Monika Gonzalez Mesa

August 28, 2017 | Daily Business Review

University of Florida Levin College of Law Dean Laura Rosenbury is an expert on gender bias issues in the legal profession.

By Monika Gonzalez Mesa

4 minute read

August 24, 2017 | Daily Business Review

About half the entering class of the University of Florida's Levin College of Law is receiving scholarship money this year, after an alumnus' $1.5 million fundraising challenge turned into a $4.5 million windfall for scholarships.

By Monika Gonzalez Mesa

4 minute read

August 23, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Two former Tenzer lawyers who have been friends since high school have struck out on their own to open a women-owned commercial litigation and arbitration firm.

By Monika Gonzalez Mesa

4 minute read

August 22, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Akerman partner Christopher Oprison, who was at one time a special assistant and associate White House counsel during the George W. Bush administration, has jumped to DLA Piper in Miami, the fifth major lateral hire to DLA Piper's Miami office in the past year.

By Monika Gonzalez Mesa

3 minute read

August 22, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Joanne Braddock Lambert, a partner at Jackson Lewis who has been with the firm for 17 years, has been named office managing partner in Orlando.

By Monika Gonzalez Mesa

15 minute read

August 22, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Holland & Knight has worked on several special-purpose acquisition companies over the past year.

By Monika Gonzalez Mesa

15 minute read

August 21, 2017 | Daily Business Review

New federal rules taking effect in 2018 that will affect partnerships and limited liability companies have prompted law firms to alert clients that they should review and amend their governing documents and designate a partnership representative in case of an audit by the IRS.

By Monika Gonzalez Mesa

3 minute read

August 18, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Jones Day and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton are lead advisers on the $125 million cash deal in which Telefonica Celular del Paraguay S.A., a Millicom International Cellular subsidiary, is selling 1,400 wireless communication towers to a subsidiary of American Tower Corp. (ATC) , the largest tower operator in Latin America.

By Monika Gonzalez Mesa

3 minute read

August 18, 2017 | Daily Business Review

The recent violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has raised the national consciousness about racism in the U.S., prompting many business leaders to respond and some to recall Martin Niemoller's famous quote about the importance of speaking out for others.

By Monika Gonzalez Mesa

10 minute read

August 18, 2017 | Daily Business Review

GrayRobinson's Tom Loffredo in Fort Lauderdale notes discrimination suits are possible if private employers don't fire openly racist or other discriminatory workers.

By Erin Mulvaney and Monika Gonzalez Mesa

5 minute read