Arthur J. Furia has practiced law since 1980. A Philadelphia, Pa., native born in 1953, he received his Bachelor degree in Business Administration in 1974 and his law degree in 1980 from Villanova University. Prior to his legal practice, he practiced for four years as a certified public accountant with the international public accounting firm of Ernst & Young in its Philadelphia office.

Mr. Furia serves as outside general counsel to a number of prominent Florida-based corporations. His areas of legal practice include corporate and business law; domestic and international business planning; mergers and acquisitions; partnership formation and joint ventures; venture and mezzanine equity raising and distribution and licensing and corporate governance for not-for-profit organizations.

Mr. Furia serves as General Counsel of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) based in Washington, D.C., is a member of its Board of Directors and its Executive Committee. He is the State of Florida representative for the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy (AMCHAM).

He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce-Southeast since 1992, after serving as its president and honorary president. He is founding Chairman of the Primo Carnera Foundation, a not-for-profit organization aimed to help disadvantaged children in Italy and the United States.

Mr. Furia was designated “Cavaliere Ufficiale” by the President of the Republic of Italy in June, 2008.

Mr. Furia was invested into the Association of Master Knights of the Sovereign Order of Malta since 1992, a world-wide organization with long historical roots dedicated to serve the needs of the world’s sick and poor. He serves as a member of its board of directors in the Florida region.

He has actively organized a number of economic and business trade missions to Italy over the past 25 years and has lectured at various business/trade seminars in Italy. He also assisted in organizing blue ribbon delegations of Florida business and governmental leaders on business and trade development missions led by three Florida Governors dating back to 1988.

(Bio current as of July, 2015)