Jared Perez is an attorney, arbitrator, and court-appointed fiduciary who concentrates his practice on business and commercial litigation with a focus on financial services and securities matters, including securities fraud litigation, SEC and FINRA investigations, shareholder derivative litigation, and federal equity receiverships. In October 2024, Mr. Perez was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Federal Equity Receivers, and he also serves as the Co-Chair of the Regulatory Outreach Committee.
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On July 11, 2024, at the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida appointed Mr. Perez as the receiver for Start Connecting LLC based in Sarasota, Florida, and Start Connecting SAS based in Cali, Colombia -- both doing business as USA Student Debt Relief. In that capacity, Mr. Perez is recovering funds for the ultimate benefit of thousands of defrauded consumers, who are primarily low-income student loan borrowers. For more information about this Receivership and tips on how to avoid student loan scams, please click the logo to the left and review the linked articles and reports.
As an attorney, Mr. Perez has also represented and is currently representing receivers appointed by state and federal courts at the request of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Florida Office of Financial Regulation, and the Office of the Florida Attorney General, including the matters linked below.
$70 Million Forex Ponzi
$170 Million Real Estate Ponzi
$350 Million Hedge Fund Ponzi
$17 Million Medical LOP Fraud
Mr. Perez has represented companies and/or individuals in “business divorce” cases – i.e., disputes or litigation among partners or shareholders of closely-held entities. Such cases require experience and special attention because the parties have often worked with each other for many years or founded a company together, which can raise complicated factual and legal issues regarding invested capital, management authority, and distribution of profits.
For example, Mr. Perez represented the Special Litigation Committee appointed in Taneja v. Saraiya, 290 So. 3d 602 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020). The Committee was asked to determine whether a shareholder derivative action should proceed in connection with a failed real estate development but ultimately determined the action was not in the best interests of the company. Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial judge and the Committee, concluding, “Quite simply, our record reflects a textbook example of how a SLC should proceed.” Id.
In January 2025, Mr. Perez earned the Public Leadership Credential from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, which is a "professional credential program that gives change-makers the skills and knowledge necessary to advance the public good and make an immediate impact in their communities." Mr. Perez is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE credential pending) and an arbitrator with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. He has also completed arbitration training approved by the Florida Supreme Court.
Before founding Jared J. Perez P.A. in 2022, Mr. Perez was a shareholder at Guerra King P.A. (f/k/a Wiand Guerra King P.A.) for more than a decade and an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in New York, NY. He is a Tampa native and graduated from Florida State University, cum laude, in 2002. Mr. Perez received his law degree in 2005 from Columbia Law School. At Columbia, he served as the Managing Editor of the Science & Technology Law Review. He also interned with the Rackets Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, the Hon. Robert Patterson, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and the Hon. Sonia Sotomayor, then of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and, presently, a member of the United States Supreme Court.
Reported Decisions & Representative Cases
Wiand v. ATC Brokers Ltd., 96 F.4th 1303 (11th Cir. 2024)
Centennial Bank v. ServisFirst Bank Inc., No. 8:16-CV-88-CEH-CPT, 2022 WL 10219893, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Oct. 10, 2022)
Taneja v. Saraiya, 290 So. 3d 602 (Fla. 2d DCA 2020)
Wiand v. Lee, 753 F.3d 1194 (11th Cir. 2014)
Wiand v. Meeker, 572 F. App'x 689 (11th Cir. 2014)
Wiand v. Dancing $, LLC, 578 F. App'x 938 (11th Cir. 2014)
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