EDUCATION

University of Florida
College of Law; Gainesville, Florida
J.D. conferred, December 1984, with Honors

Oxford University
St. Edmund Hall; Oxford, England
International and comparative law, June 1984 to August 1984

University of Florida
College of Journalism and Communications; Gainesville, Florida
B.S. conferred, December 1981, with High Honors
Major: Broadcasting (news editorial)
Minor: Spanish

Universidad de los Andes
Bogota, Colombia
Spanish studies, June 1980 to August 1980

Employment

Shareholder, Stack Fernandez & Harris, P.A.
Miami, Florida, January 1996 to present

Partner, Steel Hector & Davis
Miami, Florida, December 1990 to December 1995

Associate, Steel Hector & Davis
Miami, Florida, January 1985 to December 1990

Adjunct Professor of Civil Trial Advocacy,
St. Thomas University School of Law
Miami, Florida, August 1991 to May 1992

Law Clerk, Blackwell, Walker, Gray, Powers, Flick & Hoehl
Miami, Florida, May 1983 to June 1983

Law Clerk, Smith, Currie & Hancock
Atlanta, Georgia, June 1983 to August 1983

Reporter/News Anchor, WRUF-AM, WRUF-FM, and WUFT-TV
Gainesville, Florida, 1979 to 1981

Honors and Achievements

“Best of the Bar,” South Florida Business Journal, 2003
“Florida Legal Elite,” Florida Trend Magazine, 2004-2017
“Super Lawyer,” Florida Super Lawyers, 2006-2017
“Top Attorney,” South Florida Legal Guide, 2005-2017
University of Florida Law Review, Student Works Editor
Order of the Coif
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity

Bar and Court Admissions

Admitted, Florida Bar, 1985
Admitted, United States Supreme Court
Admitted, United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Admitted, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Admitted, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Admitted, United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Admitted, United States District Court for the United States Court of Claims
Qualified, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida

Organizations and Memberships

Graduate, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Leadership Miami Program, 1987
Director, United Home Care Services, Inc., a United Way agency, 1991 to 1994
Member, Florida Law Review Alumni Association, 1991 to present
Charter Member, University of Florida Alumni Association, 1992 to present
Member, Florida Bar Section on Litigation
Member, Florida Bar Federal Court Practice Committee, 1993 to 1995
Member, Florida Bar International Law Section, Travel Law Committee, 1993 - present
Member, American Bar Association, Section on Litigation, 1985 to 1995, 2000 to present
Member, Dade County Bar Association, 1985 to 1996
Participant, Dade County Pro Bono Project, 1985 to present
Member, Dade County Legal Aid and Pro Bono Committee, 1991
Associate Member, American Trial Lawyers Association, 1985 to 1991
Member, Federal Bar Association, South Florida Chapter, 2004 to present
Member, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Rules and Procedures for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2011 to present

Publications and Seminars

Stack, Polygraphs and Privacy, 59 Fla. Bar Journal 19 (June 1985)
Panelist/Speaker, “Judgment Enforcement” (Seminar sponsor: Lorman Business Center), 1997, 1998
Panelist/Speaker, “The Alien Tort Claims Act: Awakening Monster or Avenging Angel?,” (Seminar sponsor: St. Thomas University School of Law), 2004
Panelist, Fourth annual International Litigation & Arbitration Update (Seminar sponsor: Florida Bar International Law Section

A native Miamian, Brian J. Stack has witnessed South Florida’s transformation from vacation haven to international business center. Brian’s practice focuses on the litigation and counseling the needs of a multinational clientele, with a concentration in complex commercial and civil matters, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, Uniform Commercial Code issues, health care litigation, business torts and related disputes, insurance matters, and appellate matters. He practices in state and federal court at both the trial and appellate levels. Brian also maintains an extensive practice before the American Arbitration Association, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, the American Health Lawyers Association, and other alternative dispute resolution forums.

A former partner with Steel Hector & Davis in Miami, Brian is a member of the Florida Bar, the bars of the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the United States Court of Claims. Brian is an “AV” rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell. He has consistently been honored by the Florida Trend magazine as one of the “Florida Legal Elite,” by the South Florida Legal Guide as a “Top Attorney,” and by the South Florida Business Journal as one of the “Best of the Bar”.

A product of Florida’s public school system, Brian received a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcasting with High Honors from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications in 1981 and his Juris Doctorate degree with Honors from the University of Florida College of Law in 1984. Brian served as the Student Works Editor of the Florida Law Review was elected to the Order of the Coif. Brian has held an adjunct faculty position at the St. Thomas University School of Law teaching trial advocacy. He is the author of Polygraphs and Privacy, 59 FLA. B.J. 19 (June 1985). Brian has been a panelist and speaker at seminars in South Florida on the enforcement and collection of judgments in Florida, on the federal Alien Tort Claim Act and federal Torture Victim Protection Act, and prejudgement asset freezes and injunctive relief.

Brian’s wife, Elizabeth, is a graduate of Wellesley College and the University of Miami School of Law. Formerly a law clerk to the Honorable Gerald Cope, Chief Judge of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal, Elizabeth is the Coordinated Admission Program (CAP) Advisor at Coral Gables Senior High School.