Profile
Vanessa Palacio is an experienced trial attorney and registered patent attorney who focuses her practice on bet-the-company, intellectual property, technology, and life sciences matters.
Recognized as a “Top Lawyer” for “Bet-the-Company Litigation” by Palm Beach Illustrated, she also has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” (2021-2025) and Florida Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” (2019-2021, 2023-2024).
Vanessa has first and second-chaired trials in a wide range of cases in state and federal court and knows the importance of tailoring legal strategies to meet each client’s unique needs. With strategic thinking and a results-driven approach, she has negotiated and drafted complex commercial contracts and settlement agreements, and handled mediations, arbitrations, appeals, and extraordinary writ petitions.
Vanessa is a trusted advocate for clients facing complex legal challenges, and she also handles high-stakes commercial and civil litigation, as well as class action, business, internet, domain name, privacy, products liability, construction, equine, and cross-border disputes.
Capabilities
Experience
- Represented plaintiff patent owners at trial, obtaining jury verdict of willful infringement of various patents related to lawnmowers.
- Secured an appellate win on behalf of a client after a trial court wrongfully ordered it to produce sensitive data in violation of GDPR.
- Represented non-party technology company in discovery dispute concerning data privacy issues, prevailing in trial court.
- Represented client in arbitration hearing related to ownership of patented tools and technology for the oil and gas industry, resulting in award for successful transfer of ownership of tools and technology to client.
- Represented clients in complex fraud case related to cross-border purchase of seven-figure grand prix show-jumping horse.
- First chaired trial in breach of contract case between former business partners concerning multiple real estate holdings.°
- Represented watch and jewelry store and first chaired trial in breach of contract case with complex issues involving valuation.°
- Represented jewelry retailer and first chaired hearings, obtaining emergency temporary injunction and later permanent injunctive relief to protect client’s business.°
- Represented luxury jewelry and specialty retailer in private arbitration proceedings related to construction defect at store location.°
- Represented historic watch and jewelry company in adversary proceeding against former counsel arising from legal malpractice and botched bankruptcy.°
- Represented client in cross-border intellectual property dispute involving iconic packaging for alcohol brand.°
- Represented party in a malpractice case arising from ten-figure litigation under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. 1605 and researched and drafted response to Petition for Writ of Certiorari regarding attorney disqualification, resulting in a favorable outcome for client.°
- Represented a trustee in multijurisdictional proceedings supplementary related to a $100 million settlement.°
- Second chaired a six-figure trial against the government related to breach of contract and productivity damages in a construction case.°
- Second chaired an arbitration related to enforcement of a settlement agreement concerning over $30 million in assets.°
- Represented client in a real estate, land use, and development dispute against the government, researching and drafting initial appellate and reply briefs regarding sanctions, resulting in a favorable outcome for client and reversal of lower court’s decision.°
- Represented a client in a contract and real estate dispute, researching and drafting initial appellate and reply briefs, and resulting in a favorable outcome for client and reversal of lower court’s decision.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Palacio prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
- Miami-Dade County, 2013-2015
- Special Projects Administrator, 2015
- Legislative Aide, Office of Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa, 2013-2015
- Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, 2011 and 2012
- Certified Legal Intern, Felony Division, 2012
- Certified Legal Intern, Juvenile Division, 2011
- Intern, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Appellate Advocacy Clinic, 2011
- Judicial Intern, Hon. Antonio Arzola, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, 2009 and 2010-2011
Recognition & Leadership
- Recognized, Palm Beach Illustrated, "Top Lawyers," 2023
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, Florida Super Lawyers, "Rising Star," 2019-2021, 2023-2024
- Team Member, a Law360 “Product Liability Practice Group of the Year,” 2021
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
- "Ones to Watch," Commercial Litigation, 2021-2025
- "Ones to Watch," Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, 2023-2025
- Member, Cuban American Bar Association
- Member, Dade County Bar Association
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, 2009-Present
Credentials
- J.D., summa cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, 2012
- B.A., Biology, University of Miami, 2009
- Florida
- California
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Spanish, Native
- French, Conversational