Brianna Sainte is a litigator with experience across a wide variety of cases including breach of contract, landlord-tenant disputes, antitrust, and financial litigation. She has federal trial experience at both the district and appellate court levels.

Brianna previously served as a federal law clerk to the Honorable Darrin P. Gayles of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and as a judicial intern to the Honorable Edwin G. Torres, Magistrate Judge. Brianna leverages this federal court training to guide clients through high-stakes litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. 

Fluent in Haitian Creole, Brianna also brings cross-cultural perspective to her practice.

  • Lead counsel representing a real estate owner and developer in high-profile litigation against a local municipality challenging the denial of a Live Local Act application.
  • Representation of a condominium owner in the process of a partition sale following the successful termination of their Brickel condo.*
  • Secured a $4 million jury verdict on behalf of a global toy manufacturer in a breach of contract action arising from a warehousing company’s failure to ship products timely to customers. The verdict was affirmed on appeal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.*
  • Representation of a family in California state, in a wrongful death action arising from an airplane crash during an acrobatic airshow in Guatemala, which claimed two lives. Also represented the 15-year-old son of the deceased mother who was severely injured in the airplane crash.*
  • Successfully represented YMCA, the property owner, in a commercial lease dispute, obtaining summary judgment that an alleged purchase agreement was a nonbinding agreement to agree. The firm also secured eviction of the holdover tenant after failure to comply with court-ordered rent deposit requirements.*
  • Defended a call center in a nationwide class action brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act alleging “wrong number” calls to unintended recipients, and successfully obtained an order denying class certification.*
  • Represented multiple national restaurant chains and a top-ten food distributor in antitrust litigation against the nation’s largest chicken producers, alleging a decade-long conspiracy to inflate broiler chicken prices in violation of federal law.*
  • Defended an international hotel company in multiple lawsuits brought by a competitor seeking to block development of an ultra-luxury oceanfront hotel in South Florida.*
  • Represented buyers in litigation arising from an alleged breach of a $12.9 million Sale and Purchase Agreement.*
  • Represented a mortgage company in defending a $270 million breach of contract and indemnification action arising out of litigation filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., part of a wave of high-stakes indemnification suits filed against more than 100 companies nationwide.*
  • Represented numerous phosphate companies in Development of Regional Impact (DRI) and land use matters in Hillsborough County and other Florida jurisdictions.*

*The above representations were handled prior to joining Shubin Law Group.

  • University of Miami School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif;  Eleventh Circuit Editor, University of Miami Law Review; 2019
  • University of Pennsylvania, B.A., cum laude, 2016

  • Brickell Magazine – Top 20 Professionals Under Forty

  • Florida
  • United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida

  • Miami-Dade Urban Debate League, President (2025-2026); Vice President (2024-2025); Board Member 
  • American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Judicial Intern Opportunity Program, Working Group Member

  • Creole