Vince LoCurto

Mr. LoCurto has practiced law successfully in Florida for 28 years. He is a highly skilled litigator and trial attorney and has handled a broad spectrum of commercial and civil litigation cases ranging from basic contract disputes to complex intellectual property claims.  Mr. LoCurto’s legal skill and talent were demonstrated early in his career when he won a multi-million-dollar jury verdict in Palm Beach County, that included a substantial punitive damage award, in a complex commercial case that garnered substantial newspaper coverage in South Florida  

After relocating his practice to Tallahassee in 2010 Mr. LoCurto also began handling a wide range of plaintiff’s labor and employment cases in federal and state courts under Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, OSHA and both public and private Whistleblower cases. In 2014 Mr. LoCurto obtained a favorable published decision from the First District Court of Appeals in Tallahassee which reversed the Public Employees Relations Commission in favor of his client who was a career service employee unlawfully dismissed by the Dept. of Transportation.

Mr. LoCurto is also 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.  .

Practice Areas  Education

· Appeals

· Aviation Law    New York Law School, Juris Doctor, 1993

· Business Litigation    

· Construction Litigation    Fordham University, Bachelor Science, 1990

· Consumer Protection 

· Copyright and Trademark Infringement Litigation

· Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices 

· Employment Discrimination 

· Foreclosure Defense

· Personal Injury, Plaintiff and Defense

· Unfair Competition

· Whistleblower Claims, Public and Private

Bar Memberships Civic & Community Service

The Florida Bar, admitted 1994 (41040)  Tallahassee Bar Association

Southern District of Florida  Allied Attorney, Alliance Defending Freedom 

Middle District of Florida   FSU Law School, Mock Trial Judge 

Northern District of Florida  Member, Federalist Society

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals