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Alan S. Fine founded the firm in 1993. For more than 20 years, his practice has focused on the resolution of complex international commercial disputes through litigation in federal and state courts, arbitration and mediation. Many of his clients have been victims of fraud. In such cases, Mr. Fine prosecutes the civil claims in court, and traces and pursues stolen assets, usually in conjunction with private investigators and, when appropriate, with legal and investigative assistance outside the United States.
Mr. Fine has also represented more than 100 bank account owners whose accounts were seized and made subject to forfeiture by the United States or the State of Florida. The vast majority of these cases are based on parallel market transactions involving the purchase of dollars outside the United States. Based on his early experience in this field, Mr. Fine authored Of Forfeiture, Facilitation and Foreign Innocent Owners: Is a Bank Account Containing Parallel Market Funds Fair Game?, 16 Nova Law Review 1125, 1992. Mr. Fine also represented the first claimant in a reported decision to have his attorney's fees paid by the United States in connection with a civil forfeiture case. United States v. Eighty-Eight (88) Designated Accounts etc., 786 F. Supp 1578 (S.D. Fla. 1992).
In addition to actively representing clients from around the world, Mr. Fine has advised financial institutions and businesses in the recognition and prevention of money laundering and has been a panelist at numerous conferences in the United States and Colombia regarding governmental confiscation of property and money laundering.
Mr. Fine speaks Spanish and has studied French and Portuguese and is rated “AV” by Martindale Hubbell.
Mr. Fine received his B.A. from Princeton University (magna cum laude) in 1979 and his J.D., with honors, from the University of Florida College of Law in 1983. During law school, Mr. Fine was a member of the National Mock Trial Team and the Law Review which published his Comment: Criminal Procedure – Self-Incrimination: Miranda Lives, 33 University of Florida Law Review 788, 1981. In 1982 Mr. Fine obtained a diploma from the Institute of International Comparative Law in Paris, France. Mr. Fine is a member of the Florida Bar, and is admitted to practice in the U. S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U. S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. In 1983 and 1984, Mr. Fine was a law clerk for the Honorable Sidney M. Aronovitz, United States District Court Judge. |
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Alan S. Fine
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