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Paul Platte
Attorney at Law
Paul Platte represents private clients in various civil matters, including timeshare litigation, construction and commercial litigation, personal injury, international transactions and asset protection, immigration, and employment. Paul is proficient in Spanish and his extensive practice includes the United States Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dubai, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic which draws on his legal, business and cultural skills. His clients include local and international insurance companies and financial institutions, individuals, and private and public corporations.
Bar Admissions
Florida Bar
South Carolina Bar
United States Virgin Islands Bar, inactive
New Mexico Bar, inactive
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
United States District Court, South Carolina
Education
University of Florida, Juris Doctor, 1979
Dean’s Lists
Book Award International Law
Trial Advocacy
Civil Procedure
Evidence
University of Iowa, BBA, 1976
Economics Major with High Honors
Legal Work History
Paul Platte PA, Clearwater, FL; Myrtle Beach, SC
Construction defect, timeshare, and master deed cases
Business contracts in Central and South America, Africa, Dubai, Middle East
Commercial Litigation
Labor, Employment, Discrimination, and Civil Rights Litigation
Immigration, fluent in Spanish
Rogers Townsend Thomas, Columbia, SC
Construction defect, timeshare, and master deed cases
Business contracts in Central and South America, Africa, Dubai, Middle East
Commercial Litigation
Labor, Employment, Discrimination, and Civil Rights Litigation
Immigration, fluent in Spanish
Sinkler Boyd, Columbia, SC
Business contracts in Central and South America, Africa, Dubai, Middle East
Commercial Litigation
Labor, Employment, Discrimination, and Civil Rights Litigation
Immigration, fluent in Spanish
Quarles & Brady, West Palm Beach, FL
Business contracts in Central and South America, Africa, Dubai, Middle East
Commercial Litigation
Labor, Employment, Discrimination, and Civil Rights Litigation
Immigration, fluent in Spanish
Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody, & Cole, Miami, FL
International shipping, finance, and business contracts
Commercial litigation
Labor and Employment, Discrimination, and Civil Rights Litigation
Fisher & Phillips, Atlanta, GA; Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Labor and Employment, Discrimination, and Civil Rights Litigation
Hogg, Allen, Ryce, Norton, & Blue, Miami, FL; Tampa, FL
Labor and Employment, Discrimination, and Civil Rights Litigation
Law Office of Rodney Smith, Gainesville, FL
Law Clerk while in law school
Union Representation
Discrimination and Civil Rights Litigation
Clearwater Federal Savings and Loan, Clearwater, FL
Real Estate Management
Rogers Townsend Thomas and Paul Platte PA
Timeshare Litigation
Other Advocacy Experience
Buckley School of Public Speaking
President, Buckley School of Public Speaking International Forensic Debate Society
International debates in Spain, Mexico, United States
Teaching History
Palm Beach Community College, West Palm Beach, FL
Adjunct Law Professor
Speaking Seminars Florida and South Carolina Bar
Labor and Employment
Discrimination and Civil Rights
Publications
“Employment Discrimination Causes of Action: Alternatives to Title VII”, Florida Bar Journal, Volume LVII, No. 9
Employer Guide to Labor Laws, 1999
Four Novels
Eleemosynary Work
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Board of Directors, Florida-Georgia District, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Board of Directors Hope Lutheran Church, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Board of Directors Our Savior Lutheran Church, Plantation, FL
Board of Directors, Lutheran High School of South Florida, Davie, FL
Writing Samples
Complains
Ford v. KPMG, et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Sands Beach Club, State Court, South Carolina
Gause v. City of Marion, U.S. District Court, South Carolina District
Federal Court Brief
Ford v. KPMG, et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Reported Cases
Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc., v. Ocean Walk Resort Condominium Association, Inc., Case No. 5D11-2611 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012)
Whitehead v. Sparrow Enterprise, Inc., Supreme Court of North Carolina / July 29, 2005 / 618 S.E 2d 240 / 2005 WI.2051307
Brown v. Cullison, District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. / June 15, 1994 / 638 S0 2d 1007 / 1994 WL 261449
Dove Data Producers, Inc. v. Norman, United States District Court D South Carolina, Florence Division. / July 2009
Gentry Technology of S.C., Inc. v. Baptist Health South Florida, Inc., United States District Court D South Carolina, Alken Division / October 04.2012
Bertrand v. Cordiner Enterprises, Inc., Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John / June 24, 2011
Kogot v. L.L.J., Inc., United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Gainesville Division / March 01. 2005
Brumer v. HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc., District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. November 29, 1995 / 662 So. 2d 1385 / 1995 WL 699825
Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc. v. Ocean Walk Resort Condominium Ass’n, Inc., District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. May 04, 2012 / 86 So 2d 1385 / 1995 WL 699825
Pope v. Hadwin-White Buick GMC-Trucks, Inc., United States Court, D. South Carolina, Florence Division. / February 28, 2006
Gentry Technology of South Carolina., Inc. v. Baptist Health South Florida, Inc., United States District Court D South Carolina, Alken Division / May 21, 2014
Kogot v. L.L.J., Inc., United States District Court, N.D Georgia, Gainesville Division / March 08, 2005
Kogot v. L.L.J., Inc., United States District Court, N.D Georgia, Gainesville Division / March 10, 2005
Barron v. Labor Finders of South Carolina, Court of Appeal of South Carolina. / May 28 2009 / 384 S.C. 21 682 S.E 2d 271
Dove Data Products, Inc. v. Murray, United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Florence Division / February 23, 2006.
Capps v. Bristol Bar and Grill, Inc., United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky at Louisville. / March 29. 2012
Gallagher v. Van Lott, Inc., United States District, D. South Carolina, Greenville Division. / November 09, 2006
Loveland v. CSX Transp., Inc., District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. / August 19, 1993 / 622 So2d 1120 1993 WL 302620
Gentry Technology of South Carolina., Inc. v. Baptist Health South Florida, Inc., United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Aiken Division / March 13, 2012
Enrietto v. Rogers Townsend & Thomas PC, Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, August 29, 2007 / 2007 WL 4901075 / 49 VI. 311
Bertrand v. Cordiner Enterprises, Inc., Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John / November 15, 2013 / 2013 WL 6122388
Gallagher v. Van Lott, Inc., United States District, D. South Carolina, Greenville Division. / November 22, 2006 / S0p Copy / 2006 WL 8445451
Betrand v. Mystic Granite and Marble, Inc., Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands. October 27, 2015 / 2015 WL 6470866
Kogot v. L.L.J., Inc., United States District Court, N.D Georgia, Gainesville Division / February 07, 2005
Whitehead v. Sparrow Enterprise, Inc., Court of Appeal of North Carolina. December 07, 2004
In re Enquivest St. Thomas, Inc., Unites States Bankruptcy Court, D, Virgin Islands, Division of St. John / November 01, 2010
Dove Data Products, Inc. v. DeVeaux, Court of Appeal of South Carolina. / March 24, 2008 / Not reported in S.E 2d / 2008 WL 9841167
Dove Data Products, Inc. v. Murray, United States District Court, South Carolina, Florence Division. / April 30, 2007 / Slip Copy / 2007 WL 9735256
Kogut v. L.L.J., Inc., United States District Court, N.D Georgia, Gainesville Division / July 29, 2005
Bertrand v. Cordiner Enterprises, Inc., Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John. / June 24, 2011 / 2011 WL 3046521
Gipson v. Headwaters Resources, Inc., United States District Court, E.D, Arkansas, Pine Bluff Division, / November 03, 2008
Dove Data Products, Inc. v. Murray, United States District Court, South Carolina, Florence Division. / May 26, 2006 / Slip Copy / 2006 WL 8443749
Bertrand v. Cordiner Enterprises, Inc., Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John. / June 02, 2010 / 2010 WL 2507305
Island Tile and Marble, LLC v. Bertrand, Supreme Court of Virgin Islands, / November 07, 2012 / WL 5499863 / 57 VI 596