Ralph W. Confreda, Jr.
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Clients consider me easy to deal with, efficient, and effective. I’m not the person who’s going to come in and shift weight around. With litigation clients, I aim to get a case resolved as quickly as possible. I’m a strong advocate always, but I look for the most realistic, expedient path to get my client to their goal.

Ralph W. Confreda, Jr. is an experienced trial lawyer who advises financial institutions and real estate clients on consumer finance litigation involving mortgages, related real estate issues, and class actions as well as complex commercial litigation. He has handled and prevailed in state court appeals and in federal appeals before the Eleventh Circuit.

Ralph’s work for financial clients involves contested mortgage foreclosures, real estate and title issues, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA), declaratory judgments, quiet title, and breach of contract claims, among various other claims. He also has extensive experience with landlord/tenant disputes including evictions.

Boasting comprehensive representation for clients in the real estate space, Ralph has extensive residential and commercial transactional experience. He has successfully had properties rezoned and resolved code violation issues and executed numerous closings for individual as well as business clients.

From collections and garnishment work to class actions, Ralph also represents large and small clients in complex commercial litigation in Florida state and federal courts.

A member of McGlinchey’s Cannabis industry group, Ralph is intimately familiar with the current legal landscape, trends, and developments in federal and state regulations governing marijuana and hemp businesses. He advises companies and individuals with complex state licensing applications, requirements, and related issues and assists licensed marijuana businesses with lease and ancillary business negotiations.

My Work

Industries

Services

Insights

  • Cannabis and Social Justice Reform: Are We Doing Enough?

    With the anticipation of federal marijuana legalization, the cannabis industry rang in 2021with sky-high equity values and anticipated social justice reforms seemingly imminent. However, differing ideas regarding how to legalize marijuana has left federal legalization in limbo and, 20 months later, the sector is still plagued by a myriad of factors that have effectively limited opportunities to succeed in the newly legal cannabis market: onerous capital requirements which can only be financed privately, prohibitions on granting licenses to drug felons, and other hurdles. While both chambers of Congress have made strides by passing bills addressing these issues, such as the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA), and the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, all have failed to secure enough bipartisan support to break through the stalemate.

  • Four McGlinchey Attorneys Named 2022 Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Stars

    McGlinchey is pleased to announce that four attorneys in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale and Jacksonville offices have been named to the 2022 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.

  • Podcast: Law of the Land? Cannabis, Preemption, and SCOTUS

    Cannabis is illegal under federal law, but legal for certain uses in many states. Might the U.S. Supreme Court resolve this conflict in a Workers' Comp case?

  • McGlinchey Attorneys Named to 2021 Florida Rising Stars List by Super Lawyers Magazine

    McGlinchey is pleased to announce the inclusion of three attorneys in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office in the 2021 edition of the Florida "Rising Stars" List by Super Lawyers Magazine.

  • McGlinchey Attorneys in CA, FL, DC recognized by Super Lawyers

    McGlinchey Stafford PLLC is pleased to announce the inclusion of 10 attorneys from four offices in the Southern California, Florida, and Washington, DC issues of the 2020 Super Lawyers and Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” by Thomson Reuters. These attorneys were recognized across five practice areas spanning various business, corporate, and litigation arenas. The following attorneysMore

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Education

  • Florida International University College of Law (J.D., 2010)
  • University of Miami (B.B.A., 2007)

Admissions

Bar Admissions
  • Florida 2010
Court Admissions
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • 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

Honors

  • Florida Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" (Business Litigation, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, General Litigation, Banking, and Consumer Law), 2017–2021

Affiliations

Professional

  • The Florida Bar
  • Broward County Bar Association
  • Broward County Hispanic Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Languages

  • Spanish

Clerkships

During law school, Ralph completed judicial externships with Judge Stacy D. Glick and Judge Robert N. Scola, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. In his last year of law school, Ralph worked and studied at the FIU College of Law’s Community Lawyering Clinic, where he advocated for and assisted disabled individuals with the process of social security disability applications including administrative hearings.

Outside the Office

Ralph is lighthearted and enjoys a good joke. In his free time, Ralph enjoys spending time with family and friends, traveling, outdoor and water activities, and eating.