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Legal Highlights
United States Attorney
Counsel to U.S. President
Counsel to U.S. President
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Mr. Sukhia to serve as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, where he ran an office overseing all federal prosecutions and civil actions in North Florida.
Counsel to U.S. President
Counsel to U.S. President
Counsel to U.S. President
- President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney hired Mr. Sukhia to represent them as their federal trial and appellate counsel in the crucial military and overseas ballot cases challenging the 2000 Presidential election.
Counsel to Governors
Counsel to U.S. President
Constitutional Challenges
- Florida Governor Charlie Crist retained Mr. Sukhia as his sole personal counsel to defend various actions brought against Mr. Crist by his political opponents.
- Florida Governor Jeb Bush asked Mr. Sukhia to serve as his personal attorney in civil litigation, and as his Criminal Justice Coordinator and personal counsel in each of his campaigns for the Governorship.
Constitutional Challenges
Constitutional Challenges
Constitutional Challenges
- As Florida’s Governor, Jeb Bush turned to Mr. Sukhia to defend the State of Florida in significant litigation challenging various of the Governor’s legislative initiatives.
- Florida Senate Presidents Tom Lee and Ken Pruitt retained Mr. Sukhia to represent the Florida Senate in defending the Constitutionality of the Lobbyist Disclosure Act.
Other Significant Cases
Constitutional Challenges
Other Significant Cases
- Ralph Nader hired Mr. Sukhia as his sole counsel to defend an action to remove him from the Presidential ballot. Mr. Sukhia handled the trial and an emergency appeal to the Florida Supreme Court, where he argued the case against renown Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe.
- Mr. Sukhia and his colleagues represented the plaintiff in a two-week jury trial in a civil theft, fraud and conversion action. To view the results in specific cases please go to the Significant Litigation Tab.
- Mr. LoCurto is an accomplished appellate lawyer. He stands among the youngest Florida Attorneys to brief, argue and win a case before the Florida Supreme Court. The Supreme Court’s decision in PNR v. Beacon Property Mgmt., Inc., 842 So.2d 773 (Fla. 2003) reversed a bad decision by the Fourth District Court of Appeals in Mr. LoCurto’s case that essentially gutted Florida’s all important consumer protection statute, Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, Fla. Stat § 501.201 et seq. (“FDUTPA”). The published Supreme Court decision in favor of Mr. LoCurto's client, a small family owned Italian restaurant against a commercial landlord continues to be an important decision in favor of consumer protection rights in Florida. Winning the PNR case before the Florida Supreme Court landed Mr. LoCurto on the front page of the Broward Daily Business Review in the Spring of 2003. The article can be seen at www.locurtolaw.com Mr. LoCurto is licensed to practice law in all of Florida’s Federal and State Courts.
