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Address
Bank of America Tower at International Place
100 Southeast Second Street, Suite 2900
Miami, Florida 33131-2130 (Miami-Dade Co.)
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Average Peer Review Rating
5.0
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(Main Office) Statement of PracticeGeneral Business and Commercial Law, including Banking, Corporate, Securities, Real Estate Finance and Development, Affordable and Government Subsidized Housing, Taxation, General Civil Litigation in Federal and State Trial and Appellate Courts, Bankruptcy, Probate, Bond Finance, and International Law. Firm Size: 14
AddressBank of America Tower at International Place
100 Southeast Second Street, Suite 2900
Miami, FL 33131-2130, (Miami-Dade Co.)
PhonePhone: 305-577-4177
Fax: 305-373-6036
Website
http://www.brvmlaw.com
Neil J. Berman (Member) born Hartford, Connecticut, August 14, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Connecticut and Florida. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Boston University (B.S., B.A., 1971); University of Connecticut (J.D., 1974). Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1972-1973 and Managing Editor, 1973-1974, Connecticut Law Review. Author: "Principles for Modernizing The Connecticut Debtor's Exemption Statute," 6 Connecticut Law Review 142, 1973. Adjunct Instructor in Law, St. Thomas University, 1980-1981. Arbitrator: National Assessment of Securities Dealer; The National Futures Association. Editor, Florida portion of Matthew Bender, Southeast Litigation Guide, Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Litigation Volumes. Member: Dade County (Director, 1980-1983; Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1979-1982; Chairman, Arbitration Subcommittee, 1980-1981; Chairman, Public Relations Committee, 1981-1982), Connecticut and American (Member, Litigation Section; Member, ABA House of Delegates, 1984-1985) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1984; Young Lawyers Section, Board of Governors, 1979-1982; Chairman Legal Education Committee, 1980-1981; Newsletter Committee, 1980-1982; President-Elect, 1982-1983; President, 1983-l984, Young Lawyers Section; Member, Judicial Administration, Selection and Tenure Committee, 1981-1985; Vice Chairman, Commercial Litigation Committee, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section, 1981-1982); Bankruptcy Bar Association, Southern District of Florida. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Bankruptcy Law.Email: Neil J. Berman
Charles J. Rennert (Member) born New York, N.Y., August 10, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Florida. Education: Tufts University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1987). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Adjunct Professor, Florida International University, 1992-1994. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Securities Subcommittee); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Securities). Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Charles J. Rennert
Howard J. Vogel (Member) born Miami, Florida, May 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1979, Florida, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with high honors, 1976; J.D., with honors, 1979). Member, Attorney's Title Insurance Fund, Inc. Leading American Attorneys. Member: The Florida Bar (Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law); American Bar Association (Sections on: Business Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law). Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Development; Finance; Construction; Leasing; Condominium Law.Email: Howard J. Vogel
Jeffrey L. Mandler (Member) born Miami, Florida, August 25, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Florida. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1977); University of Miami (J.D., 1980). Member: Dade County and American (Member, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Property Taxation Committee) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section and Tax Aspects of Real Property Law Committee); American Property Tax Counsel; Florida Association of Property Tax Professionals; Institute of Property Taxation. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Real Estate Taxation; Banking Law.Email: Jeffrey L. Mandler
Jill Nexon Berman (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Florida and Massachusetts; 1979, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1981, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Smith College (A.B., 1975); Boston College (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Certified Circuit Civil Mediator. Member: Dade County and Massachusetts Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The Florida Association For Women Lawyers. (Board Certified, Business Litigation Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Jill Nexon Berman
Shamira Klein (Member) born Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 6, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida. Education: University of Toronto (B.Sc., honours, 1993); University of Miami (J.D., 1996). Member: Dade County Bar Association; The Florida Bar. Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Finance; Public Finance; Leasing.Email: Shamira Klein
Wendy Lynn Beck (Member) born Falmouth, Massachusetts, September 2, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 1992; J.D., 1995). Phi Beta Kappa; Golden Key. Member, Journal of Law and Public Policy, 1993-1995. Member: Broward County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Property Tax Appeals.Email: Wendy Lynn Beck
——————————Claire P. Menard (Associate) born Cadiz, Spain, October 7, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., Finance, magna cum laude, 1989); Georgetown University (J.D., 1995). Member, Journal of Law and Policy in International Business, 1993-1995. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Business Law Section). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Securities; Mergers and Acquisitions.Email: Claire P. Menard
Joshua Feinberg (Associate) born Michigan; admitted to bar, 2008, Florida. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 2005); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Practice Areas: Litigation(100%).Email: Joshua Feinberg
Julie M. Schwartz (Associate) born Miami, Florida, November 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida. Education: Smith College (B.A., 1991); University of Florida (J.D., with highest honors, 1995). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Book Awards, Real Estate and Family Law. Member, Florida International Law Journal. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Real Estate Section). Languages: Japanese and Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Taxation.Email: Julie M. Schwartz
Scott D. Levine (Associate) born Miami, Florida, August 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., with honors, 1990; J.D., with honors, 1993). Moot Court, 1992-1993. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property Probate Trust Law Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Scott D. Levine
Jason R. Block (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Florida. Education: University of Maryland, College Park (B.S., Accounting, 2000); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Golden Key. Member, University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, 2001-2003. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Jason R. Block
Andrew M. Ives (Associate) born Miami, Florida, December 14, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Florida; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Education: University of Miami (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1992). Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Civil Litigation.Email: Andrew M. Ives
Viviana Aspuru (Associate) born San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 21, 1973; admitted to bar, 2004, Florida. Education: Florida International University (B.A., 1996); University of Miami (J.D., 2004) Dean's List, 2002, 2004. Dean's Honor Scholar. M.P.L.E. Scholar. Member, International and Comparative Law Review. Member, Real Estate Law Society, 2002-2003. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Division, 2004) Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Viviana Aspuru
Leonardo J. Caraballo (Associate) born Miami, Florida, April 27, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Florida. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2001); University of Miami School of Law (LL.M. in Real Property Development, 2002). Member: The Florida Bar; American Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Development; Finance; Condominium Law.Email: Leonardo J. Caraballo
Robb Udell (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Florida. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Finance, 1998); Villanova University (J.D., 2005). Dean's List. Golden Key. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Property Tax Law.
Alexander Javier Faria (Associate) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 22, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 2001; B.A., 2001); Stetson University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Condominium Law; Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Alexander Javier Faria
Thomas S. Ward (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Florida. Education: University of Miami (J.D., 2006). Formerly with Burstein & Associates, PA.
Nathan Mandler (Associate) born Miami, Florida, June 18, 2007; admitted to bar, 2007, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A, 2004); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Real Property; Tax Law.Email: Nathan Mandler
OF COUNSELLeon J. Wolfe (Of Counsel) born Akron, Ohio, March 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia; 1981, Florida, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Boston University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Miami (J.D., 1980). Tau Epsilon Rho. Author: "Structuring Non-Profit Joint Ventures With For-Profit Entities," Developers Tax Credit Conference, 1999; "The HOME Program," IPED-New Ideas in Housing, 1996; "Working with The Rehabilitation and Historic Tax Credits," Developer's Tax Credit Conference, 1995; "How to Determine the Extent to Which Payments to Injured or Disabled Employees are Excludable," 31 Taxation for Accountants, 1982; "Legality of Physician Referral of Patients to Health Care Facilities Owned by the Referral Physician," Journal of Florida Medical Association, Vol. 73, No. 9, September, 1986. Co-Author: "Section 89," Miami Review, April 2, 1989. Member: State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation; International Law and Practice; Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law). Practice Areas: Housing Law; Taxation; Public Finance; Corporate Law.
Sabrina Weiss Robinson (Of Counsel) born New York, New York, February 5, 1965; admitted to bar, 1989, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1986); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member: The Florida Bar. Reported Cases: In re Fornabio, 187 Br 780 (SD Fla. 1995); Downtown Square Asso. v. State of Fla., 648 So.2d 12665 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995); Posnansky v. Breckenridge Estates Corp., 621 So.2d 736 (Fla. 4th DCA 1993). Practice Areas: Ad Valorem Tax; Commercial Litigation; Banking Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Contract Litigation.Email: Sabrina Weiss Robinson
Jose A. Rodriguez (Of Counsel) born Miami, Florida, February 3, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1989); Nova Southeastern University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Business; Corporate.
Elaine M. Cohen (Of Counsel) born Boston, Massachusetts, October 26, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Florida. Education: Trinity College (B.A., 1978); The National Law Center, George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1981). Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Elaine M. Cohen
Maria L. De Guevara (Of Counsel) born Aberdeen, Maryland, April 16, 1968; admitted to bar, 1998, Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.A., Political Science and French, magna cum laude, 1990; M.A., French and Business, summa cum laude, 1994; J.D., with high honors, 1998). Member, Piece Selection Committee, Florida State Law Review, 1996-1998. Member: International Council of Realtor Association of Miami; Italy-America Chamber of Commerce. Member: Dade County Bar Association. Languages: French, Italian and Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Real Estate Acquisitions.Email: Maria L. De Guevara
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