Highlights from the 2018-2019 Academic Year
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On August 14, NSU Law will welcome the class of JD 2022. Even as we gear up for the coming year, we are delighted to share the many accomplishments from the past year:
National Rankings
- NSU Law has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report with a Top 20 peer recognition for the Legal Research and Writing program, second in Florida.
- U.S. News and World Report has ranked NSU Law with a national ranking at 56 for the Health Care Law program, which places that program first in Florida.
- The ABA has changed its accreditation regulations and released national data on bar passage. NSU Law’s cumulative bar passage rate (measured after two years) is 93.3%, placing NSU Law among the top third (at 65th) in overall bar passage success among all U.S. law schools.
Law School Expansion:
To sustain the law school, expand its impact, and engage in the changing nature of the legal profession, NSU Law has become a leader across all aspects of legal education.
- LL.M.: NSU Law has launched its first LL.M. program, with tracks for in-person coursework in each of the JD concentrations and an online track in the Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity, and Technology concentration.
- MS: NSU Law’s Master of Science in Law has become one of the five largest in the country, with four degree programs and over 200 students.
- BS (Paralegal): NSU Law now offers a Paralegal Studies major, minor, post-baccalaureate certificate.
- BS Minor: Beginning January 2020, NSU Law will offer a minor in Law, Science, and Technology earned from the Shepard Broad College of Law.
NSU Law continues to make an impact in the legal community locally, nationally and internationally.
- 80% of the Broward County Bar Association Executive Board and BCBA Young Lawyers Officers are NSU Law alumni.
- John M. Stewart (J.D. 1997) was elected the President of The Florida Bar.
- The Honorable Ariana Fajardo Orshan (JD 1996) was confirmed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
- Keith Sonderling (JD 2008) appointed to the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- Michael Fischler (JD 1978) elected President of the Broward County Bar Association.
- Rebecca Spitzmiller (JD 1985) presented with an officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella.
- 100's of alumni send us class actions each year. We wish we could list all of your accomplishments, too! Thank you for staying in touch with NSU Law.
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NSU Judicial Alumni Connect at 2019 Orlando Conference
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L-R: Judge Miranda, Judge di Pietro, Judge Pole, Michelle Dennis, Judge Diaz, Judge Brown and Judge Powell, Judge Solomon and Judge Evans.
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NSU Law judicial alumni re-connected with Michelle Denis, NSU Law Assistant Director of Career and Professional Development at the 2019 Annual Education Conference of County Court Judges in Orlando, FL.
With over 100 judicial alumni, NSU Law was proud to be present at the Annual Education Conference of County Court Judges. Thank you to all that serve.
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Sharon & Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp
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This free program is designed to immerse entrepreneurs in the skills and disciplines needed to successfully launch a start-up business, with particular focus on those companies built on research, design, or innovation.
The program will include both an online component and a two-day workshop open to all NSU students, faculty, staff, and to the general public. Tickets are also available for a VIP reception and VIP seating.
The program will explore many of the essential steps for developing new products and companies, such as:
- Ideation and Research
- Business Planning
- Financial Planning and Market Analysis
- Patents and Patentability
- Non-patent based Intellectual Property, including Trademarks, Trade Secrets, and Copyrights
- Legal Issues for Start-Ups, including Business Legal Structures, Ownership Models, and Employment Structures
- Business Funding and Finance: Angels, VCs, and Lenders
- Risk and Process Management
- Many More
This intensive training is on the NSU Davie campus at the Shepard Broad College of Law.
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The NSUcyberlaw Blog provides focus on the overlapping hot topics in law, technology, cybersecurity, privacy, free speech, media, and similar issues of interest. The blog is intended to bring together significant ideas and resources on the intersection of law, science, and technology, including all aspects of data privacy and intellectual property.
In the first month, the blog has featured information on cryptocurrency, data breaches, social media, FTC regulation, digital publishing, and protection of critical infrastructure. For more information, contact
Dean
Jon M. Garon
via email or directly through the blog site
NSUcyberlaw.
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On-Campus Interviews have increased 50% since 2016
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Each Fall and Spring NSU Law’s Office of Career Services and Professional Development (OCS) hosts the On-Campus Interview Program (OCI). This recruiting program allows employers to interview preselected NSU Law students for summer associate, law clerk and permanent employment positions.
Through targeted marketing and employer outreach, NSU OCS has dramatically increased employer participation and student engagement by 50% over the past two years. Some notable additions to OCI include Cole, Scott & Kissane; Shook, Hardy and Bacon; Gray Robinson & Cole and Kelley Kronenberg. Rising 2L, 3L and 4L students are provided group and individual counseling to review their cover letters, resumes and to plan for summer and permanent employment. A practice interview program is also held in August with alumni serving as mock interviewers to assist students in preparing for OCI interviews.
We always welcome employers to place job postings in our employment database
Symplicity
, where students and alumni review positions and have access to helpful career resources.
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Washington, D.C. - Supreme Court of the United States
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On
March 23, 2020
NSU Law alumni will have the opportunity to be admitted before the United States Supreme Court.
This is an exceptional opportunity to appear before the Supreme Court, but very restricted in size.
If you wish to be included or to join the wait list for our next swearing-in before the Supreme Court, please contact Karen Rose at
kr550@nova.edu
(954) 262-6303.
Members of the Supreme Court bar are eligible to attend the Oral Arguments of the Supreme Court without tickets. Prior attendees of this event are invited to join our delegation.
All Law alumni and special guests are invited to the Supreme Court reception in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2020.
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Pave the Way for Scholarships at NSU Law
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NSU Law "Paving the Way for Scholarships" program is open to alumni and students alike. For a $150 donation to the Law Alumni Association Endowed Scholarship Fund, you may purchase a brick and leave your mark at Shepard Broad College of Law.
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NSU Law Summer 2019 Events
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20 CLE Credits
The William A. Van Nortwick Appellate Workshop 2019
August 7-9, 2019
NSU Law (Sold Out)
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9 CLE Credits
TASI Volunteer Judges
August 9, 2019
BC Central Courthouse Judicial Complex West Wing (Sold Out)
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NSU International Arbitration Society Panel & Networking
August 23, 2019
NSU Law
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CLE Credits Pending
Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp
September 5-7, 2019
NSU Law
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Mentoring Breakfast
September 20, 2019
NSU Law
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Bar Induction Ceremony
September 16, 2019
(date tentative)
NSU Don Taft Arena
RSVP Coming Soon
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Upcoming Events - All the Details
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8-7-19 The William A. Van Nortwick Appellate Workshop 2019
A CLE workshop presented by The Appellate Practice Section of The Florida Bar and hosted by NSU Shepard Broad College of Law.
This is a three-day intensive workshop focusing on the appellate process. In advance of the program, attendees will draft an appellate brief. The brief will be critiqued by appellate court judges and board-certified appellate practitioners. There will be small-group instruction on brief writing, including framing issues, drafting the statements of facts, and formulating arguments. In addition, participants will perform oral arguments.
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8-5-19 to 8-9-19 Fifth Annual Trial Advocacy Summer Institute (TASI)
The NSU Trial Association will host its fifth annual Trial Advocacy Summer Institute (TASI) during the first week in August at NSU Law. TASI is a five-day course taught by NSU Law faculty and members of our litigation community. Students practice oral advocacy, trial skills, opening statements and closing arguments, direct and cross examination, and evidence law in a trial setting.
The immediate and overwhelming response to the request for judges for Friday, August 9, 2019 was fantastic. Thank you in advance to all the NSU Law alumni and local friends of NSU Law that volunteered.
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8-23-19 NSU International Arbitration Society panel & networking
NSU Law students and attorneys from the International Arbitration and Litigation community will gather to network. A panel of attorneys from the Miami International Arbitration Society and local law firms will discuss topics related to International Arbitration.
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9-5-19 to 9-7-19 Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp
This free program is designed to immerse entrepreneurs in the skills and disciplines needed to successfully launch a start-up business, with particular focus on those companies built on research, design, or innovation.
The program will include both an online component and a two-day workshop open to all NSU students, faculty, staff, and to the general public. Tickets are also available for a VIP reception and VIP seating.
The program will explore many of the essential steps for developing new products and companies.
More Information & RSVP
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16 Law Faculty are presenting and moderating at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools conference.
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Heather Baxter
Robert Beharriell
Kathy Cerminara
Jane Cross
Olympia Duhart
Vicenç Feliú
Jon Garon
Areto Imoukhuede
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Camille Lamar
Joel Mintz
Beth Parker
Susan Stephan
Michele Struffolino
Marilyn Uzdavines
Debra Moss Vollweiler
James Wilets
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Professor Tim Arcaro
Taught Family Law and International Tribunals: The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction for the NSU Law Summer Abroad Program in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Professor Tim A. Canova
Was a panelist at the July 23, 2019 Florida Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Opinion piece "Count every vote and count them all by hand" was published in the Sun Sentinel
LINK
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Jennifer Gordon, NSU Law Public Interest Resource Center
Serves on the following boards and organizations:
Executive Council of the Public Interest Law Section of The Florida Bar.
2019-2020 Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Inc.
Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association
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Professor Areto Imoukhuede
Taught The Human Right to Education for the NSU Law Summer Abroad Program in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Professor Ishaq Kundawala
Interviewed by ABC Local 10 Layron Livingston. His segment on contracts aired on 8-1-19.
LINK
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Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law Joel Mintz
Published The Coming Decline of Anti-Regulatory Conservatism in the July 22, 2019 issue of the Regulatory Review
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On Campus Interview (OCI) Fall 2019 - Student Information
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NSU Law invites students to participate in our Fall 2019 On-Campus Interview Program (OCI), held between August 26 and November 1, 2019. OCI allows students to apply to government, public interest, and law firm employers for summer associate, law clerk, and permanent employment. Employers may also choose to participate in our Resume Collection Program. This program allows employers to receive resumes and application materials from students. The employers then have the opportunity to contact interested students directly to schedule interviews.
Bidding for the program began in
Symplicity
on July 15.
To prepare, students should review the employer list and schedule an appointment with a career advisor to have their resume reviewed and to discuss their bid list.
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Rachael Bond Palmer J.D. 2020
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Rachael was the Chesterfield Smith Fellow with the Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. for the Summer of 2019. In her position as a law clerk with the Community Economic Development Unit, she assisted attorneys with legal services for non-profit organizations and affordable housing developers in low-income communities.
Rachael is a rising 3L, VP of the Association of Business Law Students, Treasurer of the Foreign Lawyers Association at NSU and Secretary of the Caribbean Law Students Association.
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The Mission United Veterans Pro Bono Project at Broward Legal Aid was the main focus of Nabila's internship this summer. She was the Broward County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section 2019 fellow and the Ovid and Clare Lewis Public Interest fellow.
"It is an honor to assist U.S. military veterans and their families. I feel privileged to help those who have sacrificed so much for this country."
Nabila is a rising 2L and is chairperson of the SBA Elections Committee, VP of the Public Interest Law Society and Director of Programming for the Family Law Society.
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Caitlin Barreto J.D. 2021
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Caitlin had the opportunity to work with the Broward County Public Schools Legal Department. Through her internship, she enhanced her writing and communication skills as well as her effective legal research on labor and employment law. Caitlin also participated in witness preparation for trial and attended the trial.
Caitlin is a rising 2L and VP of the National Security and Law Society, Director of Student Involvement with the Hispanic Student Bar Association and Community Outreach Coordinator for the Family Law Society as well as several other organizations.
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Meagan Kelleher J.D. 2019 (Dec)
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The Rebecca Knox Public Interest Law Fellowship allowed Meagan to work this summer in the immigration unit at Legal Aid Service of Broward County.
"I was able to help assist the most vulnerable immigrants in Broward County. This experience was beyond rewarding, and made me realize that this was the type of law I want to pursue."
After earning
her LL.M. from Charles University, Meagan will receive her J.D. in December 2019. She is the VP of Finance for the Immigration Law Organization and a research assistant for Professor Michael Dale.
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Law School Financial Resources
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MaxOnline for law school financial framework
MaxOnline provides a framework for making good financial decisions specifically designed for law students. MAX by AccessLex® teaches personal finance in a way that complements the skills legal education values. Complete personal finance lessons, and earn credit toward our scholarship drawings for 1L, 2L, 3L and 4L students.
LEX Talk Money! Podcast
AccessLex Institute’s personal finance podcast for the grad/pro community. Our most recent episode focuses on tips and strategies to de-clutter your finances. Always valuable advice – at your desk or on the go.
Listen now.
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The Florida Bar Business Law Section 2019 Scholars
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Five NSU Law students have been recognized as the 2019-2020 Business Law Section (BLS) Scholars.
Marialina Gonzalez
Austin Nowacki
Andrea Pontecovi
Kevin DeMatteo
Rachel Bond Palmer
The BLS Scholars program includes full scholarship to the The Florida Bar BLS retreat in Naples, FL in August. The BLS section had an overwhelming response for applications from NSU Law and because of this increased their scholarship program to include 5 representatives from NSU Law. Thank you for representing NSU Law so proudly in Naples in August.
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1978
Craig S. Dyer
of Daytona Beach, is the chief assistant public defender of the Seventh Judicial Circuit. Dyer is reappointed to the Fifth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission for a term ending July 1, 2023.
Judge Sandy Karlan
of the
Center for Conflict Resolution in Miami
won the Outstanding Champion for Children Award from Florida’s Children First. Judge Karlan is a certified mediator and is board certified by The Florida Bar in Marital and Family Law. She is member of the mediation panel and the commercial arbitration panel of the American Arbitration Association. She has mediated cases in the areas of family, bankruptcy and commercial contracts. Additionally she has served as an expert witness, a special magistrate on cases in the Complex Business Court Division as well as serving as a litigation consultant.
1979
1981
The Honorable Christopher C. Edwards is the Griffin Judicial Circuit Superior Court Chief Judge of Fayetteville, Georgia. Judge Edwards has been elected by the attorneys of Fayette, Spalding, Pike and Upson counties to serve on the Board of Governors of the 50,000-member State Bar of Georgia. He will serve in the Griffin Circuit, Post 2 seat on the Board. Judge Edwards was first elected to the Superior Court bench in 1998 and has been re-elected five times. He was previously a trial lawyer from 1986 to 1999 after serving as a prosecutor in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit from 1981 to 1986.
Douglas M. McIntosh
of
McIntosh Sawran & Cartaya
spoke at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American College of Coverage Counsel in Chicago about “How Great Minds Can Differ: Policyholder, Primary, and Excess Insurer Interests in Multi-State Litigation.” As founder and a shareholder of the firm, McIntosh has developed extensive personal experience in a wide range of areas—personal injury, product liability, commercial and professional negligence litigation, including legal, dental and medical malpractice defense, product liability and insurance coverage litigation—his current focus is on catastrophic damages and insurance coverage matters. Doug is a Chair of the Board of Governors of the Shepard Broad College of Law of Nova Southeastern University and has also served as chairperson of the Broward County Bar Association Professionalism Committee for many years.
1983
Paul G. Finizio
announced that his firm is now known as
The Finizio Law Group
. Still located in Fort Lauderdale, Finizio’s legal focus has been personal injury, wrongful death, commercial transactions and disputes as well as family law. He is also a well-established motivational speaker. Paul currently holds positions as the President of Il Circolo, the Italian Cultural Society; President of the Symphony of The Americas Association and serves on the Board of Governors of Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law.
1985
Kenneth Cutler
of
Cutler Rader, PL
in Deerfield Beach was honored by “In Jacobs Shoes” with its Community Leadership Award. Cutler’s practice focuses primarily on personal injury. Cutler is deeply involved in the local community of Parkland, Florida, and has acted as a Broward County Teen Court Judge for nearly 20 years. He previously served a four-year term as Commissioner for the City of Parkland and is currently the Vice Mayor of Parkland.
The Honorable Christopher Patterson
has been selected to serve as Chief Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Panama City, FL.
1990
Billie Jo Kaufman
is now the interim director and visiting professor of law of the
Furman Smith Law Library
at Mercer University. She served as associate dean for library and information resources at American University Washington College of Law since 2004. She also teaches and specializes in advanced legal research, cyberlaw, criminal procedure, legal research, and writing and law librarianship.
1993
Jamie Finizio Bascombe
announces the opening of
Jamie Finizio Bascombe PA
,
a new law office located in Fort Lauderdale. Bascombe is known for her skill as a trial litigation attorney. She is a practicing member of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida Federal Court since 1994 and is admitted to practice in front of the United States Supreme Court. She has been recognized as a community philanthropist and lauded statewide for her tireless work for victims rights. Bascombe makes time in her busy practice to commit to pro bono community work due to her deep passion for helping local youth & families with legal and life matters. Jamie also serves on the Board of Governors of Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law.
Neal I. Sklar
of
Peckar and Abramson
has been selected as a fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America. Sklar, a partner in the firm’s Miami office, focuses his practice on the representation of general contractors, construction managers and infrastructure contractors in a variety of construction related matters. These matters include providing counsel on state and federal government projects as well as Public Private Partnerships (P3s) involving transportation, commercial, heavy and social infrastructure, energy and multifamily residential projects.
1994
Ronald F. Bendekovic
of Newberry, is counsel for Nationwide Insurance. Bendekovic is reappointed to the Eighth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission for a term ending July 1, 2023.
Doreen Yaffa,
attorney, founder, and managing partner of
Yaffa & Associates
in Boca Raton was appointed to the Board of the Faulk Center for Counseling. Yaffa is board certified in Marital and Family Law and also specializes in collaborative divorce cases.
2001
Allison Oasis Kahn
, shareholder in
Carlton Fields
is now Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Labor & Employment Law. She was recognized at The Florida Bar Convention on June 27 in Boca Raton. Kahn defends employers in discrimination and retaliation matters in state and federal court. She represents entities of all sizes across sectors including health care, banking, telecommunications, and education and regularly appears before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, and Florida Commission on Human Relations.
2002
Sandra Krumbein
of
Shutts & Bowen, LLP
of Ft. Lauderdale has been admitted as a Fellow to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL). Krumbein is Florida Bar Board Certified in Condominium and Planned Development Law and is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group for the firm. She has been a Martindale-Hubbell AV® rated attorney recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America® in real estate law since 2013. She regularly represents developers, lenders, bulk purchasers and sellers in all aspects of residential and commercial real estate transactions and development.
2003
Anthony J. Barrows
of Summerland Key, is currently the principal of the
Law Office of Anthony J. Barrows
. Barrows is reappointed to the Sixteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission for a term ending July 1, 2023. Mr. Barrows is also an Assistant Regional Counsel with The Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel and provides criminal legal defense for all cases assigned to that office in the Key West/Lower Court jurisdiction.
2005
2006
Lindsey Kenney Demmery
, managing attorney of
Prestige Land & Law, PLLC
in West Palm Beach, been sworn in as a Director of the Palm Beach County Bar Association during their 97
th
annual Installation Banquet, held at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach on June 1
st
. Demmery’s practice is focused on all aspects of real estate law including litigation and transactional matters ranging from complex commercial litigation to association work to title and contract disputes. Additionally, she became Board Certified in real estate law in 2013, thus making her qualified as an expert in real estate matters. In 2014, she also obtained her Florida Real Estate Sales Associate License to help further any of her clients' real estate needs.
Jennifer Diaz
of
Diaz Trade Law, P.A.
spoke at a seminar in partnership with the Organization of Women in International Trade for Compliance Professionals on “CBP Compliance & Enforcement.” Diaz is a Board Certified International Attorney, professor and professional speaker, considered an expert in international law by the Florida Bar.
The Honorable Nina W. DiPietro
co-presented a course for The Broward County Bar Associations County Court Insurance Section. The program was titled
Ethics, The Attorney, and The Judge: "Can I ask a Judge to do that?"
and was a discussion on the relationship between the Bar Rules of Professional Conduct and the Judicial Canons, specifically focusing on interaction between attorney and judge.
https://www.browardbar.org/calendar/#!event/2019/8/1/cle-ethics-can-i-ask-a-judge-to-do-that
Louis Reinstein
, a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of
Kelley Kronenberg
, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Broward County Bar Association. Reinstein focuses his practice on Police Professional Litigation, Correctional Healthcare, Civil Rights Violations and Commercial Litigation. He is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell.
2008
Keith E. Sonderling
has been nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump to be a commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for the remainder of a five-year term, expiring July 1, 2024.
Sonderling currently serves as Deputy Administrator of the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
2009
Marcus Susen
of
Parafinczuk Wolf Susen
presented at the 2019 Mass Torts Made Perfect conference in Las Vegas on “Essure Discontinued: Where do we go from here?”. Susen is a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney who focuses his law practice on all facets of litigation including mass tort cases involving defective medical devices and drugs.
2010
Valerie B. Barnhart
is a founding partner of
Perera Barnhart, P.A.
in Davie. Barnhart is reappointed from a list of nominees submitted by the Florida Bar for a term in the Seventeenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission ending July 1, 2023. Barnhart focuses her practice on Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Data Privacy and Security, and Employment matters. She is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) accredited by the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Barnhart also serves as General Counsel to Infiltration Labs, a digital forensics and cybersecurity company.
Adam Ludwin
of
Ludwin Law Group PA
is now a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association. His office is located in Delray Beach. Ludwin specializes in Maritime and Admiralty Law related matters. He also litigates in Corporate Law, Debt Collection, and has been advising in the evolving regulatory environment of Cannabis Law.
2011
Morgan Ben-David
of
AXS Law Group
spoke at the International Franchise Association’s annual Legal Symposium in Washington, D.C., about “Enforcement and Risks of Buy‐backs and Step‐in Rights.” Ben-David’s practice focuses on franchise law, distribution, hospitality, and emerging businesses.
Dane Leitner
, a partner of
Ward Damon Attorneys at Law
has been selected by 2019 Super Lawyers as a 2019 Rising Stars.
Dane concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation, marital and family law, and real estate law which includes condominium and homeowner association law.
Marc A. Marra
of
Kelley Kronenberg
has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Broward County Bar Association. Marra’s practice is focused on assisting banks and other financial service providers with regulatory, enforcement, transactional, and litigation matters. He also handles representation of Condominium and Homeowner’s Associations throughout South Florida in areas including collections, foreclosures, estoppel, enforcement of covenants, vendor negotiations, and day-to-day management. Marra is President of NSU Law’s Broward Alumni Chapter and also holds a seat on the Board of Governors for NSU Law.
2014
2015
Pamela Flores
of
Legal Services of Greater Miami
received an award for her commitment to public service in the South Florida community from Nova Southeastern University College of Law and its Public Interest Law Society.
Heidi Mehaffey
of
Robert N. Hartsell, P.A
.
in Pompano Beach presented at the NSU Law Environmental Symposium on May 10, 2019. Her segment,
The Constitutional, Property, and Land Use Law Aspects of Animal Law
was well received by all. Mehaffey discussed the interconnectivity of animal law, constitutional rights and violations, property rights under the Fair Housing Act, and land use regulations.
Kyle S. Roberts
of
Kelley Kronenberg
has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for the Broward County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section. Roberts is responsible for assisting in handling matters related to Third Party Insurance Defense and General Liability for the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office.
2016
Yineth Sanchez Aslan
of the Law Offices of George L. Cimballa III and GEICO Staff Counsel in Fort Lauderdale, has been appointed as a board Director of the
Broward County Hispanic Bar Association
.
Brandon Esquenazi
has joined
Kelley Kronenberg
in their Fort Lauderdale location. He assists in handling matters related to Third Party Insurance Defense and General Liability. Esquenazi has also served as a Legal Liaison with Settlement and Litigation departments where he negotiated with medical providers to procure reductions to further the ability to settle cases.
2017
Chrystal Robinson
of
Green, Ackerman & Matzner, P.A.
is now a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association. Robinson’s practice focuses on insurance defense, declaratory judgment actions, and complex commercial matters.
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At NSU Law, we are able to offer opportunities for students to
realize their potential
when our generous donors give to the law school in areas including our scholarship funds, programs, and law clinics. We are grateful to our alumni, staff, faculty, and friends whose support for our students helps us to prepare them for successful careers after graduation. Please consider
making a gift
today.
To learn more about opportunities to support NSU Shepard Broad College of Law, please contact our Director of Donor Relations & Stewardship, Tiffany Garner, at 954-262-6303 or
tiffany.garner@nova.edu
.
Thank you!
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For questions, to submit class actions, information on how to get involved, alumni benefits and resources and to learn more about upcoming events at NSU Law, contact
lawalumni@nova.edu
Karen Rose,
Director of Alumni Relations
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