Elizabeth A DeConti

Practice Areas

Alcohol Beverage

Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Food Law

Hospitality

International

Litigation

Residential, Resort and Club

Restaurant

Professional Memberships

The Florida Bar

The Connecticut Bar

American Bar Association

Federal Bar Association

Hillsborough County Bar Association

Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys

Women of the Vine and Spirits

Experience

Elizabeth is a shareholder in the Alcohol Beverage and Food Department of GrayRobinson. She has a multi-dimensional, industry-focused practice concentrating on litigation, compliance, marketing, and management of large-scale licensing projects. Elizabeth represents clients before the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Tax and Trade Bureau, and state-level alcohol beverage agencies. Her clients include suppliers of malt beverages, wine, distilled spirits, and retailers of alcohol beverages, including grocery stores, hotels, restaurants, and third-party companies serving the alcohol beverage industry. She has industry-related litigation experience in complex commercial litigation, dram shop, trademark, franchise rights, and excise tax. She also maintains an advertising and promotions practice addressing trade practices and regulatory compliance matters, including the development of loyalty programs, websites, smartphone applications, and other e-commerce mechanisms. Elizabeth is fluent in Italian and French and advises European clients on international and domestic matters. Her international experience has included negotiating, selling, and purchasing Italian wineries, liaising with Italian law firms on litigation matters pending in Italy and the United States, representing several German breweries, and advising and counseling foreign entities seeking to export products from Western Europe into the U.S.

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Education