Attorneys

Sam J. Salario, Jr.

Shareholder
Tampa

ph : 813.229.4337
fax : 813.229.4133

Practice Experience

  • Mr. Salario has a broad securities litigation and complex commercial litigation practice. He has represented clients in:
    • Securities class actions against investment banks, broker-dealers, issuers, officers and directors.
    • Fiduciary duty class actions involving mergers and acquisitions and other change in control transactions
    • Shareholders’ derivative litigation
    • SEC, FINRA, and State inquiries and investigations
    • Corporate internal investigations and special committee issues
    • Other complex commercial matters in federal and state court, as well as in arbitration and mediation.
  • Mr. Salario’s clients have included:
    • Investment banking and brokerage firms
    • Financial institutions and banks
    • Private equity and venture capital firms
    • Publicly and privately held corporations
    • Officers, directors and shareholders

Professional and Civic Activities

  • The Florida Bar
    Statewide Advertising Grievance Committee
  • American Bar Association
    Litigation Section, Securities Litigation Committee
    Public Offering Litigation Subcommittee, Co-Chair (2003-present)
  • The Federalist Society

Professional Recognition

  • AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Listed in Florida Trend magazine's 2008 Florida Legal Elite

BAR ADMISSIONS

  • Florida

COURT ADMISSIONS

  • Florida State Courts
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska

Background

  • The Honorable Wm. Terrell Hodges, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
    Law Clerk (1996-1998)
  • Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Securities Practice Group (Washington, D.C.)
    Counsel (2000-2002)

Education

  • The University of Florida (J.D., with high honors, 1995)
    Florida Law Review
    Order of the Coif
  • American University (B.A., Philosophy and Political Science, 1992)


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