Memberships
Dade County (Member, Third DCA 50th Anniversary Committee, 2005
Appointment to the Special Commission on Judicial Elections, June 1997
Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section, 1979
Member, Long Range Planning Committee, 1980-1981
Vice-Chairman of the Leadership and Long Range Planning Committee, 1981
Board of Directors, 1985-1989
Executive Committee, 1987-1988
Co-Chairman of Programs Committee, 1988-1989
Treasurer, 1989-1991
Secretary, 1991-1992
Vice-President, 1992-1993
President-Elect, 1993-1994
President, 1994-1995) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1993-1995 and 2007-present
Host Committee for the Midyear Meeting in Miami, February 1995) Bar Associations
Cuban-American Bar Association (Board of Directors, 1979-1983
Vice-President, 1980
President-Elect, 1981
President, 1982)
International Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
The Florida Bar (Chair of the Chief Justice's Advisory Committee for the 2009 Tobias Simon Pro Bono Awards, 2009
Character and Fitness Commission of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, 2008
Immediate Past President and Member, Board of Governors, 2000-2008
President, 2007-2008
President Elect, 2006-2007
Executive Committee - Chair Elect, 2006
Professionalism Committee, 2006
Select Committee on Justice Teaching, 2006
Florida Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services, 2006
Member, Outreach Committee - Chair, 2006
Strategic Planning Committee, Board of Governors, 2004-2005 and Chair, 2006
Legislation Committee, Board of Governors, 2002-2004, Vice-Chair, 2004-2005, Chair, 2005-2006
Chairman, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Selection Committee for The Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award, 2001 and 2005
Communications Committee, Board of Governors, 2000-2005
Disciplinary Review Committee, Board of Governors, 2000-2002
Board of Governors, June 2000-2008
Board of Directors - The Florida Bar Foundation, 1999-2000
Member, Convention Committee, Florida Bar Young Lawyers Section, 1981
Vice-President, Florida Council of Bar Presidents, 1982
Vice-Chairman of the Mid-Year Conference, 1982-1983
Member, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, 1985-1986
Member, Executive Council Trial Lawyers Section)
The Florida Justice Association
Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Florida Association for Women Lawyers
The Spellman-Hoeveler American Inn of Court
Broward County Hispanic Bar Association
Hispanic National Bar Association
Southern Conference of Presidents and President Elects
The American Law Institute - ALI
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel - FDCC.