A. Christopher Kasten II

Chris Kasten is a commercial trial lawyer with over 25 years of experience in representing large and small commercial clients at the trial and appellate levels. His litigation practice includes commercial and contract matters, non-compete agreements, business disputes, shareholder/corporate disputes, real estate litigation, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, and complex commercial collection matters, including proceedings supplementary and fraudulent conveyance actions. Mr. Kasten has successfully tried numerous jury trials and non-jury trials in circuit and county courts throughout the state of Florida. Mr. Kasten has also successfully filed suit against several foreign governments in the Caribbean and Europe, during his representation of Tampa General Hospital, and has been involved in numerous other international collection matters in the Caribbean, Central America and Europe on behalf of the John Deere Company. Mr. Kasten has served as outside counsel for The John Deere Company. Mr. Kasten’s clients include a number of banks in the Tampa Bay area and he provides representation in special assets matters as well as banking operations under Article 3 and Article 4, ACH and electronic funds transfer issues. He is a longtime supporter and member of the Florida Banking Association.  

Mr. Kasten has been a Florida Certified Civil Mediator since 2007, and is a member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators. He mediates business disputes, including contract warranties, trade secrets, commissions, buy/sell agreements and non-compete agreements.

Rise Tampa, Our Police Foundation, Inc., Board Member (2019-present) American Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section

The Florida Bar, Business Law Section

Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association

American Bankruptcy Institute

Northern, Middle and Southern Districts Bankruptcy Bar Associations

Rotary International, Interbay Chapter

Florida Academy of Professional Mediators

Recognized in Best Lawyers in America® since 2021
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Recognized as a 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™

Tampa Bay Magazine 2010 Top Lawyers in Banking Law

Master in the Ferguson-White American Inn of Court, 2003-2011; awarded the 2004-2005 Mentor of the Year Award

AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated, by Martindale-Hubbell®

Mr. Kasten was born in Spangler, Pennsylvania and raised as the son of a career naval officer, living in many different places in the United States and Europe. Mr. Kasten served on active duty as an officer in the United States Army Signal Corps from 1979 to 1985 in the Panama Canal Zone and West Germany and with the United States Army Reserves and the Georgia National Guard from 1985 to 1992.

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