Jason S. Oletsky

"I remove the worry of daily legal matters from my clients' busy schedules so they can concentrate on running their businesses."

--Jason S. Oletsky, Commercial Litigation, Sports and Entertainment Law

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Jason can be most often  found involved in legal issues surrounding contract, employment, trade secret, non-competition, and shareholder disputes for the firm's private equity and venture capital clients. His practice has evolved to include a particular concentration on actions involving fraudulent transfer, piercing the corporate veil and mergers and acquisitions litigation.

"I provide valuable legal advice that often translates into sound strategic decisions on how my clients acquire, sell, and run their businesses'; I enjoy helping them maximize their profitability and potential."

Jason's interest in sports runs deep and he devotes a portion of his practice to helping individuals and businesses in the sports and entertainment industry solve their contractual disputes. His experience includes work with the National Football League on player arbitrations and negotiation and interpretation of players' and coaches' contracts.

Off the clock, Jason coaches lacrosse, baseball, roller hockey, and basketball for youth leagues in the Weston neighborhood of Broward County, Florida.

From Jason's Case Files

Case Disposed at Little Cost: When a disgruntled shareholder attempted to file a substantial derivative suit against a technology company, we successfully utilized a rarely used provision of the Florida Corporations Act to appoint an independent litigation committee to dispose of the case at very little cost to the client.

Pointing Out Contradictions: When our client, a retail marketing conglomerate, was wrongfully accused of misappropriating its underlying business plan, we successfully obtained a summary judgment on six fraud counts using the plaintiff's own contradictory testimony against him.

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Education

• University of Miami, J.D., cum laude, 1994
• University of Massachusetts at Amherst, B.A., cum laude, 1991

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• Florida, 1994
• Maryland, 1995
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1995
• U.S. District Court, Maryland, 1995

Noteworthy

• Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, 2008
• Chambers USA, Leading Lawyers, 2008
• Super Lawyers, Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2007
• Top Up & Comers, South Florida Legal Guide 2007
• "The Best Lawyers in America," Private Funds Law, 2007, 2008
• "Legal Elite," Florida Trends magazine, 2005, 2006, 2007
• "Top Lawyers," South Florida Legal Guide
• "Best of the Bar," South Florida Business Journal
• Order of the Coif
• "Up & Comers," South Florida Legal Guide
• Thomas Ewald Memorial Scholarship Award, Excellence in Litigation Skills

Professional Affiliations

• Sports Lawyers Association
• The Florida Bar, Entertainment and Sports Law Division

Community/Civic Involvement

• YMCA, Western Area Little League, Coach
• Western Area Hockey League, Coach
• American Israeli Public Affairs Committee
• Jewish Adoption Foster Care Organization of South Florida
• Jewish Federation of Broward County

Presentations & Publications

Judgment Enforcement in Florida, Lecturer, Lorman Educational Series, 2005

CLE Collection Practices and Proceedings Supplementary in Florida, Lecturer