Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Business Litigation, Jocelyne Macelloni represents businesses and business owners in state and federal courts throughout the country. Her practice areas include corporate disputes, employment, construction, commercial real estate transactions and disputes, asset recovery, factoring, and other secured transaction-related matters.
Ms. Macelloni has spent over a decade representing factoring companies and asset-based lenders both in and out of court. She has developed extensive familiarity with business operations in diverse industries, including construction, freight forwarding, and import-export trade. She has enforced secured creditors’ rights and protected creditors’ rights in bankruptcy, gaining significant experience in both jury and non-jury trials.
As the Director of Education at Barakat + Bossa, Ms. Macelloni is responsible for the weekly training of all litigation staff, including legal assistants, paralegals, and attorneys, on issues such as civil procedure, trial strategies, and legal matters that regularly impact the firm’s clients and their businesses.
While attending law school, Ms. Macelloni was an active member of the Nova Law Review, served as Vice Justice of Phi Alpha Delta, spent a semester studying International Law at Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome, Italy, and received a Certificate in International Law upon graduating.
Ms. Macelloni is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida as well as the Middle District of Florida and has received pro hac vice status to serve clients in jurisdictions across the country. She is an active member of the American Bar Association and Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce and teaches civil litigation as an adjunct professor of law at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law.
Self-Help: Repossessing and Selling a Debtor’s Collateral — IFA Commercial Factor, May 2025
“Banks Beware: Independent Liability of Garnishees to Garnishors”, Business Law Section, Florida Bar, February 2025
“An Updated Cheat Sheet for Practitioners: The New, New Florida Summary Judgment Rule: 10 Things to Know”, December 2024
“Digital Collateral: Unlocking Financing Potential with UCC Article 12”, September 2024
“Creditors, Don’t Give Up if a Debtor Files for Bankruptcy”, Commercial Factor, October 2023
“Unveiling the Disclosure Mandate: Navigating Commercial Financing Laws and Factoring Company Obligations”, Commercial Factor,
“Lost in Translation: The Importance of Accurate Spelling in UCC Filings”, June 2023
“The CISG as a Basis for Federal Question Jurisdiction: The Need for Authority From the Eleventh Circuit”, International Law Quarterly, spring 2023 • volume XXXIX, no. 2
“A Practitioner’s Cheat Sheet on the “New” Florida Summary Judgment Rule: 10 Things to Know”, July 2021
Florida Rule 1.510: Florida Supreme Court’s Adoption of the Federal Summary Judgment Standard-Changes that May Affect Your Cases
Live program was on May 12, 2021. Course 4681
Lendr Fin., LLC v. Medefis, Inc.
744 F. Supp. 3d 860 (N.D. Ill. 2024)
Nemni v. Barrera
338 So. 3d 238 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022).
Parisi v. De Kingston
314 So. 3d 656 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).
O’Connor v. Hurricane AMT LLC
134 So. 3d 472 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014).
J.D., Nova Southeastern University
B.A., Political Science, University of Central Florida
English
Florida
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Pro hac vice status in multiple jurisdictions
Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Business Litigation, Jocelyne Macelloni represents businesses and business owners in state and federal courts throughout the country. Her practice areas include corporate disputes, employment, construction, commercial real estate transactions and disputes, asset recovery, factoring, and other secured transaction-related matters.
Ms. Macelloni has spent over a decade representing factoring companies and asset-based lenders both in and out of court. She has developed extensive familiarity with business operations in diverse industries, including construction, freight forwarding, and import-export trade. She has enforced secured creditors’ rights and protected creditors’ rights in bankruptcy, gaining significant experience in both jury and non-jury trials.
As the Director of Education at Barakat + Bossa, Ms. Macelloni is responsible for the weekly training of all litigation staff, including legal assistants, paralegals, and attorneys, on issues such as civil procedure, trial strategies, and legal matters that regularly impact the firm’s clients and their businesses.
While attending law school, Ms. Macelloni was an active member of the Nova Law Review, served as Vice Justice of Phi Alpha Delta, spent a semester studying International Law at Università degli Studi Roma Tre in Rome, Italy, and received a Certificate in International Law upon graduating.
Ms. Macelloni is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida as well as the Middle District of Florida and has received pro hac vice status to serve clients in jurisdictions across the country. She is an active member of the American Bar Association and Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce and teaches civil litigation as an adjunct professor of law at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law.
Self-Help: Repossessing and Selling a Debtor’s Collateral — IFA Commercial Factor, May 2025
“Banks Beware: Independent Liability of Garnishees to Garnishors”, Business Law Section, Florida Bar, February 2025
“An Updated Cheat Sheet for Practitioners: The New, New Florida Summary Judgment Rule: 10 Things to Know”, December 2024
“Digital Collateral: Unlocking Financing Potential with UCC Article 12”, September 2024
“Creditors, Don’t Give Up if a Debtor Files for Bankruptcy”, Commercial Factor, October 2023
“Unveiling the Disclosure Mandate: Navigating Commercial Financing Laws and Factoring Company Obligations”, Commercial Factor,
“Lost in Translation: The Importance of Accurate Spelling in UCC Filings”, June 2023
“The CISG as a Basis for Federal Question Jurisdiction: The Need for Authority From the Eleventh Circuit”, International Law Quarterly, spring 2023 • volume XXXIX, no. 2
“A Practitioner’s Cheat Sheet on the “New” Florida Summary Judgment Rule: 10 Things to Know”, July 2021
Florida Rule 1.510: Florida Supreme Court’s Adoption of the Federal Summary Judgment Standard-Changes that May Affect Your Cases
Live program was on May 12, 2021. Course 4681
Lendr Fin., LLC v. Medefis, Inc.
744 F. Supp. 3d 860 (N.D. Ill. 2024)
Nemni v. Barrera
338 So. 3d 238 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022).
Parisi v. De Kingston
314 So. 3d 656 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021).
O’Connor v. Hurricane AMT LLC
134 So. 3d 472 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014).
J.D., Nova Southeastern University
B.A., Political Science, University of Central Florida
English
Florida
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Pro hac vice status in multiple jurisdictions
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