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450 Alton Road, Unit 2202 Miami BeachHOME ADDRESS:
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FLorida 33139
State Zip Code
3059753976 3056727495PHONE:
Home Work
aresnick@thefirmmiami.com
Email Address
Miami
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100 Biscayne Blvd
City
Florida
State
33132
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Law Offices of Aaron Resnick Position:Business Name:Attorney
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Graduate of Leadership Miami; AV Preeminent rated attorney; "Shining Star" Award from Arts & Business Council of Miami, Inc.
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Aaron Resnick, Esq.
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1995-1997
with Honors.
Universite de Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 1997
with High Honors.
B.A., Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1990-1994
Aaron Resnick, Esq. is a graduate of Leadership Miami and an AV Preeminent rated attorney by Martindale-
Hubllel, which is its highest possible rating for both ethical standards and legal ability. Professionally, Mr.
Resnick is an attorney, who honed his craft at one of Florida's oldest and most prestigious firms, Gunster
Yoakley, before starting his own boutique law firm in 2005 with offices now in Miami, Boca Raton, and
New York City (as well as satellite offices in Gainesville and Jacksonville). Mr. Resnick received his Bachelor
of Arts in Political Science with honors from Emory University and a Juris Doctor with honors from the
University of Florida. Mr. Resnick is admitted to all of the state and federal courts in Florida and the United
States Supreme Court.
In 2019, Lawyer International Legal 100 named the Law Offices of Aaron Resnick, P.A. the “Best
Commercial Litigation Law Boutique – Florida.” In 2018, Acquisition International Magazine announced
that Aaron Resnick, Esq. was a winner of the 2018 Leading Advisor Awards and named the Best
"Commercial Litigator"" for Florida. His firm was name the Best Commercial Litigation Boutique by
Corporate USA Today for 2018. Mr. Resnick has been recognized by Florida Trend magazine as one of
its Florida Legal Elite™ and Super Lawyers Magazine has named Mr. Resnick a Florida Super Lawyer.
Corporate America also named the Law Offices of Aaron Resnick, P.A. as the “Best Sports &
Entertainment Law Firm – Florida”. Mr. Resnick is on the board of directors for the Miami Beach Bar
Association, and is a member of the Dade County Bar Association where he serves on a number of
committees as well as the American Bar Association. He is also on the Miami Beach Chamber of
Commerce's Law Council. He was elected three times to serve as a member of the Board of Directors
of the Dade County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section and has served as a committee chair for the
American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, an organization which recognized him as the American
Bar Association Young Lawyers Division's Star of the Quarter. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and South
Florida Business Journal have both previously recognized him as one of the Top 40 under 40 professionals
in South Florida. Mr. Resnick also received the Film, Recording and Entertainment Council –Entertainment
Law Award.
Mr. Resnick was awarded the “Shining Star” Award by the Arts & Business Council of Miami, Inc. This
award each year honors the top Miami business professional supporting the arts and cultural community.
Mr. Resnick co-founded the Little Lighthouse Foundation, www.littlelighthouse.org, which is a South
Florida based charity that seeks, identifies and provides support to children and their families with health,
educational, and financial challenges, and serves on its board of directors. Mr. Resnick was the founding
chairperson of the Friends of the New World Symphony, and now serves permanently on its Executive
Committee. He also sat on the Board of Directors for the Miami Design Preservation League for over 10
years. He has served on the executive committee for numerous young patron groups in South Florida
including, but not limited to: Best Buddies of South Florida, Big Brothers Big Sister's Impact Circle, Art
Crowd of the Bass Museum, the Green Room Society for the Center for Performing Arts, the Tropees
of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, the Jewish Legal Society of Miami, and the MOCA Shakers
amongst others. He was a Regional Board Member of the Maccabi World Union and a member of the Ben
Gurion Society of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation.
Currently, he is a Benefactor of the Bass Museum, a founding member and Patron of the Perez Art Museum
and a Donor Circle member of ICA Miami.
Mr. Resnick's law practice concentrates on business and commercial matters, focusing on litigation, real
estate and real estate litigation. His current practice also includes the personal representation of a number
of current and former professional athletes in the National Football League, the National Basketball League
and Major League Baseball, as well as members of the arts, fashion and entertainment world.
PRACTICE AREAS
• Business and Commercial Litigation
• Business Law
• Real Estate and Real Estate Litigation
• Sports and Entertainment Law/Art Law
PROFESSIONAL & BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
• State of Florida
• United States Supreme Court
• United States District Court for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
• United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
• Florida Bar – Member Business Law Committee and Sports & Entertainment Law Committee
• Miami Beach Bar Association – Member of Board of Directors
• American Bar Association – Member Business Law Committee
• Dade County Bar Association
• Member of the Law Council of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce
• Member of the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce The Inter-American Chapter
• Member of the India-US Chamber of Commerce South Florida
• Member of the America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Florida Chapter
• Member of the Florida China Chamber of Commerce
• Member of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce Southeast
• Member of the Panamanian American Chamber of Commerce
• Member of the Columbian American Chamber of Commerce
• Member of Canadian American Chamber of Commerce of South Florida
• Past Member of the banking committee for the Asian American Hotel Owner's Association