Jeffrey Foreman is a shareholder in Sperling Kenny Nachwalter, resident in the firm's Miami office. Jeff has spent his entire career practicing complex business litigation and has extensive experience trying both jury and non-jury cases for plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts and before arbitration tribunals.
Jeff has represented both Fortune 500 companies and small to large businesses in a wide range of complex business disputes, including contract, business tort and shareholder derivative litigation; antitrust and class action defense; commercial and large scale residential project litigation; design and construction disputes; multi-state contract and insurance agency litigation; Federal Constitutional claims; professional liability litigation; civil RICO, fraud and conspiracy claims; and employment-related disputes, among others.
Jeff is a member of The Florida Bar and has been admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida, as well as before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Jeff earned his J.D. from The Washington University School of Law, where he served as Notes and Comments Editor of the Journal of Urban and Contemporary Law (now the Journal of Law and Policy), and he is a member of Washington University’s South Florida Regional Cabinet.
Jeff earned his A.B. in Economics from the University of Chicago where, as a three-sport athlete, he earned nine varsity letters, and was Captain of the football and baseball teams.
Honors & Awards
Florida Super Lawyers, Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney, 2007, 2024
Best Lawyers in America, 2020 - present
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Securities
South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyers, Commercial Litigation, Civil Litigation, 2021
Newsroom
News & Events
August 18, 2022 – 13 Kenny Nachwalter Attorneys Recognized In The Best Lawyers In America© 2023
19, 2021 - 17 Kenny Nachwalter Attorneys Recognized in the Best Lawyers In America© 2022
April 05, 2021 - Kenny Nachwalter Recognized in the 2021 South Florida Legal Guide
August 20, 2020 - 15 Kenny Nachwalter Attorneys Recognized In The Best Lawyers In America© 2021, Two Selected “Lawyer Of The Year”
August 15, 2019 - 12 Kenny Nachwalter Attorneys Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America© 2020 and 1 Selected "Lawyer of the Year"
Professional Activities
Professional Memberships
The Florida Bar
- Business Law Section
- Trial Lawyers Section
- Member, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
Miami-Dade County Bar Association
- Litigation Section
- Business Law Section
American Bar Association
- Litigation Section
- Business Law Section
Practice Areas
Education
J.D., Washington University, 1986
A.B., University of Chicago, 1982
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1986
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida