First Admitted: 2011, Florida

Bar / Professional Activity:

American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Dade County Bar Association
International Law Section of the Florida Bar
International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
American Bar Association (ABA)
District of Columbia, Florida, New York, New Jersey, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results):

Sallah ex rel. MRT LLC v. Worldwide Clearing, LLC, et al., 860 F. Supp. 2d 1329 (S.D. Fla. 2011) (order denying various motions to dismiss fraudulent transfers and unjust enrichment claims by a Receiver prosecuting claims in connection with a $50 million Ponzi scheme).
Comparelli v. República Bolivariana de Venezuela, 891 F.3d 1311 (11th Cir. 2018) (order reviving $70 million lawsuit against Venezuela and its state-owned petrochemicals company, Pequiven, for expropriating two Venezuelan companies in violation of international law).
Sallah v. Worldwide Clearing, LLC, 10-62264-CIV, 2012 WL 399209 (S.D. Fla. Feb. 7, 2012) (order granting Receiver’s motions for summary judgment against net winner fraudulent transferees of a Ponzi scheme).
In re Pimenta, 942 F. Supp. 2d 1282 (S.D. Fla. 2013) (order denying motion to quash subpoenas filed by the targets of an international asset tracing investigation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782).
CJM Partners, LLC v. Minerva Di Giacomo, 187 So. 3d 877 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016) (holding a trial court’s issuance of a temporary injunction without setting a bond and requiring its posting was an abuse of discretion).

Educational Background:

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

AIJA’s 2018 Annual Congress on Globalization, The Modern International Family: At Home, At Work, Abroad (Brussels, Belgium, September 2018)
AIJA’s 2011 Half-Year Congress on Bribery & Corruption, Recovery of Stolen National Wealth: Time for a New Model? (São Paulo, Brazil, November 2011)
C-5 Conference on Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery, Master Class — How to Overcome the Challenges Posed by Data Privacy and Data Protection Laws when Conducting Fraud Investigations (Miami, USA, November 2013).

Rodrigo S. Da Silva