Overview
Angelica L. Novick is a senior counsel and litigation attorney with Foley & Lardner LLP, where her practice focuses on representing clients throughout the United States in high-stakes business and complex commercial litigation and business disputes in state and federal courts and in arbitration. Angelica is a versatile attorney and has the ability to master diverse subject matters, with experience litigating matters involving non-competes and trade secrets, breaches of contract, fraud, interference with contract, intellectual property disputes, breaches of fiduciary duty, the False Claims Act, franchisor-franchisee disputes, employment litigation (including whistleblower retaliation claims) and corporate governance and related disputes. Angelica also has experience conducting internal investigations on behalf of entities, including healthcare entities and responding to subpoenas and civil investigative demands from government organizations including the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. She is a member of the firm's Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Labor & Employment, Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations and Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practices.
Angelica previously worked as a summer associate with Foley. She also worked as a judicial intern to the Honorable Marcia G. Cooke of the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida; as a law clerk for Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo; as a research assistant to Vice Dean Patrick O. Gudridge at the University of Miami School of Law; and as a dean’s fellow for torts at the University of Miami School of Law.
Education
- The University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2013)
- Executive Editor, The Inter-American Law Review
- The University of Miami (B.A., 2008)
Recognition
Angelica was selected for inclusion in the 2017-2020 Florida Super Lawyers – Rising Stars® lists for her work in business litigation. Angelica also received a 2021 Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch recognition for Commercial Litigation, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment.
Professional Memberships
- Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Leadership Miami Participant, Class 41 (2019-2020)
- Member, The Dade County Bar Association
- Member, Florida Association of Women Lawyers
Admissions
- Florida
- United States District Court for the Southern, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida
- United States Appeals Court for the Eleventh Circuit
Selected Publications
- Co-author, “COVID-19 Consumer Liability Waivers – Practical Considerations for Franchise Systems,” The Franchise Lawyer (Fall 2020)
- Author, “The Athens Convention and Limitation of Liability in U.S. Federal Courts: While Communication is Key, Some Things are Better Left Unsaid,” 43 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 523 (Spring 2012)
- Co-author, “Meaning of Political Controversy in the Classroom: A Dialogue Across the Podium,” 35:1 Symbolic Interaction, 68-87 (2012)