Dominic Kouffman

Dominic Kouffman represents institutional and individual fiduciaries and beneficiaries in fiduciary disputes and complex trust and estate administrations, helping clients find cost-effective and creative resolutions both before and after legal proceedings begin. Based in Tampa and West Palm Beach, he is a litigator and trial lawyer in federal and state courts in Florida and other jurisdictions.

Fiduciary litigation is at the center of Dominic's practice. He handles claims of breach of fiduciary duty and breach of trust, undue influence, capacity and tortious interference with expectancy, as well as trust modification, trust termination and guardianship matters. A client quoted in Chambers High Net Worth 2024 said that "Dominic is very good at communicating with the client and including their input in the representation," adding that "he commands respect but remains civil with the other side."

Dominic also brings that trial experience to a broad commercial practice, including financial services litigation, professional negligence and legal malpractice defense, healthcare litigation, fraud, business torts, unfair trade practices, commercial licensing and sponsorship, receivership and sports law. He serves clients in private wealth and fiduciary services, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, sports and entertainment, technology and media, and real estate and construction. He also advises clients on the efficient management and production of electronically stored information (ESI) in e-Discovery.

Active in the Firm's pro bono efforts, Dominic helped launch the Mickey Rooney Elder Financial Abuse Pro Bono Project in the Tampa office. His pro bono work has also included representing victims of mortgage fraud and reuniting families under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. He sits on the advisory board of Voices for Children of Tampa Bay and participates in a number of bar-related organizations.

After graduating with honors from Georgetown University, Dominic worked in the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, assisting with investigations and civil enforcement actions. In law school, he was a senior editor for the Journal of Law and Politics. His trial experience and fiduciary insight help clients protect their interests while keeping resolution in view.

Dominic is very good at communicating with the client and including their input in the representation. One of his biggest strengths is that he commands respect but remains civil with the other side.

– Chambers High Net Worth 2024 guide