Nina Greene

Nina Greene specializes in franchise, trademark and general commercial litigation. As a member of the Firm's franchise litigation practice, Ms. Greene has represented franchisors in litigation matters involving protection of trademarks and intellectual property rights, franchise terminations, racial discrimination claims, covenants not to compete, unfair competition, business torts and numerous other issues. She has represented franchisors in state and federal, trial and appellate courts in Florida and throughout the United States.

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Greene served as a senior law clerk to the Honorable Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., Chief Justice of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the American Bar Association Forum on Franchising and Section of Litigation and the Florida Bar Association's Business Law Section, Antitrust, Franchise and Trade Regulations Committees. Ms. Greene is a member of the International Franchise Association Women's Franchise Committee and is also the chairperson for the South Florida Chapter of the Women's Franchise Network of the IFA. In addition, she previously was a member of the IFA Legal Symposium Task Force and a board member for the Broward Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization.

Ms. Greene has spoken at the International Franchise Association's Annual Legal Symposium and has facilitated numerous business solution roundtables on various franchise issues. She has co-authored an article for the American Bar Association Franchise Law Journal entitled "May a Franchisor Veto a Franchisee's Assumption of a Franchise Agreement in Bankruptcy?" Additionally, she has also co-authored franchise articles on "Frequently Arising Issues in Litigation" and "Franchise Defaults: Pulling the Trigger for 'Material' Defaults and Strategies for Strengthening Franchisor's Case." Ms. Greene has been named one of South Florida's "Top Lawyers" by the South Florida Legal Guide and has been recognized as one of the top franchise attorneys by Franchise Times magazine. In addition, Ms. Greene has been selected to appear in Best Lawyers of America and the "International Who's Who of Business Lawyers" and "International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers."

Ms. Greene is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits. She earned her LL.M in Taxation from Temple University School of Law in 1997, Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 1991 and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1988.