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John L. Urban
John L. Urban is a shareholder in Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. and is the managing shareholder of the Orlando office. 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.
Carl-Christian Thier
Carl-Christian Thier is a shareholder in Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. and is the managing shareholder of the Munich office. He practices out of the Munich office, frequently traveling between the two offices to coordinate European American matters. He is a transactional attorney, concentrating his practice in German and United States international law in areas of contract law, taxation, tax planning, business entity formation and other business matters, with a particular focus on cross border investments between Germany and the United States.
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Dr. Georg Federer
Dr. Georg Federer is a shareholder in Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. He is a managing shareholder in the firm’s Munich office. He is a civil litigation attorney admitted to practice in Germany since 1987. Dr. Federer’s primary practice areas include Competition and Trademark Law (compliance with German and European Union laws regulating advertising, marketing, and anti-trust/anti-competition matters), wills, estates and probate law, and business litigation, as well as, transactional matters.
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Stephen Chinnery
Stephen Chinnery is a solicitor and of counsel with Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery P.A. He is based out of, and the managing director of, the Manchester, United Kingdom, office of Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery Limited. His practice focuses primarily on commercial disputes, indirect taxes and regulatory law. His commercial law practice includes contractual disputes, professional negligence and arbitration proceedings, with a focus on international litigation.
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Christopher J. Menke
Christopher J. Menke is a shareholder in Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. He is based in the Orlando office and focuses his practice on intellectual property matters in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and technology transfer. Mr. Menke was formerly an attorney with the United States Government in the Intellectual Property Law Division, Air Force Materiel Command Law Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, a patent attorney with the law firm of Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.A., in Miami, Florida, and a patent law clerk with Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson Company.
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Matthew A. Leibert
Matthew A. Leibert is an attorney at Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. He is based in the Orlando, FL office and focuses his practice on personal injury matters including both international and domestic personal injury cases. Mr. Leibert has been a practicing attorney since 1987 and is admitted into the Florida and Colorado Bar Associations. Along with personal injury Mr. Leibert is also experienced in handling DUI and criminal cases.
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Ian Bridge
Ian Bridge is a barrister and of counsel with Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. He is based out of, and the managing director of, the London, United Kingdom, office of Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery Limited. He has been in independent practice at the bar since 1988. He is a consultant with, and a director of, Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery Limited. He continues in independent mixed civil and criminal practice at No5 Chambers.
Patricia M. Lee
Patricia M. Lee is of counsel with Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. She is based in the Orlando, Florida, office focusing primarily on family and estate law. She has over 18 years of transactional and litigation experience in all aspects of family law, including child custody disputes, child support assessment and enforcement, alimony, equitable distribution, fee awards, relocation, and post-judgment modification and enforcement proceedings, including at the appellate court level.
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Heinz H. Stolzki
Heinz H. Stolzki is of counsel with Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. He was born in Germany and is based in Munich, Germany. His practice focuses primarily on international law, specifically assisting companies practicing in several states, commercial law, international family law (divorce, alimony, law of domestic relations, and marital assets), international probate, and labor law.
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Suzanne Paulus
Suzanne Paulus is of counsel with Urban Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. She focuses her practice on real estate and transactional law. Ms. Paulus has experience in all aspects of real estate law representing various clients in negotiating, preparing and reviewing purchase and sale contracts, real estate leases, title documents, closing documents, title commitments and policies, platting, residential and commercial closings and real estate development. Ms. Paulus has also prepared declarations and restrictive covenants for homeowners associations, condominium owners associations and commercial associations.
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Deborah J. Townsend
Deborah J. Townsend is of counsel with Urban, Thier Federer & Chinnery, P.A. She is engaged exclusively in the practice of immigration and nationality law and represents a broad range of clients including investors, entrepreneurs, large and small corporations, foreign national employees, families and students in all areas of immigration law. Ms. Townsend has been Florida Bar Board Certified in the area of Immigration and Nationality law since 1996.
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