Gustavo Ceballos, from the left, Taylor Diaz, Ivan Feris, John Cervera, Mirelis Castilla, Gabriel Diaz, Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz, Amanda Fernandez, Javier-Soto, Patricia Fors, Javier Pagliery, Alexa Duarte, Andy Garcia, and Jessica Pagliery.
The Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) recently held its third Leadership, Education, And, Development (L.E.A.D.) program session at the Annual Florida Bar’s Convention in Boca Raton.
The event kicked off with an early networking session, “Cafecito con CABA y Amigos,” where guests connected over traditional Cuban coffee and pastelitos. Outgoing Florida Bar President Roland Sanchez-Medina, Jr., incoming President Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes and President-elect Michael Fox Orr, were honored at the event.
L.E.A.D. is designed to provide CABA fellows with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to be effective leaders within CABA, The Florida Bar, and their communities. The multiday sessions were designed to assist the diverse and inclusive group of lawyers in becoming better leaders within the legal profession.
Mirelis Castilla, from the left, Amanda M. Naldjieff, Jose A. Villalobos, Alexa C. Duarte and Emily Balter.
“It was a pleasure to host the third L.E.A.D. session at the Annual Florida Bar Convention this year,” said CABA President, Amanda Fernandez. “Our fellows had a unique opportunity to engage with speakers and to connect with leaders from across Florida’s legal community.”
The third program session, “Leadership in Action: Networking and Mentorship,” included guest speakers Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz, Judge Stephanie Silver, Judge Michael Bagge-Hernandez, Sanchez-Medina, Baker-Barnes, and Orr.
Judge Melissa Damian, from the left, Senior Judge Patricia A. Seitz, Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga, and Amanda Fernandez
Other speakers included Juan Fernandez-Barquin, clerk for Miami-Dade County; Marlene Quintana of GrayRobinso and CABA past president; Giselle “G” Gutierrez, managing partner at Exhibit G Law Firm and CABA past president; Ashlea A. Edwards, outgoing president of Bar’s Young Leaders Division and shareholder, GrayRobinson; incoming TLD President Arti Hirani of Meenakshi A. Hirani, P.A.; and Reno V. Pierre, assistant county attorney, Broward County Attorney’s Office, and the incoming president-elect of the YLD.