TERRY A.C. GRAY IS AN EXPERIENCED LITIGATOR OF THE OLD SCHOOL VARIETY, SPECIFICALLY, A TALENTED LITIGATOR WHO CAN BRING SUCCESS IN ALMOST ANY SUBJECT AREA IN WHICH HE IS ENGAGED.
Mr. Gray has a wide range of litigation experience in diverse subject matters with the most common denominator amongst them being the complexity of the issues or the procedure. For the past decade, Mr. Gray has focused upon complex commercial litigation, complex family law matters related to trusts and estates, guardianship issues, and financial exploitation of the elderly, securities litigation including multiple FINRA arbitrations and expungements, AAA arbitrations, lender-borrower litigation, partnership disputes, litigation pertaining to trade secrets and non-compete agreements, messy employment disputes, complex defamation claims involving anonymous internet posters, and cutting edge litigation pertaining to the ownership of social media accounts. He has substantial experience conducting internal investigations, massive volume discovery, all aspects of pre-trial and post-judgment litigation, and trial experience. He has experience litigating matters at both the state and federal appellate level. Mr. Gray represents both plaintiffs and defendants, both individuals and entities, and he is equally at home before a state or federal judge, a panel of arbitrators or an administrative law judge, within the state of Florida or beyond.
Mr. Gray analyzes, researches, and litigates matters from a holistic perspective with a keen understanding of how pre-suit research impacts the claims and defenses, which impacts discovery and motion practice, which impacts the arguments and objections, which impact the outcome, and if necessary, appeal.
Prior to joining Martínez-Cid Law, Mr. Gray served as Senior Litigation Counsel for a top-ranked securities and complex commercial litigation boutique in Boca Raton. Earlier, Mr. Gray served as the Director of Litigation with responsibility for more than 2,000 federal cases related to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Mr. Gray was Of Counsel with Boies, Schiller, and Flexner, LLP, and an associate with WilmerHale in Washington, D.C. (now Wilmer Culter Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP).
Mr. Gray graduated with honors from the University of Virginia where he also served as President of UVA’s Student Council and Student Body, representing more than 18,000 students. He was awarded a Henry Luce Fellowship pursuant to which he worked with NGOs in Thailand on local political development, and remains a proficient Thai speaker.
Mr. Gray then attended Stanford University Law School where he was on the law review. He clerked for the Hon. Thelton E. Henderson, then Chief Judge of the Northern District of California prior to embarking upon his legal career.
REPRESENTATIONS
· In a highly contentious litigation pending for more than a decade involving a complex array of Florida divorce, trusts, and fraud issues, Mr. Gray was hired after all of the client’s affirmative defenses had been stricken, pursued a novel theory ignored by all predecessor counsel, and obtained a favorable appellate result from Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal.
· Forthcoming.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Mr. Gray is a member of the Broward County Bar Association and the South Palm Beach Bar Association. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
EDUCATION
J.D., Stanford University Law School, 1999
B.A., University of Virginia, 1995
CLERKSHIPS
Hon. Thelton E. Henderson, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1999–2000
COURT ADMISSIONS
Florida
District of Columbia
Nevada
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
PUBLICATIONS
“De-Concentrating Poverty and Promoting Mixed-Income Communities in Public Housing: The Quality Housing and Responsibility Act of 1998,” Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 11 1999
HONORS & AWARDS
Fellow, Henry Luce Foundation
Award for Personal Integrity, Achievement, Leadership, and Humility, Gray-Carrington Memorial Foundation
Earl Warren Scholarship, Legal Defense Fund
Distinguished Speakers Award, Office of African-American Affairs, University of Virginia
Outstanding Student Award, The Raven Society, University of Virginia
Jerome Holland Scholarship, Ridley Foundation, University of Virginia
LANGUAGES
Native Speaker of English
Proficient in Thai