JONATHAN S. COLEMAN
Tampa Office
(813) 225-2500
jonathanc@jpfirm.com


ASSOCIATE



PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation and Class Action

DISTINCTIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
• Admitted to the Florida Bar - 1989
• Admitted to the Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle
  District of Florida – 1989
• Admitted to the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado –
  1997
• Admitted to the United States Supreme Court – 1998
• Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit –
  1999
• Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit – 2000
• Admitted to the Court of Federal Claims - 2006
• Admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals - 2006
• Sarasota County (Member, Young Lawyers Division;
  President-Elect, 1991-1992; Director, 1990 – 1991;
  Distinguished Service Award, conferred 1991; Chairman,
  Law Related Education Committee, 1991)
• Hillsborough County Bar Association (Member, Appellate
  Practice Section)
• American Bar Association Member
• English Speaking Union of Sarasota, Florida (Director, 1990
  – 1992)

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• “Equity Indexed Annuities: 'Securities,' or Exempt Insurance
  Products Under the Federal Securities Laws?” Securities
  Regulation Law Journal, Vol. 34/2 (Summer 2006).
• “Understanding and Applying Florida’s Flexibility Theory of
  Damages.” Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 80/5 (May 2006).
• "Judicial Activism, Gartenberg, and Fiduciary Duty Under the
  Investment Company Act of 1940." Securties Regulation Law
  Journal Vol. 33/3 (Fall 2005).
• "Congressional Protectionism and the Securities Industry.”
  Securities Regulation Law Journal Vol. 32/4 (Winter 2004).

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EDUCATION
• Institut d’Etudes Europeennes, France
• University of Richmond
  B.A., with high honors – 1982
• University of Florida
  J.D., with honors - 1988
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  M.A., with honors – 1992
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  Ph.D. – 1995