Carl F. Schoeppl - a Boca Raton, FL Appellate Lawyer

Boca Raton Appellate Lawyer

Updated: 02/16/2026

Areas of Practice

Appellate
Broker-Dealer Enforcement
Business Litigation and Arbitrations
Customer Arbitrations in High Stakes Matters
Investment Adviser Enforcement
Mediation
Receivership Litigation
Regulatory Defense
SEC Enforcement
Securities Litigation
Trial Support
White Collar Criminal Defense

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

Carl F. Schoeppl is the Managing Shareholder of the Schoeppl Law, P.A. Mr. Schoeppl is a former senior federal prosecutor with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), Division of Enforcement, and prosecuted some of the most notable securities fraud cases on behalf of the SEC in federal courts throughout the Southeastern United States at that time, including SEC v. Chapnick, [1993-1994 Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCR) r 98,076 (S.D. Fla. Feb. 11, 1994)(an insider trading and $33 million securities fraud case involving former officers of the failed Commonwealth Savings and Loan Association of Florida); and SEC v. Bradt, [Current Transfer Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCR), r 98,624 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 7, 1995)(a $27 million "Ponzi" scheme case involving the notorious con-man Thomas R. Mullens and the defunct Omni Capital Group, Ltd.). Mr. Schoeppl also served as Ethics Counsel for the SEC's Southeast Regional Office, and was responsible for rendering ethics opinions and legal advice on ethical issues to a staff of over fifty. Prior to his tenure at the SEC, Mr. Schoeppl was a Special Assistant District Attorney in Atlanta, Georgia with responsibility over trying major felony criminal cases.

Mr. Schoeppl has been appointed by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, upon the recommendation of the SEC, as the Receiver for five different corporations in an SEC enforcement action styled SEC v. Schaefer, et al., Case No. 98-343-CIV-ORL-22A (M.D. Fla.)($3.5 million securities fraud/Ponzi scheme case involving the sale of promissory notes). Mr. Schoeppl has also been appointed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, upon the recommendation of the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), as the Receiver for Transworld Enterprises, Inc. in an FTC enforcement action styled FTC v. Transworld Enterprises, Inc., et al., Case No. 00-8126-CIV-GRARAM (S.D. Fla.)($3 million nationwide franchise fraud case involving the sale of ATM business opportunities). Mr. Schoeppl was appointed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, upon the recommendation of the SEC, to serve as the Receiver for U.S. Capital Funding, Inc. in a $48 million securities fraud case styled SEC v. First Capital Services, Inc., et al., Case No. 00-8445-CIV-MIDDLEBROOKS (S.D. Fla.). Recently, Mr. Schoeppl was appointed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, upon the recommendation of the FTC, as Temporary Receiver for America's Shopping Network, Inc. ("ASN"), Consumer Services, Inc., Karen Zagami, Carianne Sica, Louis Gangi, RME, Inc., and John Epstein in an FTC enforcement action styled FTC v. America's Shopping Network, Inc., et al., Case No. 02-80540-CIV-HURLEY (S.D. Fla.). In ASN, the Defendants allegedly conducted a nationwide fraudulent work-at-home scheme. Mr. Schoeppl has also served as an expert witness for the SEC in SEC v. Web Hosting Headquarters Partnership, et al., Case No.: 00-4975-CIV RIGRSMITR/GARBER (S.D. Fla.). Mr. Schoeppl is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator.

Awards and Honors

Honors

Service in the Public Interest Award from the FBI
Commendation from Securities Board of the Netherlands
Appointed as Receiver by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Appointed as Receiver by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Appointed as Temporary Receiver by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Education

Legal Education
- Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 1990
  LL.M.
  Honors: Academic Scholarship
  Honors: Highest Grade in Class in Voir Dire
  Honors: Highest Grade in Class in Trial Ethics
  Major: Litigation, Master of Laws in Litigation
- Nova University Center for the Study of Law, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1989
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Dean's List
  Honors: Moot Court Society
  Honors: Highest Grade in Class in Pretrial Practice
  Honors: Highest Grade in Class in Real Property Workshop
  Law Review: Nova Law Review
- Oxford University- St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, England, 1987
  Honors: Highest Grade in Class in Comparative Corporate Governance
Non Legal Education
- Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 1986
  B.B.A.
  Honors: Graduated With Honors in Top 5% of Class
  Honors: President's Honor List
  Honors: Dean's List
  Honors: Academic All-American
  Major: Marketing

Current Employment Position(s)

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Managing Shareholder
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Past Positions

District Attorney's Office of Fulton County, Felony Division, Atlanta, Georgia, Special Assistant District Attorney, 1989 - 1990
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, Miami, Florida, Senior Counsel, 1993 - 1995
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, Miami, Florida, Staff Attorney, 1990 - 1993
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement, Miami, Florida, Ethics Counsel, 1990 - 1995

Classes and Seminars

Speaker, The Conduct of a Civil Trial in Federal Court, Federal Practice Seminar, Florida Bar, February 26, 1997
Speaker, Hedging Your Bets: Preserving the Record for Appeal, Litigation Poker Table Seminar, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Commercial Litigation Section, October 20, 1995
Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Nova Southeastern University Law School, 1996 - 2010
Instructor, Trial Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), 1994 - 1999
Instructor, Deposition Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), 1998 - 1999
Instructor, Civil and Criminal Litigation, Rollins College, 1992
Guest Lecturer, Violations of Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Insider Trading, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, March 9, 2015 - Present
Guest Lecturer, Violations of Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Ponzi Schemes, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, March 18, 2013 - Present
The Conduct of a Civil Trial in Federal Court, Federal Practice Seminar, February 26, 1997 - Present
Hedging Your Bets: Preserving the Record for Appeal, Litigation Poker Table Seminar, October 20, 1995 - Present

Representative Cases

Absolute Activist Value Master Fund Ltd. v. Devine
- Citation: No. 16-13047-AA, 2017 WL 5991848 (11th Cir. Aug. 18, 2017)
- Year: 2017
SEC v. Yun
- Citation: 130 F.Supp.2d 1348
- Court: M.D. Fla.
- Year: 2001
- Serial Number: 2001114221
SEC v. Yun
- Citation: No. 99-117-CIV-ORL-22A, 2001 WL 705722
- Court: M.D. Fla
- Year: 2001
- Serial Number: 2001536440
SEC v. Yun
- Citation: 148 F.Supp. 2d 1287
- Court: M.D. Fla.
- Year: 2001
- Serial Number: 2001536440
Computerized Thermal Imaging , Inc. v. Bloomberg LP
- Citation: 2001 WL 670927
- Court: D.Utah
- Serial Number: 2001518485
Computerized Thermal Imaging , Inc. v. Bloomberg LP
- Citation: 312 F.3d 1292
- Court: 10th Cir.
- Year: 2002
- Serial Number: 2002743525
SEC v. Omnigene Development, Inc.,
- Citation: 105 F.Supp.2d 1316
- Court: S.D. Fla.
- Year: 2000
- Serial Number: 2000088016
Vincelli v. National Home Health Care Corp.,
- Citation: 112 F.Supp.2d 1309
- Court: M.D. Fla.
- Year: 2000
- Serial Number: 2000526105
Aquamar, S.A. v. Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc.
- Citation: 179 F.3d 1279
- Court: 11th Cir.
- Year: 1999
- Serial Number: 1999154619
Travel Access, Inc. v. System One Direct Access, Inc., (
- Citation: 696 So. 2d 397
- Court: Fla. 3d DCA
- Year: 1997
- Serial Number: 1997125297
Periera v. Florida Power & Light Company
- Citation: 680 So. 2d 617
- Court: Fla. 4th DCA
- Year: 1996
- Serial Number: 1996227877
Williamson v. State
- Citation: 681 So. 2d 688
- Court: Fla.
- Year: 1996
- Serial Number: 1996212512
SEC v. Bradt
- Citation: 1995 WL 215220
- Court: S.D. Fla.
- Year: 1995
- Serial Number: 1995087753
SEC v. Chapnick
- Citation: 1994 WL 113040
- Court: S.D. Fla
- Year: 1994
- Serial Number: 1994078368
Cadle Co. v. G & G Assoc.
- Citation: 737 So.2d 1136
- Court: Fla. 4th DCA
- Serial Number: 1999142731
SEC v. Schaefer, et al., Case No. 98-343-CIV-ORL-22A (M.D. Fla.)
FTC v. Transworld Enterprises, Inc., et al., Case No. 00-8126-CIV-GRAHAM (S.D. Fla.)
SEC v. First Capital Services, Inc., et al., Case No. 00-8445-CIV-MIDDLEBROOKS (S.D. Fla.)
FTC v. America’s Shopping Network, Inc., et al., Case No. 02-80540-CIV-HURLEY (S.D. Fla.)
FTC v. Fidelity ATM, Inc., et al., Case No. 06-81101-CIV-HURLEY-HOPKINS (S.D. Fla.)

Bar Admissions

Florida
New York
District of Columbia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
U. S. Court of Military Appeals
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court Western District of New York
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court District of Nebraska
U.S. Tax Court
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Specialties and Certifications

Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator

Other Affiliations

The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Past Member)
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Past Memeber)
The American Bar Association (Current Member)
The Federal Bar Association (Current Member)
The Broward County Bar Association (Past Member)
The South Palm Beach County Bar Association (Current Member)
The Palm Beach County Bar Association (Past Member)
The New York Bar Association (Current Member)
Craig S. Barnard American Inn of Court LIV, 1998 - 2001 (Past Member)

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Boca Raton, FL

Schoeppl Law, P.A.
7999 North Federal Highway
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