Attorney Profiles

Litigation Percentage

• 50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Education

• Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 1991
  Doctor of Jurisprudence, with honors
  
  
• University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1987
  Creative Writing
  
  
• University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1973
  Professional Translation
  
  
• Harpur College (SUNY Binghamton), Binghamton, New York, 1968
  Bachelor of Arts, Political Science
  
  

Published Works

• Comment, What's the Big Idea Behind the Idea/Expression-Dichotomy? Modern Ramifications of the Tree of Porphyry in Copyright Law, Florida State University Law Review, Summer, 1990
• Comment, Florida Rape Victims Narrowly Dodge a Bullet: Ordering Complaining Witnesses to Submit to Compulsory Gynecological Examinations, Journal of Progressive Legal Thought, Spring, 1990
• Comment, Communism and Libel, Can a Person Fight Back?, Dade County Bar Association Journal/Miami Daily Business Review, January 6, 1994
• Article, Does a Motion for Protective Order Suspend Discovery? Not!, Dade County Bar Association Journal/Miami Daily Business Review, May 5, 1994
• Article, Businesses Beware: Incorporation Does Not Confer Tradename or Trademark Rights, Dade County Bar Association Journal/Miami Business Review, July 7, 1994
• Article, Shall Means Shall...Means May...Means Will, Dade County Bar Association Journal/Miami Business Review, October 7, 1994
• Article, English Only? For Employers, That Is the Question, Dade County Bar Association Journal/Miami Business Review, December 6, 1994
• Article, Copyrightable Photos Are Not Ideas, PhotoRx Magazine, Fall, 199

Major Manuscripts

• Comment, An Admiralty Lawyer's Tricornered Hat: Cushing, Wilburn Boat, and the City of Norwich, a Comment on the Historical and Doctrinal Bases for the Application of the Limitation of Liability Act to Marine Insurance Cases
• Comment, Taking the High Moral Ground in Intellectual Property Talks: A Critique of the United States' Positions on Moral Rights, Copyright, and Gatt
• Comment, The Legal Point-Counterpoint of Religion and Sexual Morality: Understanding Statutory Construction Through Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States and Caminetti v. United States
• Comment, A Remedy in Search of a Standard: Child Labor Injunctions under the Federal Labor Standards Act
• Note, Adding a New Page to Liability Insurance Exclusion Causes: Pedophiliacs Need not Apply--Zordan v. Page, 500 So. 2d 608 (Fla. 2d DCA 1986)

Honors and Awards

• Law Review, Florida State University College of Law, Articles and Notes Editor (1988-1989) and Member (1988-1991)
• Editor, "Law Review Alumni Newsletter" 1989-1990.
• Book Award, Comparative Law - The Civil Law Tradition, 1990.
• Book Award, International Business Transactions, 1991.
• Second Prize, Nathan Burkan Memorial Copyright Writing Competition (FSU-Law), 1990.
• Marzi Doatz Award for Excellence in Legal Writing, The Florida Bar Journal and News, November 1993.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Dade County Bar Association Bulletin, Editorial Board
  
• Florida Bar, Committees on Equal Opportunities in the Legal Profession
  Law Education Assistance Program and Judicial Evaluations
  
• American Bar Association
  
• Dade County Bar Association
  
• Florida Bar, Sections of Appellate Practice and Intellectual Property
  
• Cuban American Bar Association
  
• Hispanic National Bar Association
  
• Board of Directors, Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture
  
• Board of Trustees, Zen Mediation Center of Hollywood Florida
  
• Zab Sang Institute, Miami, Florida
  

Past Employment Positions

• Sanchelima & Associates, P.A., Of Counsel, 2003 - 2006
• de la O & Marko, Partner, 1998 - 2003
• Kluger, Peretz, Kaplan & Berlin, P.A., Miami, Florida, Associate, 1991 - 1992
• Shutts & Bowen, Miami, Florida, Clerk, 1990
• Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers & Proctor, Tallahassee, Florida, Clerk, 1990 - 1991

Languages

• Spanish

Birth Information

• 1947, Havana, Cuba