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


PARTNER



PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation and Class Action

EXPERIENCE
Jonathan has been representing individual and class claimants in complex financial disputes since 1988. He has litigated in a variety of state and federal courts at the trial and appellate level, and has experience in various arbitration fora, including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Jonathan, who holds U.S. and E.E.C. citizenship, received his B.A. in French with cum laude honors following study in Paris at the Institut d'Etudes Européennes and the Université de Paris-IV (Sorbonne). Jonathan received his J.D. (with Order of the Coif honors) from the University of Florida College of Law, where he won several book awards for academic performance and was named Outstanding Member of the Justice Thornal Moot Court Board, for which he competed nationally. In addition, Jonathan earned a graduate degree in History (with departmental honors) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has served as an instructor in the departments of French Language and European History at the University of North Carolina. Currently, in addition to practicing law, he is an adjunct faculty member (since 2007) in Securities Law at St. Petersburg College.

DISTINCTIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
• Admitted to the U.S. District Court, Eastern
  District of Wisconsin – 2011
• 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
• Admitted to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals - 2011
• 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
• “Applying Florida's Reasonable Certainty Test to
  Lost Profit Damage Claims.”
  Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 83/5 (May 2009).
• “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 Européennes, 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