Francisco J. Barreto

Francisco “Frankie” Barreto is an associate at Shubin Law Group, where he focuses his practice on commercial litigation with an emphasis on real estate and land use matters. Frankie represents individuals and businesses in state and federal courts.

Before entering private practice in commercial litigation, he spent three years at a Florida civil defense firm, handling general negligence, premises liability, construction defect, and product liability matters on behalf of individuals, corporations, and insurers. He also spent four years at a Florida commercial litigation and intellectual property law firm handling a variety of business disputes, commercial construction disputes, commercial real estate disputes, and intellectual property matters. He brings to his practice a technical background in mechanical engineering and prior experience assisting with mechanical, plumbing, and electrical design for residential and commercial buildings, which informs his approach to construction and property-related disputes.

Frankie earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law, where he was named to the Dean’s List, served as an associate executive editor of the ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, and competed in the Earl E. Zehmer Mock Trial Competition in Orlando, FL in 2017. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Florida State University, with minors in mathematics and physics.

Frankie is admitted to practice in Florida and before both the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He is fluent in Spanish.