William Xanttopoulos

William Xanttopoulos is Of Counsel in the firm's Miami office, focusing primarily upon commercial litigation and the defense of professional liability cases.

Mr. Xanttopoulos has successfully litigated high stakes cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants involving a diverse range of subjects, including business disputes, fraud, accountants’ and lawyers’ professional liability, price discrimination, insurance regulation, maritime law, health care, class actions, first party property insurance, and bad faith. Amongst his accomplishments, he represented a receiver of a business through which defendants operated what at the time was the largest Ponzi scheme in the history of South Florida obtaining a significant recovery for victims, successfully sued a major oil company for price discrimination, and conducted an internal investigation on behalf of a large non-profit organization. He has tried a number of cases to verdict.

In addition, Mr. Xanttopoulos served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the criminal division for the Southern District of Florida for several years where he prosecuted a variety of cases including those involving bank fraud, narcotics, and RICO.