Tyler Rauh specializes in appeals and dispositive motions while counseling on trial strategy in federal courts. He uses game theory concepts to reach optimal and efficient litigation results. Mr. Rauh is available as counsel for pre-trial motion practice, embedded appellate counsel at trial, and post-trial briefing.

Tyler began his legal career by fleeing the frigid winters of Michigan to attend the University of Miami School of Law, where he graduated with honors. At the University of Miami, Tyler interned at the Miami Workers Center and represented victims of human trafficking to help them escape their confines and start anew. Mr. Rauh also worked in the school’s Federal Appellate Clinic with the Federal Public Defender’s Office on behalf of indigent criminal defendants in their appeals. With the clinic, Tyler wrote briefs and petitions to the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the Florida Supreme Court. Simultaneously, Tyler served as Executive Editor of the Business Law Review and published his second paper, Regulating Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, which analyzed First Amendment issues arising from a San Francisco ordinance that required warnings on beverage advertisements.

Notable Results

Mr. Rauh has helped his clients attain numerous recent favorable results in maritime, admiralty, copyright, breach-of-contract, and property litigation:

Gould v. Carnival Corp., No. 21-13308 (11th Cir. Oct. 6, 2022) (trial and appeal)

Affirmed defense verdict on maritime tort claims arising from injuries suffered while boarding the vessel.

Lucas v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., No. 20-13702 (11th Cir. Jan. 26, 2022) (trial and appeal)

Affirmed defense verdict on maritime tort claims arising from injuries suffered while ice skating onboard a cruise ship.

Mejia v. America Cruise Ferries, Inc., and Anek Lines SA, No. 21-cv-21542 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 31, 2022) (dismissal)

Dismissed under Rule 12(b)(2) due to lack of personal jurisdiction for Jones Act claims.

Roberts v. Carnival Corp., No. 19-cv-23885 (S.D. Fla. Mar. 21, 2022) (summary judgment)

Complete judgment in favor of defendant on a cruise ticket contract defense.

UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Vital Pharms., Inc., No. 21-cv-60914 (S.D. Fla. July 11, 2022) (summary judgment)

Judgment of liability on behalf of record companies and music publishers in a copyright infringement action involving hundreds of unauthorized songs played on TikTok and Instagram.

Conway v. Utopia IV et al., No. 21-cv-24099 (S.D. Fla. Nov. 22, 2021) (Rule C vessel arrest)

Arrested a 63-meter superyacht on an emergency basis for claims arising from a maritime lien.

Johnson v. Carnival Corp., No. 20-cv-24620 (S.D. Fla. Nov. 19, 2021) (dismissal)

Dismissed claims arising from alleged improper medical care.

Smith v. Carnival Corp., No. 19-cv-24352 (S.D. Fla. Nov. 16, 2021) (summary judgment)

Complete summary judgment on claims relating to an alleged sex assault by crewmember.

Doe v. Carnival Corp., No. 21-22301 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 18, 2021) (dismissal and appeal)

Compelled arbitration while rejecting argument that the seamen exemption in Title 1 of the Federal Arbitration Act applies to the New York Convention.

Great Lakes Ins. SE v. Rental Boat Corp., No. 20-60133 (S.D. Fla. May 10, 2021) (summary judgment)

Publications

Near-Death Experiences: A Potential Problem for Physicalism, compos mentis: Undergraduate Journal of Cognition and Neuroethics 1 (1): 35–44 (2013)

Regulating Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, 27 U. Miami Bus. L. Rev. 269 (2019)