Dan Guarnieri

Attorney Dan Guarnieri is a partner at Lutz, Bobo & Telfair, P.A. Dan has been practicing law since 2004 and has been a litigator in Sarasota since 2006.  He has broad-ranging civil experience including complex commercial litigation, real property disputes, contract disputes, commercial collections, commercial foreclosures, and maritime litigation.  He spends significant time representing participants in the construction industry, including contractors and subcontractors, public and private owners and developers, suppliers, sureties, and design professionals.  He also has considerable experience in assisting clients with business entity formation, business transactions, regulatory and compliance counseling, and other business representation with an eye towards avoiding litigation. He has been lead counsel on numerous cases that have been tried to judgment and routinely handles appeals in both state and federal courts.

A focus of Dan’s practice involves the manufactured housing industry, and he represents community owners, manufacturers, suppliers and other participants. Dan grew up in Tampa, Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida in 2000 with a bachelor of science degree in psychology, with a minor in criminology. Continuing at the University of Florida, he graduated cum laude from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2004.

Dan is licensed to practice in all state courts in Florida and has handled numerous appeals to various Florida District Courts of Appeal, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.  He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Florida, the Northern District of Florida, and the Southern District of Florida.

In the community, Dan is a member of the Sarasota County Bar Association, and he sat on the Board of Directors for the Young Lawyer’s Division from 2009-2013.  He was a charter member of the Rotary Club of Sarasota Southside, served on the Board of Directors for that organization from 2011-2014, and was the President of the Club from 2012-2013. He previously sat on the Board of Directors for the Rotary Club of Sarasota Southside Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization.  Finally, Dan was the past President of the Sarasota Chapter of the Risk Management Association.

Dan has been a speaker for the Florida Yacht Brokers’ Association, for the Sarasota Association of Realtors, and for the Sarasota County Bar Association. He has presented on topics for NBI seminars on construction law and commercial collections.  He is published in the Docket Magazine.  In his spare time, Dan enjoys boating, fishing, SCUBA diving, traveling, and watching the Florida Gators.  He is told that he loves his children very much.

• Civil/Commercial Litigation
• Contracts
• Business Law
• Commercial Collections
• Real Estate Litigation

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• Law School- Fredric G. Levin College of Law, J.D., 2004
• College- University of Florida, B.S., 2000

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• 2004 – Florida Bar
• 2006 – U.S. District Court; Northern, Middle, and Southern District of Florida

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• Speaker for Florida Yacht Brocker’ Association, for the Sarasota Association of Realtors and for SCBA.
• Instructor at Various NBI CLE Seminars

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• The Florida Bar
• 2009-2013; SCBA, Board of Directors for the Young Lawyer’s Division
• 2009- YLD Civics Committee
• Manatee County Bar Association
• Charter member of Rotary Club of Sarasota Southside, served on Board of Directors- 2011-2014, Was the President from 2012-2013

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