Class Notes 1985
Dr. Amy Debra Ronner, JD ’85, Professor of Law at St. Thomas University School of Law, has published an article, “The Learned-Helpless Lawyer:: Clinical Legal Education and Therapeutic Jurisprudence As Antidotes to Bartleby Syndrome,” in Touro Law Review. She will present this paper at the 2009 International Association of Law and Mental Health Conference in New York.
03.09
Craig L. Montz, JD ’85, joined Adorno & Yoss in Miami as a partner.
03.09
Steve Silverman, JD ’85, was recognized by Florida Super Lawyers 2008 Magazine in the area of litigation and dispute resolution.
Ervin A. Gonzalez, JD ’85, demonstrated how to conduct direct examination of a witness in the Fort Lauderdale Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates’ “Masters in Trial” trial demonstration. Ervin was also featured on the cover of Florida Super Lawyers 2008 Magazine as one of the top attorneys in the State of Florida.
5.9.08
Craig L. Montz, JD ’85, has been named a Partner at Adorno & Yoss in Miami.
5.20.08
Ervin Gonzalez, JD '85¸was named Top 10 Super Lawyers by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine. He was also named as one of the best personal injury litigators by Best Lawyers in America. 6/19/2007 & 12/12/2007
Renaldy J. Gutierrez, JD '85, was elected first vice president of the Inter-American Bar Association. He will serve as the president of the IABA in 2007. 6/21/2006
Michael J. Higer, JD '85, was selected as one of Florida Trend's 2007 Florida Legal Elite for his practice in commercial litigation. 9/10/2007
Virginia Easley Johnson, JD '85, has been listed in Florida Trend magazine as"Florida Legal Elite." 7/24/2006
David Jones, JD '85, has been reappointed to the Florida Bar Rules of Judicial Administration Committee.
Michael S. Leone's, LL.M. '85, firm, Cass, Levy & Leone, merged with Alpern Rosenthal, and is now known as Cass, Levy & Leone, an Alpern Rosenthal Company. 9/20/2007
Raquel Rodriguez, JD '85, was named partner at McDermott, Will & Emery's trial department. Additionally, she was appointed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Federico A. Moreno to the Southern District of Florida's Federal Judicial Bar and Community Liaison Committee. 2/26/2007 & 12/12/2007
Raquel Rodriguez, JD ’85, has been appointed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Federico A. Moreno to the Southern District of Florida’s Federal Judicial Bar and Community Liaison Committee.
Ervin A. Gonzalez, JD ’85, lectured on “Trial of a Truck Accident Case” at the Truck Accident Litigation from Start to Finish in Florida seminar presented by The National Business Institute. 2.27.08
Esther Galicia, JD ’85, was named a Partner at Fowler White Burnett in Miami.3.17.08
