Pascual Oliu is a trial and appellate lawyer who handles a wide range of complex civil matters. His diverse practice includes mortgage-financing litigation, energy law, constitutional law, and commercial contract disputes. Oliu also has significant experience advising clients and litigating suits brought under the Helms-Burton Act.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Financial Litigation, Appellate |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Financial Litigation, Appellate |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Financial Litigation, Appellate |
Oliu’s experience includes:
- Representing defendants in many of the leading Helms-Burton actions, including some of the first-ever filed under the statute, with multiple cases successfully resolved at the trial-court level and in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- Representing a leading home-mortgage subservicer in a three-week federal jury trial, resulting in a multimillion-dollar jury verdict for the client
- Successfully challenging an unconstitutional Texas law that blocked a client’s entry into a competitive market, resulting in a win at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Defending several companies in a consumer-protection civil action brought by the Attorney General of Texas
- Successfully vacating a class action certification on appeal from a Florida state court action arising from Hurricane Irma
- Securing the dismissal of a class action in a 6 billion-dollar receivership case, and successfully defending that result in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Representing a major energy company in multiple successful appeals to the Florida Supreme Court
- Defending an international law firm in an eight-week jury trial, concluding with the exclusion of the opposing party’s main damages theory and a settlement thereafter
- Advocating pro bono on behalf of children and pediatricians in a landmark civil-rights action that resulted in sweeping improvements to Florida’s Medicaid Program