Eric is a shareholder at Meland Budwick, P.A. in Miami, Florida. He is a Chambers-ranked lawyer who focuses his practice on trade secret and restrictive-covenant litigation. Eric represents companies and individuals in these matters, across a variety of industries, including frequently obtaining emergency injunctions to prevent further misappropriation or violations of restrictive covenants. Eric has tried a number of bench and jury trials dealing with trade-secrets issues. He is the author of the Protecting Trade Secrets blog.  Eric earned his JD, summa cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was a member of the law review.