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	Robert C. Grady Shareholder Phone: (954) 522-3636 E-mail: rcg@katzbarron.com Fax: (954) 522-5119 Bob Grady is a Shareholder of Katz Barron. He started at the firm as a clerk during his second year of law school, and he has been part of its Litigation Group since he graduated from law school in 1981. An AV-rated, skillful litigator, he has more than 20 years of experience in a broad range of complex commercial litigation matters. Bob has acted as lead counsel in commercial civil trials and appeals in state and federal courts, contract and business disputes, landlord/tenant controversies, title insurance claims, UCC and employment law matters, securities fraud arbitrations, and construction litigation cases. Bob's practice areas include the representation of investors in actions against brokers, broker-dealers and investment institutions. In representing these clients, he has tried and arbitrated many securities-related disputes including claims of breach of fiduciary duty, suitability, churning, unauthorized trading, and fraud and misrepresentation. Areas Of Practice: Commercial Litigation Real Estate Litigation Securities Fraud Litigation Construction Litigation Appellate Law Representative Experience: One securities matter Bob tried which attracted national media attention involved a scheme whereby the broker mailed confirmations and monthly statements from the branch office to his great-uncle/client that revealed a three-year trading profit of $36,000,000. In reality, the nephew/broker purchased and sold different securities that he selected solely based upon commission incentives and directed the confirmations and monthly statements that reflected those trades to his in-laws' house where he retrieved and destroyed them. Due to the millions he generated in commissions for himself and his firm, this 23 year-old was rewarded with a seat on the Board of Directors Advisory Committee of this national broker-dealer. On the other hand, it caused his great uncle to suffer actual out-of-pocket losses of $5,000,000. After a lengthy trial, but before the verdict, the case settled with the brokerage firm for eight figures. Bob's practice also involves construction and design related disputes in actions by owners and general contractors against contractors, engineers and architects. One such matter involved claims brought against the design team that failed to consider the load of 13 feet of fill required to raise the elevation of a bayside nursing home to meet minimum FEMA flood criteria when they drew the plans and specifications. As a result, after the nursing home was constructed and occupied, the soil-supported slab slowly deflected when the fill and the porous subsurface soils it compressed settled, while the pile-supported roof and walls stood rigid. A multimillion dollar settlement was reached to cure the differential settlement and for business interruption damages. Another area in which Bob practices involves the representation of mobile home park owners. Bob has created Prospectuses for clients to comply with the disclosure requirements of the Florida Mobile Home Act, and he has successfully defended clients against claims of mobile home owners of unconscionable and unreasonable lot rental amount increases at both the trial and appellate court levels. Another of Bob's practices includes landlord-tenant, foreclosure and real property related disputes of every variety for all types of parties. In one matter he represented of an established, family-owned Italian restaurant against an S&L that had foreclosed on the mall where the restaurant was a tenant. After it acquired title, the S&L embarked on a plan to empty the mall of tenants then raze the ill-designed mall and sell the real property. In response, the restaurant sued for breach of its lease for the failure of the S&L landlord to provide quiet enjoyment, expend funds on advertising, and erect a sign for the restaurant adjacent to the mall along one of the highest volume automobile traffic corridors in the United States on U.S. Highway 1. After a month long jury trial, the restaurant was awarded $2,500,000 in lost profit damages. Later, the plan of the S&L to raze the mall was dealt a serious setback when it lost its counterclaim to foreclose upon the restaurant lease based on arguments that its release of the original mortgagor satisfied the mortgage the S&L held to secure payment of that debt, notwithstanding non-merger language in the settlement documents between the S&L and its mortgagor. Consequently, in order to sell the mall, the S&L had to pay value to the family to acquire the leasehold interest of the restaurant. Bar Admissions: Florida, 1981 U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1982 U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1986 Education: University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1981 J.D. (Cum Laude) Law Review: University of Miami Law Review, 1980 - 1981 Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1978 B.A. Professional Associations and Memberships: The Florida Bar Association Dade County Bar Association Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce American Bar Association (Litigation Section) The Association of Trial Lawyers of America The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Birth Information: July 6, 1956, Providence, Rhode Island