Accepts Credit Cards

(Main Office)

Robert Allen Law provides an alternative to mega-law firms for businesses and investors wanting a broad spectrum of experience and support generally only available at larger firms. Our clients have the opportunity to meet all of our lawyers and support staff.

Clients include or have included U.S. and foreign-based manufacturers, distributors, sports and television producers, developers, sports facility managers, insurance companies, commercial property owners, entertainers, individuals, cruise lines, telecommunications companies, a foreign government and various not-for-profit organizations. Our clients generally are referred to us by other clients and by accountants and bankers who want their clients to have more personalized attention we aspire to provide.

Statement of Practice

Administrative Law, Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Business Law, Corporate and Commercial Transactions, Corporate Law, Entertainment (Music, Sports and Television), Estate and Trust Planning, Federal Tax, Immigration Law, International Law, International Tax Planning, Internet Technology, Litigation before all State and Federal Courts (Civil Trial Practice involving Complex Commercial Litigation, including International Disputes, Business Disputes, Business Torts, Director and Officer Liability, Intellectual Property, and Legal and Accounting Professional Liability), Private Banking, Probate and Trust Administration, Real Estate, Secured Lending, Securities Law, State and Local Tax.

Representative Clients:

Bertram Yacht, Inc.
Café de Guatemala
Calzado Coban
Cliff Drysdale Management, Inc.
Ferretti, S.p.A.
Ferretti Group USA, Inc. (Apreamare, CRN, Custom Line, Ferretti, Itama, Mochi Craft, Pershing, Riva)
Ferragamo Latin America
Fireman's Fund
Harris Corp.
Inter/Forever Sports, Inc.
Los Bacilos
Miami Coffee, LLC
Miami Right to Life, Inc.
Millennium Partners
Republic of Suriname
A Safe Haven for Newborns, Inc.
Spirits of Guatemala (Ron Botran, Ron Zaacapa)
Traffic Marketing Esportivo
Vallehermoso, S.A.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards

• Visa
• MasterCard
• American Express

Address

The Four Seasons Office Tower
1441 Brickell Avenue
Suite 1400
Miami, FL 33131, (Miami-Dade Co.)

Phone

Phone: 305-372-3300
Fax: 305-379-7018

Website

http://www.robertallenlaw.com

PARTNER

Umberto Bonavita (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, October 29, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, New York; 2003, Florida. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1995); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 2001). Notes and Articles Editor, Fordham Intellectual Property Media & Entertainment Law Journal. Member: The Florida Bar; New York State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Italian and Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; International Law; Administrative Law; Securities Law; Business Law; Business Litigation; Corporate Finance.Email: Umberto Bonavita

ASSOCIATES

Gil O. Acevedo (Associate) born San Juan, Puerto Rico; admitted to bar, 2005, Florida. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1997); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 2003); University of Miami (LL.M., Real Property Development and Finance, 2004). Sigma Lambda Beta. Recipient, Rising Star Award in "Florida Super Lawyers," 2009. Senior Associate Editor, Thomas M. Cooley Law Review, 2002-2003. Author: "The Unjust and Unfair Plea of An Alien Defendant," T.M. Cooley J. Prac. & Clinical L.103, 2003. Member: Dade County (Director, Young Lawyers Section, 2006-2009; Chair, School Education Committee, 2006-2008; Vice Chair, Minority Bar Passage Program Committee, 2006-2007; Vice Chair, Social Events Committee, 2007-2008) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Probate; Trust Law) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Fellow: Brickell Area Association (Director, 2007-2009); Puerto Rican Professional Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Business Law; Commercial Transactions; Real Estate Transactions; Financial Law.Email: Gil O. Acevedo

Christopher J. Anderson (Associate) born Laurel Springs, New Jersey, 1976; admitted to bar, 2005, Florida. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1999); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Order of the Coif; Dean's List; Dean's Honor Scholar. Articles and Comments Editor, University of Miami Law Review. Political Committee Member, SAVE Dade, 2009. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Division). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Transactions.Email: Christopher J. Anderson

Albert Holder (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Florida. Education: Franciscan University of Steubenville (B.A., 1994; M.A., with honors, 1997); Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Sacred Theology Licentiate, summa cum laude, 1999); Ave Maria School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: The Florida Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law.Email: Albert Holder

OF COUNSEL

R. Thomas Farrar (Of Counsel) born Miami, Florida, June 15, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.A., cum laude, 1965); University of Miami (J.D., cum laude, 1969); University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England (D.C.L.S., 1972). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Pi Sigma Alpha (President, 1965); Phi Delta Phi (Exchequer, 1967; Magister, 1968, Bryan Inn); Florida State Gold Key. Member: Iron Arrow; Wig and Robe (President, 1968). Associate Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 1968. Law Clerk to Judge David W. Dyer, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1968-1969. Recipient, Highest Grade, Florida Bar Examination, Spring 1969. Member: Dade County, American (Member: Canadian Law Committee; Task Force on International Standards For Corrupt Practices; Section of International Law and Practice) and International Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, 1990-1993); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; North American Council, London Court of International Arbitration. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1969-1971]. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Arbitration; Complex Commercial Litigation; International Disputes; Business Disputes; Business Torts; Directors and Officers Liability; Intellectual Property; Legal Professional Liability; Accounting Liability.Email: R. Thomas Farrar