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Jorge A. Mestre—AV rated by Martindale Hubbell—engages exclusively in a commercial litigation practice, including international arbitration and litigation. He has also been recognized by his colleagues as one of Florida’s Legal Elite. Reflecting the excellent reputation he enjoys in the community, Florida state court judges have appointed Mr. Mestre as a Receiver.
A seasoned practitioner, Mr. Mestre has litigated cases through trial in both federal district court and Florida state court and has argued appeals before the Third District Court of Appeal. His background as a legal intern for both a United States District Court Judge and a Florida Supreme Court Justice has given him an inside view into the decision-making processes of the federal and state courts.
What’s more, Mr. Mestre has litigated domestic and international arbitration matters in both English and Spanish, including an arbitration victory in Spanish. He has served as a party-appointed arbitrator in a case administered by the International Chamber of Commerce—an experience that gives him a valuable understanding of how arbitration tribunals work. That understanding helps not only in his work as an arbitrator but also as an advocate.
Knowing that the rules of civil procedure are fundamental to his litigation practice, Mr. Mestre serves both on the Florida Bar’s Civil Procedure Rules Committee and on its Federal Rules Standing Committee. As part of his committee work, Mr. Mestre authored the Jurisdiction Chapter in The Florida Bar’s Civil Practice Before Trial Manual. Mr. Mestre has also served as Vice-President of the Cuban American Bar Association and as a member of the board of directors of the Dade County Bar Association, two of the largest voluntary bar associations in Florida.
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PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
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• Deposing Nonhumans:
Corporate Representative Depositions in Florida, The Florida Bar Journal, Volume 79, No. 1,
January 2005
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• International Arbitration in Miami, CABA Briefs, September 2005
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• A Comity of Errors: Understanding the International Abstention
Doctrine, University of Florida Journal of International Law, Volume 17, Issue 2, June 2005
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• The Florida Bar’s Civil Practice Before Trial Manual, Chapter 6:
Jurisdiction (currently pending publication) |
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• Recognized as among Up and Coming Florida Legal Elite 2005 and Legal Elite 2007 by Florida Trend Magazine (voted for by members of the Florida Bar).
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• AV Peer Review Rated—their highest rating—by Lexis-Nexis Martindale Hubbell
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PROFESSIONAL AND
COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS
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• Florida Bar (1996)
• United States District Court, Southern District of Florida (1996)
• Cuban-American Bar Association (CABA)
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Director (2001-03); Treasurer (2001);
Vice-President (2002)
CABA on Cuba Committee (2005-present)
Co-drafter:
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Petition For Immediate Relief Against Human
Rights Violations Committed by the Republic of Cuba filed with the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American
States (2003)
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Co-drafter:
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Amicus Curiae Brief of CABA in Support of the United States of America filed in United States of America v. Guerrero, et al., (“Cuban Spy” case) United States Court of Appeals for
the 11th Circuit, Case Nos. 01-17176-BB and 03-11087-BB (2006)
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CABA pro-bono committee (2007-present)
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• Dade County Bar Association
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Director (2001)
International Law Committee (2006)
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• Civil Procedure Rules Committee of the Florida Bar (2005-present)
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Federal Rules Standing Committee
Subcommittee Chair, Rule 1.340 (interrogatories)
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• Hispanic National Bar Association
(2007-present) |
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• Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
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Leadership Board (2004-05)
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Belen Alumni Lawyers, Professional Chapter of Alumni Association (2007-present)
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EDUCATION |
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• Florida State University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1996
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Recipient, Local Government Law Book Award
Articles and Notes Editor, Journal of Land Use and
Environmental Law
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• Catholic University of America, B.A., 1993
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Concentration: Financial Management
Sub-concentration: Political Science
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• Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, 1989
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PAST PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
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• Judicial Intern, The Honorable Donald L. Graham, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida (1994) |
• Judicial Intern, Justice Major B. Harding, Supreme Court of Florida (1995)
• Litigation Attorney, Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson, P.A. (1996-1998) |
• Litigation Attorney at firm that served as General Counsel to the Archdiocese of Miami and the Diocese of Palm Beach (1998-2001)
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