REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
- Lead counsel representing restaurant operating company and its directors in a legal malpractice action against prior counsel resulting in favorable pre-suit settlement.
- Lead counsel representing oil and gas company resulting in successful enforcement of fuel services agreement and tortious interference claims.
- Lead counsel representing aviation company in successful defense of claims arising from an alleged breach of contract.
- Co-lead counsel representing private lender in successful enforcement of several seven-figure and eight-figure promissory notes and commercial foreclosures.
- Co-lead counsel representing minority members in direct and derivative shareholder dispute in hospital industry against majority shareholders who engaged in oppressive and discriminatory behavior resulting in favorable settlement.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Blockchain & Digital Assets Committee Member, Florida Bar Business Law Section
- UCC 12 Task Force Member, Florida Bar Business Law Section
- Committee Member, Cuban American Bar Association
- Leadership Miami (40th Class)
- Florida Bar Business Law Section Fellow (2023-2025)
ADMITTED TO
- Florida Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida
- United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
EDUCATION
- J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law
- B.A., Florida International University
PUBLICATIONS
- Quoted in “Florida’s Legislature’s Near-unanimous Vote Approves CBDC Ban”,Blockworks, May 4,2023
- Quoted in “SEC Crypto Enforcements on Track to Eclipse 2022”,Blockworks, May 3,2023
- Featured in “South Florida Law Firm Accepting Cryptocurrency in ‘Leap of Faith’ Sparked by Client Desire”, Daily Business Review, July 12, 2022
- NFTs: What are Your Rights? Daily Business Review, March 15, 2022
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- CLE Presentation on Practical Tips for Litigating Blockchain Issues, Florida Bar Business Law Section, December 2022
- Analysis of DAO Liability & Sarcuni, et. al. v. bZx DAO, et. al. (3-22-00618-BEN-DEB), Florida Bar Business Law Section Meeting at Florida Bar Annual Convention, June 2022
- CLE Presentation on Cryptocurrency, NFTs, and how Block Technology Affects Real Estate Transactions, North Dade and the Beaches Real Estate Council, June 2022