EDUCATION:
University of Miami School of Business (B.B.A., accounting, magna cum laude, 1988);
University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Member, University of Miami Law Review.

Currently serves as a Director of the Dade County Bar Association, and as Vice-Chair of the Civil Litigation Committee of the Dade County Bar Association

Since 1999, Mr. Farach has been involved with the Latin Builders Association.

ADMITTED:
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

LANGUAGES:
Spanish.

Prior to joining Shubin & Bass, P.A., Juan Farach was a senior litigator in the Miami office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, where he gained extensive experience on a broad range of commercial and construction litigation matters in federal and state court and before arbitral tribunals, from inception of matter through trial or earlier resolution, including:

• Lead counsel for owner of luxury hotel in state court litigation concerning the transfer of control of master association.
• Lead counsel for commercial property owner in federal court litigation against general contractor and others arising from construction defects.*
• Lead counsel for mechanical contractor in American Arbitration Association arbitral proceeding against general contractor to recover unpaid contract amount and change orders.*
• Lead counsel for mechanical contractor in federal court action seeking recovery under federal public work bond.*
• Lead counsel for commercial tenant in state court action against landlord for breach of contract and constructive eviction.*
• Lead counsel for freight forwarder in state court action against a rival freight forwarder for breach of contract and related claims.*
• Lead counsel for shareholder in state court action against fiduciary for constructive trust and related tort claims. *
• Co-counsel for Brazilian mining company in International Chamber of Commerce arbitral proceeding against Austrian company for breach of contract. *
• Co-counsel for owner of a Spanish-language network and television station group in defense of state court action brought by broker seeking commission in connection with the sale of the network and television station group. *
• Co-counsel for developer in lender liability action and contemporaneous defense of foreclosure action. *
• Co-counsel for Central Bank of Paraguay in federal court action to recover assets diverted from two Paraguayan banks in liquidation. *
• Co-counsel for Paraguayan bank in liquidation in state court action to recover bank assets under fraudulent conveyance act. *

* Indicates matters handled by Mr. Farach prior to joining Shubin & Bass.

REPORTED DECISIONS:

• City of Palm Bay v. Palm Bay Greens, LLC, 969 So. 2d 1187 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007).
• Belz Investco Ltd. v. Grupo Immobiliano Cababie, S.A., 775 So. 2d 1020 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001);
• Belz Investco Ltd. Partnership v. Groupo Immobiliano Cababie, S.A., 721 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998);
• Woods v. Huntington Federal Sav. Bank, 622 So. 2d 1363 (Fla. 2d DCA 1993).