Curley, G. Joseph

Current Employment Position(s)

Shareholder, since 1986

Year Joined Organization: 1986

Lawyer Overview

G. Joseph Curley is a shareholder who joined the firm in 1986.

Areas of Practice

• Employment Litigation-Defense Representation
• Employment Practice Group Chairman-Litigation
• Complex Commercial Litigation; Franchise Litigation

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Criminal Law, Litigation & Appeals, Business & Commercial Law, Complex Litigation, Franchising

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1986
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1986
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1986
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Certification/Specialties

• Board Certified, Business Litigation, Florida Certification Board

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law, Litigation, Franchising Forum)
• The Florida Bar (Labor and Employment Law Section)
• Palm Beach County Bar Association (CLE/Commercial Litigation Committee)
• Palm Beach County Bar Association (CLE/Employment Law Committee)
• Palm Beach County Bar Association (Circuit Court Civil Practice Committee)
• Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Florida Trial Lawyers Association
• Palm Beach County Bar Employment Law Committee (Former Chair)

Honors and Awards

• Named one of The Best Lawyers in America, 2007 - 2008
• Named one of Florida Trend’s “Legal Elite,”, 2005 - 2008
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Named one of the South Florida Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar,”, 2008 - Present
• Named by South Florida Legal Guide a “Top Attorney” in 2008
• Named by Daily Business Review one of South Florida’s “Most Effective Lawyers,”, 2005 - Present
• Named one of “Florida’s Super Lawyers” For General Litigation, 2006 - 2008
• West Palm Beach Labor and Employment Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers 2011
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2006 - 2010
• The Best Lawyers in America, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Law, 2007 - 2011

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, "Noncompete and Trade Secrets: Advanced Litigation Tactics", Florida Bar Labor and Employment Law Section Seminar
• Seminar, Basic Equal Employment Opportunity Law & Procedures: Speaker, Preliminary Issues/Responses to Complaints, American Bar Association
• Speaker, Primer, Discrimination Law and Defense, American Bar Association
• Speaker, Defense of Discrimination and Wrongful Termination Claims, American Bar Association
• Seminar: "Sex, Lies & Spies": Speaker, Investigation and Defense of Sexual Harassment and Discrimination, American Bar Association
• Ninth Annual Employment Law Seminar: Speaker, Protecting Trade Secrets and Non-Compete Covenants, American Bar Association
• Litigation Seminar: Speaker, on Defense of Tort and Contract Claims, Palm Beach County Bar Association
• "Bridge the Gap" Seminar: Speaker, Commercial Litigation Techniques, Palm Beach County
• "Covenants Not to Compete and Trade Secrets", Seminars, The Lorman Business Center, 2000

Education

• Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1985
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• University of Notre Dame, 1982
  B.A.

Address

777 South Flagler Drive
Suite 500 East
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6194

Phones

(561) 650-0537

Faxes

561-655-5677

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gunster.com