Bar Admissions:
Florida, 2003
District of Columbia, 2004
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2004
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2004
U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2004
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2003
Education:
Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003
J.D.
Law Review: American Journal of Law and Medicine, Third-Year Editor, 2001 - 2003
University of California at Los Angeles, 2000
B.A.
Published Works:
Controlling Pandora’s Box: The Need for Patent Protection in Transgenic Research, 15 U. Miami Bus. L. Rev. 303, 2007
Genetic Discrimination and the Need for Federal Legislation, 8 J. BioLaw & Bus. 22, 2005
Intellectual Property: Plants Patentable Under the Utility Patent Statute, PVA, and PVPA, 30 J.L. Med. & Ethics 317, 2002
Representative Cases:
Hames v. City of Miami, 2008 WL 2097659 (11th Cir. May 20, 2008)
Hames v. City of Miami Firefighters’ & Police Officers’ Trust, 980 So. 2d 1112 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)
Swerdlow v. Dep’t of Cmty. Affairs, 2007 WL 2253612 (Fla. Div. Admin Hrgs. August 6, 2007)
Hames v. City of Miami, 479 F. Supp.2d 1276 (S.D. Fla. 2007)
Mancini Enterprises v. Am. Express Co., 236 F.R.D. 695 ( 2006)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
District of Columbia Bar
Member
Historical Museum of South Florida
Tropee Executive Councilmember
Chairperson
Leaders of Tomorrow
Member
Dade County Bar Association
Member
Past Employment Positions:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office, Law Clerk
Honorable Stephen P. Nugent, State of Rhode Island Superior Court, Clerk
John J. Quick
Associate
Broward Office (954) 763-4242
Dade Office (305) 854-0800 jquick@wsh-law.com
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Mr. Quick is an Associate with the Firm and a member of its Litigation Division. He has experience representing both private and governmental entities. Mr. Quick has represented local governments in a variety of areas, some of which include competitive bidding, comprehensive planning, zoning and compliance with voting laws. Mr. Quick assists our private clients in their relations with governmental entities as well as in litigation and appellate matters involving all aspects of complex commercial and business litigation, labor and employment, legal malpractice defense, entertainment law, construction defects, international law and intellectual property. Mr. Quick has experience at the federal, state and administrative levels. He is also experienced in handling international litigation, dealing with the laws of Germany, Switzerland and Mexico, among others.
Mr. Quick is also active in local professional organizations and civic affairs. He is a member of the Tropee Executive Council for the Historical Museum of South Florida, a member of the Dade County Bar Association and has also undertaken pro bono representation of individuals in criminal, probate and family law matters. He has also been instrumental in the recent incorporation efforts in the Town of Cutler Bay.
During his law school career, Mr. Quick served as a law clerk for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office and served as an editor of The American Journal of Law and Medicine. Mr. Quick also served as a clerk to the Honorable Stephen P. Nugent of the State of Rhode Island Superior Court.
