Jesse Green

Counsel, Miami

Biography

Overview

A member of the Firm's Commercial Litigation Group, Jesse Green represents parties in complex commercial disputes, bankruptcy litigation, shareholder class actions, consumer class actions, securities litigation and appeals. He has prosecuted and defended claims in state and federal courts across the United States, as well as in domestic and international arbitral proceedings.

Jesse's experience includes the representation of debtors and creditors in bankruptcy and insolvency-related litigation, including a major professional sports league in connection with the Chapter 11 proceedings of one of its franchises; creditors of governmental entities in the Title III proceedings of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and a Brazilian telecommunications company in the Chapter 15 proceedings of its financing subsidiary.

Jesse has also represented a leading energy company in numerous putative shareholder class actions related to a proposed merger; a foodservice distributor in a multi-district RICO and breach of contract class action; a national telecommunications services provider in various commercial disputes brought in state and federal courts; an investor in the Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard L. Madoff in multiple derivative and class action lawsuits; parties in a series of lawsuits related to Florida's decennial redistricting process; and a group of national chess federations in arbitration proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In addition, Jesse has successfully represented clients before state and federal appellate courts.

Bars and Courts
Florida State Bar
New York
US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
US District Court for the Middle District of Florida
US District Court for the Northern District of Florida
US District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Education
JD
University of Virginia School of Law
BA
Swarthmore College
Languages
English

Experience

Kopel v. Kopel, 229 So. 3d 812 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017)

League v. Women Voters of Fla. v. Detzner, 188 So. 3d 68 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016)

Flylux v. Aerovia de Mexico, S.A., 618 F. App'x 574 (11th Cir. 2015)

Fla. Bankers Ass'n v. Fla. Dev. Fin. Co., 176 So. 3d 1258 (Fla. 2015)

North Carillon, LLC vs. CRC 603, LLC, 135 So. 3d 274 (Fla. 2014)

So. Alliance v. Graham, 113 So. 3d 742 (Fla. 2013)

Scott v. Williams, 107 So. 3d 379 (Fla. 2013)