EDUCATION:
Harvard College (A.B., cum laude, 1983);
St. John's College, Oxford University, Oxford, England (B.A., with high honors, 1985);
University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Society of Bar and Gavel; University of Miami Honor Council, 1986-1988. Editor-in-Chief, Inter-American Law Review, 1987-1988. Co-Author: "The Promotion of Debt-Equity Swaps in Latin America: A Survey of the Regulatory Regimes and the International Policy Frameworks," 20 Inter-American Law Review 31, Fall, 1988.

Trustee: Ransom-Everglades School, 1988 - 1995, Vice President, 1993 - 1995; Miami Light Project, 1989 - 1995; Member, Dade County Charter Review Advisory Board, 1989. Harvard College Fund, Class Chairman, 1992-1993.

Legal Commentator (NBC/MSNBC), 2001.

LANGUAGES:
Spanish.

John Shubin is founding partner of the firm and he represents companies, individuals, and government entities in all manners of litigation and administrative proceedings related to real property and its entitlement. He has practiced throughout Florida and possesses a unique combination of experience as both a trial lawyer in state and federal courts and as a representative of clients' interests in quasi-judicial proceedings. He has also advised clients on strategies which promote local support for complex development applications. Mr. Shubin also coordinates the firm's representation of its clients in complex commercial litigation and appellate matters, and has served as an expert witness and mediator in matters concerning zoning and land use. The firm also regularly serves as co-counsel with national law firms in litigation matters and in addressing the viability of entitlement strategies related to land and other natural resources.

REPORTED DECISIONS:

• Kainen v. Harris, 769 So.2d 1029 (Fla. 2000);
• Sunshine Vistas v. Caruana, 623 So.2d 490 (Fla. 1993);
• Kujawa v. Manhattan National Life Ins. Co., 541 So.2d 1168 (Fla. 1993);
• Framer Realty, Inc. v. Ross, 768 So.2d 5 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000);
• City of Miami v. Carollo, 748 So.2d 397 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000);
• City of Miami v. Miami Ass'n of Firefighters, Local 587, 744 So.2d 555 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999);
• Earnest & Stewart, Inc. v. Codina, 732 So.2d 364 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999);
• Cosmic Corp. v. Miami-Dade County, 706 So.2d 880 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998);
• Metropolitan Dade County v. Sportacres Development Group, Inc., 698 So.2d 281 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997);
• Kassier v. Kipnis, 677 So.2d 373 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996);
• Metropolitan Dade County v. Blumenthal, 675 So.2d 598 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995);
• Sontag v. State Dep't of Banking and Finance, 669 So.2d 283 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996);
• Ivanov v. Sobel, 654 So.2d 991 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995);
• Board of County Com'rs of Metropolitan Dade County v. Wood, 662 So.2d 417 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995);
• Quintana v. Community Partnership for Homeless, 651 So.2d 1287 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995);
• Cook v. Tradewinds West Condominium, Inc., 636 So.2d 591 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994);
• Federal Fence Co. v. BankAtlantic, 600 So.2d 19 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992);
• Ziegler v. Miami-Dade County and City of Coral Gables, 8 Fla.L.Weekly Supp. 344a (Fla. 11th Cir. App. Div. 2001);
• Federal Opinions: Scheer v. City of Miami, 15 F. Supp. 2d 1338 (S.D. Fla. 1998); Coletta v. City of North Bay Village, 962 F. Supp. 1486 (S.D. Fla. 1997).

PRACTICE AREAS:
Administrative Law, Appellate Practice, Business Dispute Resolution, Commercial Litigation, Constitutional Law, Due Diligence, Election Law, Eminent Domain, Entitlements, Environmental Law, First Amendment Litigation, Land Use Law, Local Government Law, Municipal Litigation, Real Estate Disputes, Zoning Law

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