Turkel Cuva Barrios P.A.

Managing Partner: Anthony Severino

Senior Partner: Ken Turkel, Anthony Cuva & Brad Barrios

Number of Partners:6

Number of other fee earners:7

Home Office: 100 N. Tampa St. Suite 1900, Tampa, Fl. 33602

Website:TCB-Law.com

Phone:813-834-9191

The firms business is to learn our clients' business. While the lawyers have specialties in business litigation and maritime law, they are predominantly trial lawyers who have represented companies in many different industries and individuals from all walks of life.

Business Litigation-the business litigation lawyers represent clients in a broad range of business disputes, from high-stakes, complex, “bet the company litigation” to contentious disputes among members of closely held companies. Their clients include large, publicly traded corporations, medium-size regional businesses, small business owners and entrepreneurs. No matter the case, they work closely with their clients to understand their business goals and needs and develop a litigation strategy with those goals and needs in mind. Whether that means attempting to negotiate a quick resolution or litigating the matter through trial, the attorneys are dedicated to pursuing the path that best serves the client’s interests. Their lawyers have years of experience litigating and trying business cases before judges, juries, and in arbitration. They have litigated and tried cases in state and federal courts throughout Florida, and have deep-rooted connections to the business, legal, and judicial communities in which they live and work. The team is comprised of true trial lawyers who understand the strategy, complexities, and nuance of trial critical to developing a trial strategy that best positions the cases for success.

Areas of Experience:

• Breach of Contract
• Shareholder Disputes
• Class action lawsuits
• Business Torts
• Restrictive Covenants
• Trial Practice
• Securities and Financial Services Litigation
• Raiding Litigation

Admiralty & Maritime Litigation-the maritime attorneys have comprehensive experience in all aspects of the unique field of maritime law. The firm maintains an international client base that spans the entire spectrum of the shipping, maritime, transportation, and marine insurance industries. The firm’s practice includes representing shipowners in lawsuits filed by Jones Act and longshore workers, representing owners of all types and sizes of vessels regarding personal injury claims brought by seamen under the Jones Act, and General Maritime Law. In addition, the firm represents clients in litigation arising from scuba diving, recreational boating accidents, and jet-ski operation. The firm has been engaged in numerous maritime casualty investigations, including work plan accidents, oil pollution, and collisions. They have experience in environmental, regulatory, and government-related issues, as well as maritime security and historical shipwreck recovery.

The firm is regularly engaged in matters involving cargo damage claims, hull and collision disputes, groundings, dock and pier damage, salvage, General Average, maritime liens, Limitation of Liability actions, and vessel arrests. The attorneys also assist vessel interests with regulatory and agency issues, including appearances before the U.S. Coast Guard and the Florida State Board of Pilot Commissioners. The firm’s maritime clients include domestic and foreign shipowners, marine underwriters, and a variety of local maritime interests, including pier owners, ship repairers, stevedoring companies, steamship agents, and ship suppliers. The firm’s maritime lawyers also litigate charter party, insurance coverage, and commercial disputes in a variety of arbitration and alternative dispute resolution settings.

Areas of Experience:

• Admiralty & Maritime Litigation
• Admiralty & Maritime Transactions

Sports Entertainment-the firm's sports and entertainment practice represents a wide range of clients in matters relating to professional and amateur sports, including individual teams, sports facilities, athletic associations, athletes, and sponsors. The firm also represents artists and entertainment industry professionals, including creators, rights holders, licensors, individual talent, and iconic celebrities. They understand the nuances of sports and entertainment disputes, particularly the enhanced publicity those disputes may create. In that respect, they have partnered with marketing and public relations firms to manage the media side of such disputes when necessary. The firm has a substantial background in representing professional athletes – including baseball players, football players, soccer players, and Olympic athletes – in negotiating, reviewing, and preparing endorsement and licensing agreements, as well as their player contracts. They have attorneys with certified player agent licenses from the MLBPA and NFLPA, as well as appropriate state licenses. As sports law and entertainment law continue to merge into one broader industry, TCBG offers its litigation expertise to clients who are in this dynamic and constantly evolving profession. They understand the way the industry works and closely collaborate across practice groups to offer integrated and comprehensive advice.

Areas of Experience:

• Athlete representations
• Media rights representations
• Sponsorship transactions
• Strategic joint ventures
• Arbitrations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other Olympic movement international and U.S. governing bodies
• Arbitrations arising pursuant to dispute resolution provisions in professional sports contracts
• Litigation of sports disputes in U.S. federal and state courts
• Antitrust representation
• Collective bargaining and other labor matters
• Crisis management
• Intellectual property and licensing

Intellectual Property-The firm litigates intellectual property cases in federal and state court. As plaintiffs, the clients have obtained preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, in addition to damages and favorable settlements. As defendants, the clients have defeated claims for injunctive relief and damages and have maintained their competitive places in the market. The firm attorneys have experience litigating and advising on trademark, copyright, trade secret, and patent matters. They also regularly litigate internet and advertising cases and often share risk with the clients through contingency arrangements on intellectual property infringement cases.

Areas of Experience:

• Trademark
• Copyright
• Trade Secret
• Unfair Competition
• Domain Name Disputes
• Rights of Publicity
• Advertising and Marketing Litigation

Reputation, Privacy and 1st Amendment Litigation-The firm’s seasoned trial attorneys prosecute privacy, reputation, and intellectual property rights against media organizations and other infringers. They represent celebrities, professional athletes, and corporate and business clients in lawsuits to protect their privacy and publicity rights, intellectual property, reputations, and goodwill against invasion, infringement, defamation and other violations. This includes the protection of confidential information, trade secrets and corporate reputations, and brands. The firm has also worked with some of the most prestigious and well-recognized media and entertainment lawyers across the country in several high-profile cases. The firm's lawyers have developed a reputation as some of the preeminent reputation and defamation trial attorneys in the country.

Areas of Experience:

• Defamation
• Libel
• Slander
• Invasion of Privacy
• Intrusion Upon Seclusion
• Internet/Online Harassment
• Civil Rights
• Rights of Publicity
• Commercial Misappropriation
• False Advertising
• Anti-Slapp

Equine Law-You can microchip a horse, but you can’t microchip a contract. Sales, syndications, boarding, breeding—each hides liabilities that only surface when money or performance is on the line. Turkel Cuva Barrios, withtop-rated equine attorney Kimbrell Hines, tackles those liabilities at the draft table and, if needed, before a jury. Horses may be “property” on paper, but in real life they behave like volatile business partners—valuable, fragile, and constantly in motion. That’s why equine law spans far more than simple sales contracts. It pulls in fraud statutes, lien laws, activity‑liability shields, show‑governance rules, transport regulations, employment codes, and zoning ordinances.

Areas of Expertise:

• Sales & Lease Fraud/Nondisclosure
• Co-ownership, Syndications & Investment Structures
• Boarding, Training, & Care Disputes
• Injury & Negligence Claims at Barns and Shows
• USEF/FEI Medication & Eligibility Violations
• Insurance Coverage Battles
• Transport, Import/Export & Health Compliance
• Employment & Labor Issues in the Barn
• Breeding, Semen & Registration Conflicts
• Zoning, Land use & Environmental Compliance

Financial Services-The firm advises and represents clients in a wide variety of adversarial matters. They represent broker-dealers and clearing firms and their associated persons in FINRA arbitrations and related court proceedings. Registered investment advisers engage the firm in arbitration matters in AAA, FINRA, and other arbitration forums, and in court. Firm engagements include customer arbitrations and industry disputes on behalf of both firms and individuals. The lawyers have appeared in hundreds of such proceedings and have tried more than one hundred to conclusion. The decades of experience provide a perspective and degree of judgment that clients value in guiding them through difficult disputes. Along the way, the firm has amassed a substantial body of legal research across many jurisdictions, updated continuously, that allows them to respond quickly and efficiently to claims of every sort. Their lawyers have litigated claims involving just about every type of securities product and rarely see claims or theories with which they are not already familiar. The attorneys also have considerable experience handling intra-industry disputes, clearing disputes, compensation disputes, and broker transition cases. They also regularly represent insurance companies and their brokers and agents in defense of sales practices claims.

Areas of Experience:

• Securities and Financial Services Litigation
• Non-compete & Raiding Litigation
• Partnership Disputes
• Class Action Litigation

Mediation-When the stakes are high but a courtroom isn’t the smartest arena, mediation can deliver results that are quicker, quieter, and fully tailored to your business goals. TCBG is a trial firm and our mediation practice blends hard‑won litigation insight with the creativity and control that only a negotiated resolution can offer. Mediation is a confidential, nonbinding negotiation led by a neutral third party. The mediator doesn’t decide the case; the parties do. That neutrality and confidentiality let businesses and individuals test settlement ranges, float creative options, and speak candidly without handing ammunition to an opponent in court. What mediation isn’t: It’s not a mini‑trial. There is no judge, no jury, and no formal evidence ruling. It’s also not therapy; emotions matter in conflict, but the goal is a deal that withstands scrutiny. Finally, mediation isn’t surrender. Used strategically, it’s a pressure valve that can end a dispute on your terms—sometimes even strengthening relationships instead of burning them down.

Areas of Experience:

• All Civil Disputes
• Admiralty & Maritime Disputes