Nancy J. Faggianelli
Shareholder
Tampa
ph : 813.229.4321
fax : 813.229.4133
Practice Experience
- Nancy Faggianelli represents business clients in class actions and complex litigation in state and federal courts, and has substantial experience defending and prosecuting a wide variety of claims, including:
- misappropriation of trade secrets
- infringement of intellectual property rights
- professional liability
- securities fraud
- contractual disputes
- non-competition agreements
- intentional tort claims against workers’ compensation carriers
- business torts
- Ms. Faggianelli has tried cases in the areas of breach contract, infringement of intellectual property rights, defamation, employment discrimination, and products liability, and she has won injunctions in cases involving intellectual property rights, non-competition agreements, and tortuous interference with business relationships.
- She also has extensive experience in products liability cases, having tried two smoking and health cases for a major tobacco company, one of which was featured as the “Verdict of the Week” in the National Law Journal.
- Ms. Faggianelli is a member of the Firm’s Board of Directors and Co-Chair of the Firm's Diversity Committee.
Professional and Civic Activities
- The American Bar Association
Litigation Section
Minority Trial Lawyer Committee - The Florida Bar
Civil Procedure Rules Committee (Electronic Discovery Subcommittee, and Chair of Subcommittee on Rule 1.351)
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee (Chair, 1998-1999, 2005-2006)
Business Law Section (Business Litigation Committee) - Master, Ferguson-White American Inn of Court (1999-2003)
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers (Treasurer, 2001-2002)
- Equality Florida
- Florida Red & Blue
Professional Recognition
COURT ADMISSIONS
- Florida
- U.S. District Courts for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- University of Florida College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1982)
Editor, Florida Law Review
Order of the Coif - University of Florida (B.A., 1976)