clerkships

•Hon. James Lawrence King, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 1996-1997

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Real Estate, 2023-2026
•Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2023
•Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers, 'Law Firm of the Year: Litigation - Real Estate,' 2022

 

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Areas of Law

  • Litigation
  • Other 2
    • Real Estate Litigation
    • Complex Torts

Practice Details

  • Payment Information
    Accepted Credit Cards
    American Express
  • Firm Information
    Position
    Shareholder; Assistant General Counsel
    Firm Name
    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Experience: Representative Matters: Represented professional basketball player in dispute with major sports agent
    premier Russian basketball team
    guided same basketball player through NBA
    foreign eligibility hurdles.
    Defended international air courier against competitor's injunction action brought under the Lanham Act
    state-law unfair trade statutes.
    Defended Argentina-based designer-manufacturer against action arising from construction of two prisons in Argentina.
    Represented fine-art broker in dispute centered on indicted art dealer's fraudulent transactions involving works by artists Botero
    Chagall.
    Obtained full ownership of manufacturing business for shareholder in AAA arbitration involving competing shareholders' shotgun offer.
    Represented business owner against contractor who constructed three-quarter million dollar manufacturing plant at incorrect location.
    Vindicated, in administrative proceedings, major insurance company's right to exclude coverage for mold-related losses from its homeowners
    commercial multi-peril policies within Florida.
    Defended seller of painting by deceased Cuban artist Carreno against purchaser's forgery claim.
    Prosecuted specific-performance action for buyer of $40 million hotel against seller who claimed purchase contract failed for default.
    Obtained judgment or settlement on behalf of quasi-public insurance trust in two dozen actions against non-paying physician-members.
    Represented purchaser of million dollar property in action against seller who assigned incorrect version of long-term tenant's lease.
    Obtained million-dollar award for intestate heirs
    heir-finder service,
    defeated ex-wife's competing claim premised on extraordinary doctrine of dependent relative revocation
    on undue influence.
  • Additional Links
    http://www.gtlaw.com/People/Jim-Tolpin

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1997, Florida
    U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
    U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
    Memberships

    Professional & Community Involvement

    •Member, American Bar Association

    •Undergraduate-applicant interviewer for Columbia University Alumni Recruiting Committee, 2005-present

    •Volunteer Attorney Ad Litem, Lawyers For Children America, 1999-present

    •Reporter and editor, (Fort Lauderdale, FL) Sun-Sentinel, 1984-1993

    •Volunteer counselor and trainer, Crisis Line of Palm Beach County, 1989-1993

    •Editor, Indonesian Observer, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia, 1977

    •English-language teacher in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia, 1977

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    University of Miami School of Law
    J.D.
    summa cum laude

    University of Miami School of Law
    J.D.
    1996 Articles & Comments Editor

    University of Miami School of Law
    J.D.
    University of Miami Law Review
    Other Education
    Columbia University
    Class of 1981
    B.A.

    Northwestern University
    Class of 1983
    M.S.
    Journalism
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1957
    Chicago, Illinois, 1957

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Shareholder; Assistant General Counsel at Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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333 SE 2nd Avenue, Suite 4400Miami, FL 33131U.S.A.

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    Jim Tolpin was admitted in 1997 to the State of Florida.
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    Jim Tolpin attended University of Miami School of Law.
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    Greenberg Traurig, LLP was established in 1967.

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