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Practice Areas
• Civil Litigation
• Personal Injury Protection
Professional Experience
Michael E. Longo is an associate in the firm’s Miami office. He has significant experience in a number of legal practice areas, including general
litigation, appellate practice, intellectual property, federal practice, entertainment and art law, insurance litigation, bar/tavern and restaurant
liability, insurance coverage matters, bad faith and extra-contractual liability, directors and officers liability, errors and omissions, government
liability, employment law, maritime and admiralty, motor vehicle negligence, personal injury protection claims, premises liability, workers’ compensation,
personal injury, civil rights law, land use and zoning, and products liability.
More specifically, his practice has encompassed matters involving the Commerce Clause, the Graves Amendment, federal pre-emption of state and local
laws, federal jurisdiction, the 11th Amendment, the 4th Amendment, the 1st Amendment, state sovereign immunity, 42 USC §1983, interlocutory appellate
jurisdiction, the Florida Personal Injury Protection Statute, the federal “complete pre-emption” doctrine, corporate successor liability, the Fair
Labor Standards Act, the right of publicity, the Lanham Act (trademarks), and the Copyright Act.
Mr. Longo brings a wealth of non-law experience to the table in his law practice. Prior to attending law school, he worked as both an art consultant
at a major commercial art gallery and as a high school television production teacher. He has also worked as a web designer/webmaster, a film and
video director and editor, and has provided consulting, critique and editing services for books, short stories, scripts, screenplays, films, and
journal articles. In his free time, Mr. Longo is an avid cinemaphile, fine artist and baseball fan.
Professional Memberships and Community Involvement
• Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
• Supreme Court Historical Society
• Federal Bar Association
Intellectual Property Section
• Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida
• American Bar Association
• Dade County Bar Association
• Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar
• Young Lawyer’s Division of the Florida Bar
• Volunteer Clinic Instructor, LegalArt Miami
Bar Admissions
• Florida, 2006
• District of Columbia, 2007
• New Jersey, 2008
• New York, 2009
Court Admissions
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States
Education
University of Miami School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2006
• Member, University of Miami Business Law Review
• Honor Society of Bar and Gavel
• C.A.L.I. Book Award – Evidence
• Dean’s Fellow – Property Law
• Dean’s Certificate of Achievement – Copyright Law
• Dean’s Certificate of Achievement – Law, Lawyers and Film
• Dean’s Certificate of Achievement – Evidence
• Dean’s Merit Scholar
• Dean’s List (3 semesters)
• Research Assistant, Copyright and Communications Law
• Senator, Student Bar Association
• Law School Representative, University of Miami Trustees’ Student Affairs Committee
Syracuse University, B.F.A. cum laude, 2001
• Major in film production, history and theory
• Dean’s List (5 semesters)
• Dean’s Scholar
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