Elio F. Martinez, Jr. Attorney At Law

Shareholder
T 305.416.6880
F 305.416.6887
D 305.913.0381
333 SE 2nd Avenue
Suite 3200
Miami, Florida 33131
T 202.546.1761
F 202.546.6480
99 M Street SE
Suite 725
Washington, D.C. 20003
Elio is a shareholder in the Miami office, focusing his practice on intellectual property litigation, specifically infringement of trademarks, patents and copyrights, as well as protection of trade secrets. He also has extensive experience in commercial litigation and financial services litigation. He has represented lenders in multi-million dollar litigation and work-out of complex troubled loans, and securities brokers in FINRA arbitration hearings. In addition to his trial experience, he has argued numerous appeals.
For more than 30 years, Elio has been litigating matters of trademark counterfeiting, trademark infringement, copyright infringement, patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation. His intellectual property experience also extends to helping clients, owners of world renown trademarks, develop and implement anti-piracy efforts in the United States and abroad. His clients have included many of the best-known brands in the world, as well small businesses seeking to develop and protect their intellectual property.
Elio regularly represents clients in international arbitration proceedings. His fluency in Spanish, coupled with his international background and understanding of the customs and procedures throughout the Americas, provides these clients with a heightened degree of comfort and support when confronting difficult issues and situations. He is also an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association.
Elio has shared his in-depth experience with law students as an adjunct professor of intellectual property law. He has also lectured on matters such as trade secret protection and the effective use of expert witnesses in intellectual property litigation. He has published numerous articles for the American Bar Association and the South Florida Daily Business Review on such subjects as intellectual property, law firm management and mentoring of younger attorneys.
Elio has been a speaker before the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute and the International Association of Defense Counsel on such topics as ethics, trade secrets, and the use of experts in intellectual property cases.