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Francis X. Sexton, Jr.

Frank Sexton ADR

Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309

954-394-8640

www.franksextonadr.com


Commercial Litigation, Contract, Debt, Employment, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Partnership Disputes, Probate, Real Estate, Securities


About Attorney Summary Credentials Office Information

Francis X. Sexton, Jr. (“Frank”) is:

a Supreme Court of Florida Circuit and County Certified Mediator

an Arbitrator and Mediator approved by the American Arbitration Association, and its international branch, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, serving on each of their large, complex case Arbitration and Mediation panels

a FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) arbitrator

Mediation Experience

Frank has served as a mediator in many commercial, business, real estate, technology and employment-related disputes, many of them large cases involving international parties and complex multiparty disputes.

Recent Cases Mediated Include:

  • A state court case where plaintiff, a British Virgin Islands Corporation, in the business of loaning working capital to businesses, purportedly made loans to citizens of Costa Rica, all were in default. The loan agreements and promissory notes were extremely complex, parties disagreed whether the security interest given as collateral were viable and whether the debt had been converted into equity of the borrower. Laws of several jurisdictions were in play. The case was successfully mediated over two days.
  • A state court case where a real estate management corporation sued a condominium association for breach of the management agreement after the management corporation discovered an alleged structural flaw in the association’s building and the association retaliated by canceling the management contract. The interpretations of the management agreement was hotly disputed, as well as construction issues; and all parties brought construction experts to the mediation. All issues were successfully mediated.

Arbitration/
Mediation Panels

  • American Arbitration Association’s National Roster of Neutrals (serving on its large, complex case panel, and its commercial panel of Mediators);
  • International Centre for Dispute Resolution Roster of Neutrals
  • FINRA Arbitrator

Professional History:
Over 48 years

  • Partner in the Miami office of ROIG Lawyers.
  • Partner, Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider & Grossman (litigation boutique law firm)
  • Partner, Fowler Rodriguez
  • Founding Partner, Concepcion Sexton and Martinez, international litigation
  • Partner, Sage Gray Todd & Sims/Hughes Hubbard & Reed

Litigation and Trial Work:

Frank has over 40 years of experience in complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts, with an emphasis in business disputes, intellectual property, products liability, banking, securities litigation and arbitrations, real estate (commercial and residential), business torts, professional liability, premises liability, fraud, intra-corporate and partnership disputes, trademark infringement, shipping disputes, banking disputes, money wire disputes and debtor/creditor problems. He has tried–and is still trying—jury and nonjury cases in both state and federal courts. Frank is AV® Preeminent™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been named by his peers as a Super Lawyer™, 2012-2018.

Arbitrations Representing Clients:

Frank has represented numerous clients in arbitration proceedings; most notable of which was the successful representation of clients seeking a return of their investment in the development, worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars, of a large resort island in the Caribbean; and a breach of contract dispute involving the sale of a “mega-yacht”.

International:

In the 38 years Frank has practiced law in Miami, the overwhelming majority of his clients, both individuals and companies, have been from places other than the United States: Brazil, Nicaragua, Spain, Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Argentina, and most matters litigated have concerned international trade disputes, breakups or difficulties within multinational or foreign corporations or properties purchased in the United States and foreign nationals.

14261 SW 106th Avenue
Miami, FL 33186

P; 954-394-8640
E: [email protected]