REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented clients in the sale, purchase, and refinance of commercial and residential properties.
• Represented distressed investors and opportunity funds in acquiring note and title to properties.
• Represented clients in restructuring real estate loan agreements.
• Represented clients in administrating their estates.
• Represented major lending institutions in multimillion dollar foreclosure actions.
• Regularly advised clients in commercial lease disputes, zoning and land use matters, leasing, brokerage issues, and construction and lien issues.
• Represented clients in resolving code compliance matters.
• Represented several property management companies in landlord/tenant issues including lease terminations and eviction proceedings.
• Represented private investor in constitutional challenge regarding amendments to the Florida Condominium Act.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

• Thomas University School of Law Outstanding Pro Bono Award
• Peter T. Fay Inn of Court, Member
• President’s Volunteer Service Award
• National Dean’s List at Florida International University
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars, National Scholar of Promise

PUBLICATIONS

• “If the Shoe Fits: Antitrust and Bankruptcy Reorganization”, Dade County Bar Association Journal, January 2013
• CABA Brief, Spring 2011
• CABA Brief, Summer 2011
• “Justice Watch: Suit Challenges State Law Redirecting Rent Payments,” Daily Business Review, May 2011

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• Attorneys’ Real Estate Council of Miami-Dade County, President
• Boys and Girls Club of Miami-Dade
• West Kendall Foundation Board of Baptist Health
• Young Philanthropist of Baptist Health, Social Committee
• Builders Association of South Florida, Member
• Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy trust (MDEAT) Homeownership Assistance Program (HAP) Certified mortgage loan broker
• Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) – Former Brief Committee, Former Media Editor
• Appointed by the Florida Bar Board of Governors to the Florida Realtor-Attorney Joint Committee (2023)

EDUCATION

• J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law
• B.A., Florida International University

ADMITTED TO

• Florida Bar
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida;
• District of Columbia Bar

PRIOR AFFILIATIONS

• Vanessa M. Bertran, P.A.
• Law Office of Charles W. Battisti
• Infante, Zumpano, Salazar & Miloch, LLC
• Gamba and Lombana, PA
• Miami-Dade County Court, Judicial Intern for Judge Victoria del Pino