By leveraging a client-customized approach, zealous advocacy and cutting-edge litigation strategies, Jose Ceide ensures clients are in steady hands when it matters most.

EXPERIENCE

Known for developing novel and creative approaches to dispute resolution, Jose provides clients with focused and skilled representation through every stage of litigation. He believes that close client relationships and a deep understanding of the client’s business and business objectives are essential to obtaining favorable outcomes in litigation. Jose credits his client-centric approach to his established record of success in handling complicated, high-stakes business disputes.

Jose wields twenty-years of experience in bet-the-company commercial litigation involving breach of contract and fiduciary duty claims, fraud claims, claims brought under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, shareholder disputes and derivative claims, and conversion and replevin claims. Jose’s practice also includes real estate-related litigation, in which he often represents financial institutions in all manner of such disputes.

Serving as counsel in numerous multimillion-dollar lawsuits, Jose manages and conducts all aspects of litigation, including pre-trial, trial, and post-trial proceedings, and regularly appears in state and federal courts throughout the state of Florida. His clients include Fortune 500 companies to individuals, and he is well known for having created and managed worldwide litigation strategies for multinational corporations and individuals involving U.S., South American, Caribbean, European, and Middle Eastern jurisdictions.

In addition to his extensive litigation experience, Jose helps clients navigate the evolving regulatory and compliance landscape of the cryptocurrency industry and addressing the complex legal issues that continue surfacing. Jose frequently represents investor clients in claims against other investors, cryptocurrency exchanges, and digital asset providers.

Representative Matters

A selection of Jose’s notable cases include:

• Successfully defended a closely held international shapewear distributor in a $30+ million-dollar breach of contract claim filed by a Middle Eastern company in federal court, negotiating a settlement for a nominal amount.
• Implemented an aggressive litigation strategy on behalf of a local, family-owned commercial printing company against a national lender, resulting in a multi-million-dollar reduction in its debt obligation(s) to lender.
• Successfully defended a provider of aircraft engine maintenance and repair services against a commercial aircraft acquisition and leasing company in a complicated federal court litigation with damages estimated at over $3 million, culminating in a nominal payment that protected our client’s interests and resolved all outstanding claims.
• Recovered 100% of the more than $1 million in unpaid rent owed to a commercial landlord client by an international clothing retailer and anchor tenant who, during the Covid-19 pandemic, embarked on a national campaign not to pay rent based on theories of commercial impracticability and impossibility.
• Successfully defended clients in a bankruptcy litigation involving claims for breaches of fiduciary duty surrounding a multimillion-dollar hotel project in Bal Harbour, Florida, with damages estimated at over $45 million, culminating in a nominal payment that resolved all outstanding claims.Recovered a significant amount of a client’s losses in the Nevin Shapiro Ponzi scheme, pursuing claims against the entities and individuals that served as feeder funds to facilitate the scheme.
• Successfully defended clients, former majority shareholders of a contract research organization at one time valued at over $40 million, in a chapter 11 reorganization and resulting bankruptcy litigation brought by a former lender, culminating in a favorable settlement of the lender’s $7.5 million dollar claim for a nominal payment of $600,000, clearing all estate assets from the lender’s secured claims.

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

Thought Leadership

Jose authored “Fla.’s New Summary Judgement Rule—Throw Out Old Strategies With the Old Rule,” which was published by Daily Business Review.

Networks & Affiliations

• Dade County Bar Association
• Hispanic National Bar Association
• Cuban American Bar Association
• Flagler Street Society Member, Historical Museum of South Florida

Passions

Outside of the courtroom, Jose is an avid pickleball enthusiast, an aspiring chef, and enjoys supporting his two sons in their athletic and theatrical pursuits.