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SS <br />TA <br />WE COLE & AN <br />BERMAN <br />AT Tit] CROWROAD5 OF 6uswm, GPvilINNUNC &'- Tit[ LASS' <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 <br />