Andrea Shwayri Ferraro

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Representative Matters: Represents R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in a pending arbitration under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement with various U.S. states in which R.J. Reynolds
  other tobacco company signatories seek a reduction of hundreds of millions of dollars in their settlement payments.
  Represented Lorillard Tobacco Company in numerous cases pending in state
  federal courts throughout Florida as a result of the Florida Supreme Court's decertification of a class of plaintiffs, in its decision in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc., 945 So. 2d 1246 (Fla. 2006), seeking damages for injuries allegedly caused by smoking cigarettes.
  Defended a medical device manufacturer against claims for negligence
  strict liability failure to warn, design defect,
  manufacturing defect, breach of warranty,
  misrepresentation in individual lawsuits pending in federal courts throughout Florida.
  Defended a medical device manufacturer in ongoing multidistrict products liability litigation concerning its pelvic mesh products in individual cases rem
  ed for trial in their originating states.
  Defended manufacturer in a complex product liability case involving claims for strict liability, negligence,
  breach of warranty pertaining to injuries caused by an allegedly defective smoke alarm
  obtained dismissal in favor of manufacturer.
  Represented developer in a highly contested breach of contract
  specific performance action involving 22,000 acres of l
  valued at more than $100 million
  obtained judgment in favor of developer.
  Represented developer of condominium hotel project in Panama in a multi-plaintiff RICO action filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  obtained dismissal of action in favor of developer.
  Defended real estate developers in multimillion-dollar rescission matters, frequently addressing claims raised under the Interstate L
  Sales Full Disclosure Act, Florida's Deceptive
  Unfair Trade Practices Act,
  Federal Securities Act.
  Defended national bank in an injunction action involving Mexican citizen seeking a claim to significant assets in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  successfully obtained dismissal of action in favor of national bank.
  Noteworthy Experiences: Judicial Law Clerk, Fourth District Court of Appeals, Judge Larry Klein
  Judge Martha Warner
  Summer Associate, Greenberg Traurig, West Palm Beach, FL
  
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  http://www.gtlaw.com/People/Andrea-Shwayri