Additional Practice Areas:
•   Commercial litigation, including contract, non-compete, banking, and real 
    estate litigation
•   Bankruptcy adversary litigation
•   Appellate litigation

Jason H. Baruch is an attorney in the Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights & Insolvency Groups. His practice involves a variety of commercial and complex federal and state litigation. 

Representative Trial Experience:
•   Obtained defense verdict, and award of legal expenses, for radiology practice in 
    multi-million dollar shareholder and non-compete litigation
•   Obtained plaintiff’s verdict in action to recover on contract and lien
•   Obtained defense verdict for publisher in commissions lawsuit by former 
    employee
•   Obtained plaintiff’s verdict in damages action under contract secured by 
    mortgage
•   Represented securities broker in trial regarding FINRA and securities issues, 
    resulting in no liability for broker 
•   Defended medical practice in multi-million dollar contract and lease dispute, 
    resulting in successful verdict at arbitration
•   Defended medical device company in patent action in federal court injunction 
    proceeding and damages claims, resulting in denial of injunction and favorable 
    settlement
•   Represented plaintiff in intellectual property misappropriation case and 
    obtained injunction against Defendants ordering compliance with commercial 
    confidentiality agreement
•   Defended surgery center and obtained a final summary judgment on all counts 
    on claims alleging failure to submit patient bills to insurance company

Representative Appellate Experience:
•   Obtained appellate reversal for telecommunications company in federal court 
    litigation involving contract and fraudulent transfer
•   Prevailed in appeal for fuel company in District Court of Appeal involving 
    contract dispute
•   Prevailed in appeal for real estate business in federal appeal in action 
    involving contract and usury claims
•   Prevailed in appeal before 11th Circuit Court of Appeal, on contract claims 
    and settlement agreements
•   Prevailed in appeal before 7th Circuit Court of Appeal on contract claims and 
    federal arbitration issues

Education:
•   University of Florida College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude), 2004
      – Florida Law Review, editor
•   University of Florida, 2000
      – Phi Beta Kappa

Bar and Court Admissions:
•   Florida
•   U.S. District Courts, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida
•   U.S. Court of Appeals for Second, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits

Honors & Distinctions:
•   AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale Hubbell
•   Florida Trend Legal Elite Up & Comer 2012
•   Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star 2009

Presentations and Publications:
•   Co-Author, “Willis & Baruch’s Florida Rules Decisions Reporter” 
    (floridacivpro.com/reporter/)
•   Quoted in “Problems with ‘Exploding Chicken’ sculpture come home 
    to roost,” St. Petersburg Times, July 7, 2010
•   Course Instructor, Florida Civil Procedure, University of Miami Paralegal 
    Curriculum (2007-08)
•   Florida Law Review, Case Note (2003), Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, 
    535 U.S. 234

Professional Involvement:
•   The Florida Bar
•   Hillsborough County Bar Association
•   American Bar Association, Litigation Section
•   Federal Bar Association

Community Involvement:
•  Davis Island Yacht Club