Gerald J. Houlihan

I am a trial lawyer.  I have more than fifty years of experience in complex commercial civil litigation and my track record demonstrates success, reliability and cost effectiveness.  I diligently work with my clients to develop the most appropriate legal strategy for their case.  In my experience, the most effective manner to successfully conclude litigation is to be willing, and able, to try the case in court.  This attitude promotes early and beneficial settlements.  In my career, I have been lead counsel in more than 95 jury trials and briefed and argued more than 85 appeals. My clients have included business individuals, corporations, pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions and insurance companies. My experience in business litigation enhances my ability to provide the most effective legal representation in complex cases.

1995 - Present   Shareholder, HOULIHAN & PARTNERS, P.A.
Miami, Florida

1991 - 1995        Shareholder, GREENBERG, TRAURIG, HOFFMAN, ET AL., P.A.
                                    Miami, Florida

1985 - 1991        Equity Partner, STEEL HECTOR & DAVIS
                                    Miami, Florida

1982 - 1985        Chief Assistant United States Attorney,Southern District of Florida
Appointment by U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese.

1981 - 1982        Senior Litigation Counsel
Special appointment by U.S. Attorney General, William French Smith

1972 - 1981        Assistant United States Attorney, (W.D.N.Y.)
Assistant in Charge, Rochester Office (1977-1981) 
Appointment by U.S. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst. 

1968 - 1972        Associate, HARRIS, BEACH, KEATING, DALE AND LINOWITZ,
Rochester, New York

PROFESSIONAL:
The Florida Bar - 1985
New York Bar    - 1968

                           U.S. District Courts [All Florida and New York]

U.S. Courts of Appeal [2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, DC and Federal Circuit]
                           United States Supreme Court

 

Associations:
 The Florida Bar, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association, South Florida Chapter, President, 1992-93; Board Member 1988-2015; Marquis Who's Who in America; Wong Sun Society, Recipient: Order of St. Aloysius (1996); Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates

EDUCATION:  Syracuse University College of Law, J.D. (1968)
Order of the Coif; Justinian Honor Society; Senior Editor, Syracuse Law Review; President, Student Bar Association; Belle L. Landry Scholar (1965-68); Staff Editor, Survey of New York Law (1966-68); Faculty Research Assistant (1965-1968)

University of Notre Dame, B.S. (1965)