Overview
Stan Eleff joined the firm in 1978 and is a Senior Member. He serves as the firm’s general counsel and is a former chairman of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group. His practice includes noncompete and restrictive covenants, franchising advice and litigation, construction disputes, unfair competition, franchising/distributorships/business opportunities, intellectual property advice and litigation, and arbitration and alternate dispute resolution.
Representative Matters
Stan has handled hundreds of matters involving claims for breach of contract including enforcement and defense of claims relating to covenants not to compete and disputes relating to closely held corporations and multi-million dollar claims relating to all of the matters listed above.
Honors and Distinctions
- Tampa Magazine’s Top Lawyers List, 2019-2024
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Commercial Litigation, 2008-2025
- Franchise Law, 2013-2025
- Litigation – Construction, 2011-2025
- Litigation – Labor & Employment, 2011-2025
- Florida Super Lawyers, 2007-2014, 2019-2023 (10+ year recognition)
- Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, 2006
Professional Involvement
- American Bar Association
- Forum on Franchising, 1984-present
- The Florida Bar, Business Law Section
- Franchising Committee, Founding Member
- American Arbitration Association
- Construction and Commercial Arbitration Panels, 1986-present
- Construction Panel Advisory Committee, Tampa Bay region
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
- C. H. Ferguson M. E. White American Inn of Court, 1997-present
- Treasurer, 2009-present
Community Involvement
- Harvard Club, West Coast of Florida, Schools, and Scholarship Committee
- Chair, 2022
- Harvard Law School Fund, Class Agent
- Tampa Connection, 1986
- Hebrew National Orphan Home/Hartman Homecrest Alumni Association
- President, 2009-2015
- Local Gymnastics Booster Organizations
- Supporter and Past President
News
- Sixty-Four Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2025
- Forty-Eight Attorneys Recognized in Tampa Magazine’s Top Lawyers for 2024 – Two Attorneys Listed in Top Categories
- Fifty-One Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024
- Forty-Five Attorneys Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers 2023
- Forty-One Attorneys Listed in Tampa Magazine’s Top Lawyers for 2023
- Fifty-two Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Four Attorneys Named “Lawyer of the Year”
- Twenty-Four Attorneys Listed in Tampa Magazine’s Top Lawyers for 2022
- Fifty-Four Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022
- Forty-One Attorneys Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers 2021
- Twenty-Five Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers 2021 by Tampa Magazine
- Twenty-Five Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers 2021 by Tampa Magazine
- Fifty-Four Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021
- Forty-Seven Attorneys Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers 2020
- Trenam Law Attorneys Recognized as Top Lawyers 2020 by Tampa Magazine
- Forty-Six Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020
- Forty-Nine Attorneys Recognized in Florida Super Lawyers 2019
- Trenam Law Attorneys Recognized As Top Lawyers 2019 By Tampa Magazine
- Forty Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2019
- Thirty-Four Attorneys from Trenam Law Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018
- Thirty-Two Trenam Attorneys Listed in 2016 Best Lawyers in America Including Two as Lawyer of the Year
- Florida’s Legal Elite Includes 13 Trenam Kemker Attorneys
- Fifty Trenam Kemker Lawyers Named Florida Super Lawyers and Florida Rising Stars
- Thirty-Two Trenam Kemker Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers in America 2014
Thought Leadership
Stan has authored and lectured on numerous continuing education materials on enforcing and defending claims regarding covenants not to compete. He has also authored and lectured on arbitration procedures.
