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<br />Chairperson
<br />• Board of Governors, The Florida Bar, 1988 -1993
<br />• Citizens' Task Force, appointed by the Dade County Commission to
<br />recommend changes to the Independent Review Panel, 1989
<br />• Princeton Club of South Florida, 1988 — 1990;
<br />President
<br />• Coordinated Miami -Dade County's response and preparation for the verdict
<br />in the case of State of Florida v. William Lozano, 1991 -1993
<br />• Mayor's Transition Team, City of Miami, 1994 -1995
<br />• Metropolitan Dade County Community Relations Board, 1995 -1996
<br />Chairperson
<br />• Dade County Bar Association, 1996 -1997
<br />President
<br />• Dade County Courthouse Lobby Restoration Project, 1996 -1998
<br />Chairman
<br />• Special Commission on Judicial Elections, 1997 -1998
<br />Chairman
<br />• Task Force to Establish Blue Ribbon Committee on Ethics, 1999 -2001;
<br />Miami -Dade County School Board Appointee
<br />• Judicial Nominations Commission, Third District Court of Appeal, 1999 -2002
<br />Chairperson
<br />• Alliance for Ethical Government, 2000-2001
<br />• City of Miami Civilian Investigative Panel Nominating Committee, 2002-2003
<br />Chairperson
<br />• Dade County Bar Association Commission on Public Funding of Judicial
<br />Elections, 2002-2003
<br />Chairperson
<br />• Dade County Courtroom 6-1 Restoration Project, 2003-2008
<br />Co -Chairman
<br />• Dade Community Foundation, 2004 -Present; Member
<br />Board of Directors
<br />• Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, 2006-2008
<br />Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
<br />• Miami -Dade County, Florida, Centennial Celebration of the 11th Judicial
<br />Circuit
<br />Chair, 2010-2011
<br />• Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, New World Center Committee
<br />(Downtown Development Committee)
<br />Chair, 2009-2011
<br />• Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, "of counsel" 2012-2014
<br />• Bet Shira Congregation, President 2012-2013
<br />• Cleveland Orchestra of Miami, Board of Directors, 2015 -present
<br />RecognitionlHonors
<br />• 2018 David W. Dyer Professionalism Award", Dade County Bar Association
<br />• "Legal Elite Hall of Fame", Florida Trend's 2018, 2017
<br />• "Distinguished Leader", Daily Business Review's Professional Excellence
<br />Awards, 5724/2017
<br />• "Florida Legal Elite", Florida Trend's 2016
<br />• "Legal Legends 2016", HistoryMiami
<br />• "Top Lawyers", South Florida Legal Guide 2016 -2017
<br />• "Best Lawyers, Commercial Litigation", Best Lawyers 2015-2019
<br />• "Super Lawyers", Super Lawyers 2004-2018
<br />• "Florida Legal Elite", Florida Trend's 2015
<br />• The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2012 -present
<br />• Florida Trend Legal Elite, 'Top 1 % Florida Lawyers," 2004 — present
<br />• Florida Trend Legal Elite, Hall of Fame (inducted 2012)
<br />• South Florida Legal Guide, "Top Lawyers in South Florida," 2004 -present
<br />Languages
<br />• Spanish
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