Aram Barikian specializes in navigating complex civil and business litigation matters across Florida. With a keen focus on delivering expert legal counsel, Aram adeptly handles both transactional and litigation aspects, particularly in defending hospitality and retail premises, management firms, real estate developers, franchisees, and contractors.

Before establishing himself in Florida, Aram accrued over a decade of legal expertise as a senior attorney within two prestigious public defense offices in New York City. There, he managed the entirety of civil litigation arising from the criminal justice system, including landlord/tenant disputes, lease intricacies, civil rights cases, and a range of employment licensing issues with various state agencies. Additionally, Aram honed his skills as a Staff Attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where he conducted extensive discovery projects involving intricate legal and financial documentation from both private and public entities, including several financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies.

Most recently, Aram contributed his legal prowess to the business litigation department of a prominent Miami-based AmLaw 200 firm. In this role, he diligently represented businesses in commercial disputes, facilitated transactions, and addressed general corporate matters.

• Hospitality and Retail
• Insurance Coverage
• Premises Liability
• Products Liability
• Professional Liability

Education

• City University of New York School of Law (J.D., 2011)
• Manhattan College (B.A., 2004)

• State of Florida 2022
• State of New York 2012

• Kubicki Draper Hospitality, Retail, and Premises Liability Practice Group, Member
• Florida Bar Association
• New York City Bar Association

• Armenian

• Represented a client against the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for police misconduct and excessive force and successfully negotiated a five-figure settlement.
• Defended a client in a civil forfeiture proceeding against the New York County District Attorney’s Office. As lead attorney on the defense team, negotiated and secured the release of $300,000 of seized property.
• Successfully argued the denial of a preliminary injunction for a nuisance cause of action in Morningside Association LLC v. Batista, 2020 NY Slip Op 3361 (U), 2020 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 10096 (Sup. Ct. NY. Cty. 2020).