Ed Mullins, a founding shareholder, focuses his commercial litigation practice on international commercial litigation and arbitration.  He brings to this practice broad experience as a commercial litigator, having handled an array of commercial disputes over the years, including contract, defamation/privacy, media, intellectual property, shareholder and class action disputes. 

He is a member of the American Bar Association, serving publication Co-Chair on the International Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section and the Co-Editor of the International Litigation Quarterly.  He also serves as Website Subchair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Section.  He is the Co-Editor of the International Law Quarterly and the former Vice Chair for International Litigation of the International Litigation and Arbitration Committee of the International Section of the Florida Bar.

Mullins frequently speaks and writes on international litigation and arbitration issues for the American Bar Association and the Florida Bar.  Some of his recent publications include Contractual Waiver of Personal jurisdiction Under F.S. §685.102: The Long-Arm Statute's Little-Known Cousin, 80 Fla. Bar J. 5 (May 2006) (co-author); Waiver, Preemption, and Permissive Clauses, 7 ABA, Comm. & Bus. Litig. J. No. 2. at 1 (Winter 2006) (co-author); The Hunt for Federal Court:  Removing International Cases, 22 ABA, Int'l Litig. Q. 1 (Fall 2005) (co-author); Staying a Money Judgment in Federal Court Without Posting a Supersedeas Bond,  57 Fla. Bar J. 45 (Dec. 2003) (co-author).; You Better Shop Around: Appellate Forum Shopping, 25 ABA, Litigation 32 (Summer 1999).  He recently served as Program Chair, Hot Topics in International Litigation, Moderator, Multi-Jurisdictional Practice, Florida Bar International Law Section, Third Annual International Litigation Update, May 2005.

Among his recent international cases are Port of Sale, Inc. v. Citibank, N.A., Case No. 2000/163 (D.V.I. May 2006) (trial of commercial landlord/tenant dispute in which plaintiff was seeking over $1million in compensatory and punitive damages) (settled during trial); M.C.I Power Group LC v. The Republic of Ecuador, Case No. Arb./03/6, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (March 2006) (counsel for joint venture in bilateral treaty dispute in arbitration involving the non-payment under contract for the construction of two thermal electric plants in Ecuador) ; Campero USA Corp. v. STPC Partners, L.P.., 410 F. Supp. 2d 1268 (S.D. Fla. 2006), (successfully defeated motion to compel arbitration of action seeking to enforce litigation exception to arbitration provision in franchise agreement involving foreign restaurant operation); Rintin Corp. S.A. v. Domar, Ltd., 403 F. Supp. 2d 1201 (S.D. Fla. 2005) (successfully obtaining contempt order and arrest warrant issued for principal of plaintiff for failure to abide by anti-suit injunction in international arbitration award), appeal dismissed (11^th Cir. Mar. 30, 2006); Rintin Corp. S.A. v. Domar, Ltd., 374 F. Supp. 2d 1165 (S.D. Fla. 2005) (successfully obtained confirmation of multi-million dollar arbitration award containing anti-suit injunction); Bisson v. de Arellano, 909 So. 2d 917 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (successfully defended dismissal of offshore corporate trust for lack of personal jurisdiction based on law of the case doctrine), rehearing and rehearing en banc denied (Sept, 9, 2005), cert. denied, (Feb. 9, 2006); Warter v. Boston Securities, S.A., 2004 WL 691787 (S.D. Fla. Mar 22, 2004) (NO. 03-81026-CIV/RYSKAMP) (denying motion to remand of action based upon international banking and financial operations of national bank under Edge Act; dismissing claim for negligence pursuant to economic loss rule); Perez v. Citibank, N.A., 2004 WL 1749187 (S.D. Fla. July 22, 2004) (in a decision of first impression, denying motion to remand action and holding that a Florida common-law bill of discovery regarding a certificate of deposit held in a former Cuban branch was subject to removal pursuant to the Edge Act);  Lisa, S.A. v. Mayorga, 2002 WL 31627087 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 15, 2002) (staying parallel federal action in favor of first-filed state court action in multi-million dollar dispute), aff'd, Case No. 02-16302 (11^th Cir. 2003); Lisa, S.A. v. Gutierrez, 806 So. 2d 557 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002) (affirming order quashing ambush service on foreign defendants); Barclays Bank PLC v. Dresdner Bank Lateinamerika, A.G. (In re Lancaster Steel Co.), 284 B.R. 152 (S.D. Fla. Bankr. 2002) (reversing adverse summary judgment ruling extinguishing client's lien in case involving interplay of letter of credit law and bankruptcy law), rehearing denied, (S.D. Fla. 2002), appeal dismissed, (11^th Cir. Dec. 9, 2002), aff'd, (11^th Cir. Dec. 2003); May Inv., Inc. v. Lisa, S.A., 814 So. 2d 471 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002) (writ of mandamus reversing improper recusal); Rintin Corp., S.A. v. Domar, Ltd., 766 So. 2d 407 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000) (obtained affirmance in appeal of first impression from order imposing a stay of case pursuant to the operation of the Florida International Arbitration Act).

A graduate of the University of Florida, he earned his J.D. with high honors, Order of the Coif and served as the editor-in-chief of the Florida Law Review.  He Chair of the Florida Bar's Appellate Rules Committee and its former Vice-Chair.  He is also the former Chair of the Dade County Bar's Appellate courts Committee.  With an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, he is listed in Who's Who and was selected to be included in the inaugural edition of Florida Trend Magazine's "Legal Elite."  As well, was featured in an exclusive interview as one of "America's Best Lawyers" presented by the "Forbes Radio" Channel discussing international arbitration.

Mullins' broad experience includes litigating media, defamation, privacy, and intellectual property disputes.  A former Chair of the Florida Bar's Media and Communications Committee, Mullins frequently speaks on such subjects at conferences, including the Media Law Conference of the Florida Bar, the Practicing Law Institute, and the Inter-American Press Association.   His subjects have ranged from protecting brands and marks in specific industries to Internet law issues.

In addition, Mullins has substantial experience in class actions.  He has defended lenders and insurers against class action cases ranging from claims under Truth in Lending Act to Florida Insurance Code to Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Practices Act (FDUPA).  Reported decisions in cases he has handled include Baron v. Best Buy Co., Inc., 260 F.3d 625 (11th Cir. 2001) (reversing motion to compel arbitration in nationwide class action); Baron v. Best Buy Co., 79 F. Supp. 2d 1350 (S.C. Fla. 1999) (stay of class action pending appeal of order denying arbitration); and Cohen v. Office Depot, Inc., 204 F.3d 1069 (11th Cir. 2000), reversing, 184 F.3d 1292 (11th Cir. 1999) (affirmance of dismissal of class action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction), cert. denied, 69 USLW 3156 (U.S. Oct. 30, 2000).