Theodore B. Randles
Counsel
Ted’s subject-matter knowledge is as varied as the business interests he represents and is buoyed by his prior experience as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division. His practice has included business and partnership disputes, contract disputes, insurance disputes, tort claims, oil and gas litigation, antitrust claims, and complex bankruptcies. Ted was raised in northwest Florida and has particular experience in the courts of Washington, DC, Florida, and Georgia, and throughout the South.
Related Practices
Experience
Experience
Government Experience
- Intelligence officer, United States Air Force
- Trial attorney, Honors Program, Civil Division (Attorney General's Honors Program), United States Department of Justice
Representative Matters
- Obtained summary judgment for a self-insured rental car company on bad faith claims brought by assignee of renter, asserting that its self-insured status made it liable for the duty of good faith borne by insurers. After deferring the issue at the motion to dismiss stage, and following extensive discovery, the court granted summary judgment in the client’s favor in a written order making clear a self-insurer is not subject to such claims
- Successfully defended against three class action lawsuits alleging violation of Florida’s wiretap statute by use of session replay software on commercial websites. Obtained favorable motion to dismiss ruling and voluntary dismissals
- Defended pharmaceutical companies in multi-district litigation involving claims brought by private plaintiffs and state attorneys general alleging an industry-wide price-fixing conspiracy (In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation)
- Second-chaired a 10-day remote bench trial during the COVID-19 pandemic, including examining two witnesses and managing witnesses and exhibits, that resulted in a mandatory injunction compelling the District of Columbia to consent to assignment of ground leases for the Black Entertainment Television (BET) headquarters campus in Northeast DC and a $19.45 million damages award for government’s tortious interference with purchase and sale agreement and breach of ground leases’ requirement not to unreasonably withhold consent (BET Acquisition Corp. and Black Entertainment Television, LLC v. District of Columbia, D.C. Super. Ct. Nos. 2018-CA-2023-B and 2018-CA-6351-B)
- Successfully excluded evidence and obtained summary judgment for a pro bono client facing foreclosure of his home during the COVID-19 pandemic (Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. Scott, D.C. Super. Ct. No. 2015-CA-9912-R(RP))
- Successfully wrote and argued a motion preventing attempted a bankruptcy sale of artifacts from the R.M.S. Titanic free and clear of the possible interests of the Republic of France (In re R.M.S. Titanic, Inc., Case No. 3:16-bk-02230 (M.D. Fla.))
Insights
Insights
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- J.D. magna cum laude University of Florida Levin College of Law 2014
- Order of the Coif
- Managing editor, Florida Law Review
- M.A. Philosophy University of Florida 2007
- B.S. History U.S. Air Force Academy 2006
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Supreme Court of Georgia
Clerk Experience
- The Honorable Robert L. Hinkle U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
Recognition
Recognition
- Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Washington, DC, 2020 – 2023
- The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, 2021 – 2025
Community
Community
Pro Bono
- Maintains an active pro bono practice, representing local nonprofit housing organizations and artists facing foreclosure