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Peter Antonacci

 
Attorney - GrayRobinson PA
 
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Company Name : GrayRobinson PA
 
Company Website : www.gray-robinson.com
 
Company Address : 401 E. Las Olas Blvd.
Ste. 1850, Fort Lauderdale, FL,
United States,
 
Peter Antonacci Profile :
Attorney - GrayRobinson PA
 
Peter Antonacci Biography :

BACKGROUND: Pete was raised in Hialeah, Florida and received a B.S. in 1970, an M.S. in Health Planning in 1973, and a J.D. in 1979 from Florida State University. He was a public school teacher in Newton, Georgia; a health planner for the Health Planning Council of South Florida; while in law school, interned with the Tourism and Economic Development Committee of the Florida House of Representatives, and clerked for a Circuit Judge. EXPERIENCE: Pete began his legal career with the State of Florida in Tallahassee as a prosecutor in 1979. Over the next eight years, he tried numerous cases before juries in north Florida, was appointed Special Assistant United States Attorney and was appointed by the Governor as a specially assigned prosecutor throughout the State. During this period, Pete served on the Supreme Court's Rules of Criminal Procedure Committee and chaired the Forfeiture Law Committee of the Florida Bar. In 1988, Pete was appointed Florida's Statewide Prosecutor. Over the next three years, he focused the newly created Office of Statewide Prosecution on complex white collar crimes including securities fraud, ponzi schemes, insurance fraud and pyramid marketing schemes. Under Pete's leadership, Florida was the only state to successfully extradite Columbian Nationals to face drug smuggling charges in a state court. From 1991 to 1997 Pete served under Attorney General Bob Butterworth as Deputy Attorney General of Florida. In that role, he directed and supervised over 300 lawyers and implemented the Attorney General's Cabinet, Legislative and other policy initiatives. Florida's Attorney General represents virtually every state agency in their day-to-day litigation. Pete also managed and coordinated major state litigation involving, among other things, state lands, antitrust and economic crime matters, health care fraud, elections litigation, and tobacco. He was responsible for coordinating the State's legal representation with the Governor's Office, the Florida Legislature, and Cabinet officers. In 1987 and 2004, Pete represented Governors Graham and Bush respectively, as special prosecuting counsel in the Senate impeachment trials of Supervisors of Elections. From 2001-2005 Pete served on the Commission on Ethics. In 2005, Governor Bush appointed Pete to the Second Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission. In 2006, Governor Bush appointed Pete to the Governing Board of the Northwest Florida Water Management District. Pete joined the firm in 2000 and concentrates his practice in the areas of white collar defense, governmental lobbying, civil litigation, and administrative law. Significant reported cases include: Major League Baseball v. Crist, 331 F.3d 1177, 2003-1 Trade Cases P 74,039, 16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. C652 (11th Cir. (Fla.), May 27, 2003 (NO. 02-10333); The Justice Coalition v. The First Dist. Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Com'n, 823 So. 2d 185, 27 Fla. L. Weekly D1645 (Fla. App. 1 Dist., Jul 16, 2002) (NO. 1D01-3484); Florida ex rel. Crist v. HCA, Inc., 2002 WL 32116840, 2003-1 Trade Cases P 74,027 (M.D. Fla., Apr 23, 2002) (NO. 2:03CV177FTM29DNF); In re Advisory Opinion to Atty. Gen. re Authorization for County Voters to Approve or Disapprove Slot Machines Within Existing Pari-Mutuel Facilities, 813 So. 2d 98, 27 Fla. L. Weekly S243 (Fla., Mar 14, 2002) (NO. SC01-1000); and Advance America v. State, Office of Atty. Gen., Dept. of Legal Affairs, 801 So. 2d 310, 26 Fla. L. Weekly D2967 (Fla. App. 1 Dist., Dec 17, 2001) (No. 1D01-345). EDUCATION: Florida State University, B.S. (1970) Florida State University, M.S. (Health Planning, 1973) Florida State University, J.D. (1979) PROFESSIONAL: The Florida Bar Tallahassee Bar U.S. Supreme Court Bar Admitted to practice in the Northern and Middle District Courts of Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court.

 
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