Curriculum Vita of John L. Urban

John L. Urban is a shareholder in Urban Thier Federer & Jackson, P.A. He is based in the Orlando office and his practice focuses primarily on civil litigation in the areas of business and contract disputes, commercial law, collections, domestication and enforcement of foreign judgments, international law, real estate and probate, as well as transactional matters. Mr. Urban was formerly an associate attorney with the law firms of Stack Fernandez Anderson & Harris, P.A. and Stephens Lynn Klein La Cava Hoffman & Puya, P.A., in Miami, Florida. He is a litigation attorney, concentrating his practice in domestic and international commercial and civil matters, business torts and disputes, complex commercial litigation, Uniform Commercial Code issues, real estate law, products liability, creditor's rights and appellate matters.

Mr. Urban is a member of the Florida Bar, the State Bar of Georgia, the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, the bar of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the bars of the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida, and the bars of the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida.

EDUCATION

University of Miami
   School of Law; Coral Gables, Florida
   J.D. (Juris Doctor)
   conferred May 1999, with Honors (cum laude)

University of West Florida
   College of Business; Pensacola, Florida
   M.B.A. (Master in Business Administration)
   conferred December 1994, with High Honors (magna cum laude)

Ithaca College
   School of Business; Ithaca, New York
   B.S. (Bachelor of Science in International Business)
   conferred May 1991

EMPLOYMENT

Shareholder, Urban Thier Federer & Jackson, P.A.
   Orlando, Florida, July 2005 - Present

Associate, Stack Fernandez Anderson & Harris, P.A.
   Miami, Florida, February 2002 – July 2005

Associate, Stephens Lynn Klein La Cava Hoffman & Puya, P.A.
   (formerly/merged with Martens Dunaj Marlowe Davis & Marlowe, P.A.)
   Miami, Florida, August 1999 – February 2002

Law Clerk, Barry S. Franklin & Associates, P.A.
   Miami, Florida, May 1998 - June 1999

Law Clerk, the Honorable Sandy S. Karlan, Circuit Court Judge
   Miami, Florida, January 1998 – April 1998

Intern, Deutsche Shell AG (Shell Oil Germany)
   Hamburg, Germany, May 1997 – August 1997
   - Marketing and Production Department

Captain, United States Air Force
   Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, November 1991 – August 1996
   - Squadron Section Commander, 40th Flight Test Squadron, 1993 - 1996
      -- Second in command (Assistant Director) of 400 military and civilian personnel organization
   - Squadron Executive Officer, 46th Component Repair Squadron, 1992 - 1993
      -- Administrator for a squadron with 385 military and civilian personnel
   - Commander's Action Group, 3200th Support Wing, 1991 - 1992
      -- Assisted in directing the planning and execution of major exercises involving all units and personnel of the world's largest air force base

Intern, Otto Versand (German multinational corporation)
   Hamburg, Germany, September 1991 – November 1991
   - International Marketing Department

EDUCATIONAL HONORS

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Recipient, CALI Excellence for the Future Award
International Moot Court Board
Dean's List
Graduate Fellowship

Admitted, Florida Bar, 1999
Admitted, State Bar of Georgia 2000
Admitted, United States Supreme Court
Admitted, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Admitted, Bars for the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
Member, American Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association International Law Section
Member, Florida Bar Business Law Section

REPORTED CASES:

In re Mona Lisa at Celebration, LLC, 410 B.R. 710 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2009)

Plaza Court, L.P. v. Baker-Chaput, 17 So. 3d 720 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009)

Harvey v. Lake Buena Vista Resort, L.L.C., 306 Fed.Appx. 471 (11th Cir. 2009)

In re Engler and Private Commercial Office, Inc., 394 B.R. 598 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2008)

Harvey v. Lake Buena Vista Resort, L.L.C., 568 F.Supp.2d 1354 (M. D. Fla. 2007)

Bio-Med Plus, Inc. v. Shea, 827 So. 2d 260 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002)

Prestige Protective Corporation v. Burns International Security Services Corp., 776 So. 2d 311 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001)

Armindo v. Padlocker, Inc., 209 F.3d 1319 (11th Cir. 2000)