Experience

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  Schwed, Kahle & Kress, PA

  • Palm Beach Gardens

  • Strategic Advisor

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • Palm Beach Gardens
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  Peretz, Chesal & Herrmann, PL

  • Miami, Florida

  • Counsel

    • Jun 2011 - Present
    • Miami, Florida

    Best Lawyers in America™ (2017);Best Lawyers in Florida™ (2017);Lawyers of Distinction™ (2017);Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™ (2016-17Best Law Firms in South Florida™ [South Florida Legal Guide] (2016-17Past Chair: The Florida Bar Business Law Section;Past Chair: The Flor...

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  ABA - Intellectual Property Section

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Member

    • 2015 - Present
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Member of several Committees

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  ABA- Law Practice Division

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Member

    • 2013 - Present
    • Greater Chicago Area

    One of the best sources for cutting-edge information and professional resources related to core areas of marketing, management, technology, and finance for the business of law.

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  Steph Nagin

  • Entrepreneur

    • 2006 - Present

    I am a serial innovator. For many decades I have provided legal and strategic advice to businesses in multiple areas of commerce, nationwide. For examples, earlier in my career I worked on a major plant relocation project for Anheuser-Busch at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania,...

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  ABA - Business Law Section

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Member

    • 2012 - Present
    • Greater Chicago Area
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  Peretz Chesal & Herrmann, P.L.

  • United States
  • Law Practice
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Counsel

    • Jun 2011 - Jan 2019

    I handle patent infringement litigation, antitrust counseling and representation, and provide advice concerning general intellectual property matters. The firm itself, is by virtue of colleagues, very highly rated by U.S. News & World Report in its list of "Best Law Firms" in Florida for Copyright Law and Trademark Law, aside from my unique practice profile.

  • Counsel

    • Jun 2011 - Jan 2019

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  The Florida Bar - Business Law Section

  • Florida

  • Chair

    • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014
    • Florida

    I oversaw a fundamental transition, strategically aligning the Business Law Section to deal with multiple challenges during a time of great change and disruption in the practice of law. I established - for the first time - an Executive Team to split areas of primary oversight responsibilities an...

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  The Florida Bar - Business Law Section

  • Chair Elect

    • 2012 - 2013

    The process of grooming for transition from having chaired various substantive or service Committees of the Business Law Section to becoming chair of the Section transpires over a number of years. During that period a future Chair typically serves on the Legislation Committee to become familiar w...

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  Morgan Drexen, Inc.

  • Anaheim, California

  • President

    • Aug 2008 - Feb 2011
    • Anaheim, California

    I was recruited to serve as President and the Chief Legal Officer of this innovative enterprise-level software and outsourced services company, which had 170 employees serving 7 law firms. In two and a half years I built an Executive Team from scratch; spearheaded development of an in-house adver...

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  Basic Research

  • Salt Lake City, Utah

  • General Counsel and then Vice President

    • Jan 2001 - Jul 2008
    • Salt Lake City, Utah

    In January 2001 I was engaged to handle a FTC investigation of a small nutraceutical company in Provo, Utah. That company commenced selling cosmetics and by August 2002 I was requested to serve as outside General Counsel. The company developed a portfolio of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets,...

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  Nagin, Gallop & Figueredo, PA

  • Miami, Florida

  • Founding Partner and an Owner

    • Aug 1997 - Jul 2008
    • Miami, Florida

    I obtained Board Certification by The Florida Bar in both Antitrust & Trade Regulation as well as Intellectual Property, and I handled Patent Infringement Jury Trials, Antitrust & Trade Regulation Counseling and Trials [e,g., I won the nation’s first jury verdict in an antitrust case brou...

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  IFED

  • Nationwide

  • General Counsel

    • Jan 1984 - Mar 2006
    • Nationwide

    I established the legal basis for, wrote the by-laws for, and attended all Board of Directors and Shareholders Meetings, as well as handled litigation for the nation's first nation-wide buying cooperative in the food service equipment industry.

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  Allied Buying Corporation

  • Chicago, Illinois

  • General Counsel

    • Jan 1986 - Jan 2006
    • Chicago, Illinois

    I established the legal basis for, wrote the by-laws for, and attended all Board of Directors and Shareholders Meetings, as well as handled litigation for the nation's first nation-wide buying cooperative of independent food service equipment and supply dealers. The lines of commerce for this...

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  Prime Advantage

  • Chicago, Illinois

  • General Counsel

    • 1997 - 2002
    • Chicago, Illinois

    I was contacted by the founders to assist in providing a legal structure and to serve as General Counsel for what became the world's leading buying group in mid-market manufacturing. Its members are premier industrial manufacturing and food processing companies that purchase raw materials, co...

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  Litchford, Christopher, Nagin & Figueredo, ...

  • Miami, Florida

  • Partner

    • Apr 1997 - Aug 1997
    • Miami, Florida

    I joined the Orlando-based law firm of Litchford & Christopher, and helped set-up its Miami, office. During this time I tried and won a three-month patent infringement action to a jury in federal court, for a Division of American Greetings Corporation. By the fall of 1997, Louis Figueredo (an...

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  Hertzfeld & Rubin

  • Miami, Florida

  • Attorney & Member of the Executive Committee

    • 1994 - 1997
    • Miami, Florida

    I was recruited to join the Miami office of a New York law firm, where I specialized in the continued practice of antitrust and trade regulation law, and intellectual property law. I served as lead counsel on a patent infringement action (succeeding in that role a prominent New York firm speciali...

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  University of St. Thomas School of Law

  • Miami, Florida

  • Adjunct Professor of Law

    • Aug 1984 - Aug 1994
    • Miami, Florida

    I taught the antitrust and trade regulation law course, and the intellectual property course to juniors and seniors in the law school. I received among the highest rankings conferred by the independent American Bar Association Accreditation Committee, which is recognized by the United States Depa...

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  St. Thomas University School of Law

  • Miami, Florida

  • Adjunct Professor

    • 1984 - 1994
    • Miami, Florida

    I taught antitrust and trade regulation law with a very unique approach that was very popular with students in their Junior and Senior years. I also taught intellectual property law with an equal emphasis on all aspects of patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets, and ri...

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  Law Office of Stephen E. Nagin

  • Coral Gables, Florida

  • Proprietor

    • 1987 - 1990
    • Coral Gables, Florida

    This was a continuation of my nation-wide law practice, first as a sole proprietor then with several associate lawyers.

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  Ginsburg, Nagin, Rosin & Ginsburg, PA

  • Coral Gables, Florida

  • Partner

    • 1984 - 1987
    • Coral Gables, Florida

    Commenced practicing law with a former colleague from the Florida Attorney General's office and a former prosecutor for the State Attorney's Office in Miami. I continued building my national reputation in antitrust and trade regulation law. Frequently, on a local basis, I was referred civ...

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  The Florida Bar Journal

  • Tallahassee, Florida

  • Chair, Editorial Board

    • Jul 1982 - Jun 1983
    • Tallahassee, Florida

    I chaired the Editorial Board after serving on the Board for approximately 6 to 8 years as a member, served as Special Editor of several issues of this monthly magazine distributed to all members of The Florida Bar, and wrote numerous articles on antitrust and trade regulation law, or on law firm...

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  Rodman & Nagin, PA

  • Coral Gables, Florida

  • Partner

    • 1981 - 1983
    • Coral Gables, Florida

    I was recruited to be a partner in a firm that had a nationwide practice in antitrust and trade regulation law. My first antitrust case in private practice was in Reno, Nevada, as a referral from a law firm in that city. My second case was an antitrust action in Albuquerque, New Mexico [where I m...

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  United States Attorney's Office

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Attorney

    • 1980 - 1981
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    As a member of the FTC Bureau of Competition Training Committee I had participated in the National Institute of Trial Advocacy two-week training program in trial advocacy, the week-long training program at the Securities and Exchange Commission Bureau of Enforcement, and the week-long training pr...

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  Federal Trade Commission

  • United States
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Trial Attorney

    • Feb 1978 - Jul 1980

    As the FTC's then youngest trial lawyer, I successfully defended the Commissioners and the General Counsel's office in the FTC's first EEO matter. I participated in antitrust and consumer protection investigations, successfully negotiated settlement of an antitrust case that precluded use of restrictive covenants in shopping center leases, Rich’s, Inc., 1976 WL 180712 (F.T.C.), 87 F.T.C. 1372 (1976); solely authored the FTC’s Amicus Curiae Brief that supported the constitutionality of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, Department of Legal Affairs v. Rogers, 329 So.2d 257 (Fla. 1976); and served as an FTC liaison with National Association of Attorneys General. As an Attorney Advisor in the Office of Director of the Bureau of Competition I reviewed antitrust investigations and cases for over half of the FTC's regional offices (Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C.); participated in the Merger Screening Committee (which recommended investigating mergers, acquisitions, or joint ventures), and the Evaluation Committee (which recommended investigating, closing investigations, or pursuing actions against anticompetitive conduct or structure); responded to Congressional inquiries; served as liaison with the Bureau of Consumer Protection; served on the Bureau’s Training Committee (and was responsible for all legal education programs). For two and a half years, I successfully tried the FTC’s largest attempted monopolization and predatory pricing case (against ITT and ITT Continental Baking Co.), which had been in pre-trial discovery for 10 years. During the trial, I was lead counsel in multiple phases in selected markets around the nation. Working for the FTC was a hoot! I really earned my chops as an expert in antitrust law. I also gained career-long friendships with some of the finest antitrust lawyers in America.

  • Staff Attorney; Attorney-Advisor, Office of the Director, Bureau of Competition

    • Apr 1975 - Feb 1978

    I wrote the FTC's amicus curiae brief and represented the Commission before the Florida Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of the Florida Unfair and Deceptive Practices Act; settled an antitrust case against a major department store chain precluding inclusion of anticompetitive provisions in shopping center leases [In The Matter of Rich’s, Inc., 1976 WL 180712 (F.T.C.), 87 F.T.C. 1372 (1976)]; successfully defended the Commission and the General Counsel's Office in the first adjudicated EEO complaint; served as liaison with the Florida Attorney General's Office; served as FTC representative to the National Organization of Attorneys General; served as Attorney Adviser in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Competition, with responsibilities for reviewing antitrust investigations and litigation matters from FTC offices in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C.; served on the Bureau's case Evaluation Committee and its Merger Screening Committee; received intensive training and experience in all areas of antitrust law.

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  Florida Attorney General's Office

  • Miami, Florida

  • Certified Legal Intern, then Assistant Attorney General

    • 1973 - 1975
    • Miami, Florida

    I conducted the preliminary legal research concerning the consumer protection powers of the FTC (to which the new Florida Statute gave great weight and deference, then tried the first adjudicated action under Florida's new Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. I then was recruited by the ...

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  Mike Sloan Advertising

  • Miami, Florida

  • Account Executive

    • 1970 - 1970
    • Miami, Florida

    I was recruited by a phenomenal advertising agency that - during the year I was there - won a national CLEO award (one of the few advertising agencies outside New York City to do so), and more local ADDY awards than any other advertising agency in Miami. [The ADDY Awards were founded in Florida i...

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  Florida Memorial University

  • Miami, Florida

  • Adjunct Professor

    • 1969 - 1969
    • Miami, Florida

    As my first job after graduating from college, I taught marketing at a college predominantly populated by minority students. I learned that I loved to teach; and that to have a memorable impact on students requires significant engagement; a confluent, confident understanding of all aspects of the...