Jonathan Stimler is a trial lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP and member of the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Practice.
Jonathan is a seasoned trial and appellate litigator with wide-ranging experience in many facets of commercial litigation. Prior to Foley, Jonathan worked at an Orlando-based corporate law firm where he focused his practice on business and civil litigation in state and federal courts including contract, business tort, real estate, construction, intellectual property, insurance, foreclosure, collections, premises liability, employment, ADA, public finance, banking, trade secret, non-compete, and appellate litigation. Jonathan’s extensive experience serving as litigation counsel to real estate developers, builders, insurers, other public and private companies, community development districts, other government entities, tax certificate owners, lenders, and individuals also includes:
Representative Experience*
*Certain of these matters were handled before joining Foley.
Education
Jonathan earned his law degree from the Florida State University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). While there, Jonathan regularly competed for the school’s Mock Trial Team, including winning the national 2005 Lone Star Classic, and he also co-founded the Law School Golf Association. Jonathan is also a graduate of the University of Florida Warrington College of Business in international business (M.A., 2003) and in business administration, Spanish specialty (B.A., 2002).
Recognition
Admissions and Professional Memberships
Jonathan is admitted to practice in Florida and before the United States District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. He is also a member of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA) and served two terms on the board of directors for the Young Lawyers Section of the OCBA. Jonathan also volunteers with the Legal Aid Society, Orange County Bar Association, and his local community and children’s schools.
Languages
Jonathan is proficient in conversational and written Spanish. He studied in Seville, Spain while earning a Spanish minor from the University of Florida and also studied in Santiago, Chile at the Executive MBA program of the Pontífica Universidad Católica de Chile while interning for the Chilean Economic Development Body, Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO).