Anthony Schumann, a partner in the Chicago office of Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., has been appointed to serve on the City of Chicago’s newly formed Task Force on Removing Barriers to Employment and Entrepreneurship. City of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City Council will propose new reforms to streamline business opportunities and ...
Carmen-Lucía Rodríguez from Navas Rodríguez and Hernández recently obtained a defense judgment by the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirming a Judgment by the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico dismissing a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against a correctional health facility and other named defendants, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, via summary judgment, ...
Gerardo “Jerry” Hernández from Navas Rodríguez and Hernández recently obtained a defense award in a wrongful discharge arbitration petition against a Fortune 1000 retailer in the rent-to-own industry. In the case, a former employee with over 15 years of service claimed over $160,000 in severance pay, plus attorneys’ fees. Puerto Rico’s Law 80, the Island’s ...
Kudos to Brian Chun! Brian and Susan Kumagai successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of a Fortune 50 cable company where a former employee sued claiming sexual harassment, age, sex and disability discrimination, retaliation, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, wrongful termination and violation of Bus. & Prof. Code Section 17200. Brian and Susan’s ...
Francesca Russo, a partner with Espinosa Trueba Martinez P.L. in Miami, was quoted in the Spring 2016 issue of International Law Quarterly about Women Practicing International Law in Florida. Russo is one of only three women over the years to chair the International law committee of The Florida Bar. Continue Reading…
Intellectual property litigation attorney Elio F. Martinez, Jr., a named partner with the patent and intellectual property law firm of Espinosa Trueba Martinez, P.L., has been named a 2016 Florida Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine, a consumer’s guide to the best attorneys. Continue Reading…
ROIG Lawyers is pleased to announce that two of its attorneys have been selected as 2016 Florida Super Lawyers and nine as 2016 Florida Rising Stars. Continue Reading… Super Lawyers: Nelson C. Bellido (Miami) – Business Litigation Edward J. Carbone (Tampa) – PI Medical Malpractice: Defense Rising Stars: John S. Leinicke (Miami) ...
Vickie Turner, of Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP, has been named one of San Diego’s 14 Women Who Impact San Diego by SD Metro Magazine. The honor includes a profile in the magazine which highlights Vickie’s 30 years in practice representing a wide variety of companies and her many volunteer contributions to the San Diego and ...
LaVon M. Johns, Esq: Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer P.A. is pleased to announce that LaVon M. Johns has joined the firm as a partner in the Chicago office. LaVon has been practicing law in Chicago for over 20 years in the area of complex commercial real estate transactions, general corporate and financing transactions. LaVon ...
ROIG Lawyers is a proud sponsor of the 24th Annual Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee (FIFEC) Conference on June 8-10,2016 at the Caribe Royal Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Some of our distinguished attorneys are scheduled to present on various topics… Continuing Reading