Geoffrey L. Travis is a partner in Shutts & Bowen’s Miami office's Litigation Practice Group with expertise as a commercial trial attorney litigating complex business matters. His representative clients range from regional companies to multi-national corporations. Mr. Travis has tried or resolved complex cases in both federal and state courts, in proceedings before administrative bodies, and in private domestic and international arbitrations. He has successfully argued appeals in the Florida Appellate Courts as well as the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eleventh Circuit.
Concentration
- Complex business litigation
- Creditors’ rights litigation including foreclosures, evictions, replevins, garnishments, and attachments.
- Aviation litigation involving aircraft leasing, jet fuel sales and statutory jet fuel sale remedies.
- Real estate litigation involving commercial landlord/tenant matters, property management matters, and leasing disputes.
- Financial institution litigation involving loan disputes, loan workouts, letter of credit transactions and suretyship issues.
- Business tort litigation
Professional & Community Involvement
- Co-authored the foreclosure law article published in the Florida Bar’s publication “Florida Real Property Litigation Treatise,” Fourth Edition.
- Miami-Dade County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Shutts & Bowen Representative in the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
- Graduate of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Leadership Miami program
- Cornell University Alumni Advisory Committee
- Gulliver Preparatory Schools Alumni Association
- HSBC/Ndorphin Triathlon Team
- Alliance Francaise Association
Education
- University of Florida College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1993
- Cornell University, B.A., with cum laude honors, Honors Political Science, 1990
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
Languages
- Spanish
- French
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Affiliations
- Dade County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Leadership Miami
