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Brian Barakat is a Board-Certified business litigator at Barakat + Bossa in Coral Gables, Florida. His practice includes Corporate Law , Litigation - Labor and Employment, and Litigation - Real Estate . He represents businesses, executives, property owners, and entrepreneurs in complex commercial disputes involving shareholder and partnership conflicts, fiduciary duty claims, restrictive covenants, contract disputes, business torts, and financial fraud matters. Mr. Barakat advises clients on ...

Matt is an experienced, entrepreneurial attorney focused on helping clients identify and manage construction-related risks, with an emphasis on dispute avoidance and litigation. He has been board-certified in construction law by The Florida Bar for nearly a decade and has earned an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell. After several years in private practice, and before joining Jones Walker, Matt co-founded his own law firm, where he developed and quickly expanded his broad-based...

Juan is Chair of the firm’s FinTech, Banking, and Payments Group. He counsels and assists financial institutions and FinTech companies on the development, implementation, and execution of sound, comprehensive risk management frameworks—including tailored consumer and financial crime compliance management systems (CMS)—that identify, manage and effectively mitigate the risks associated with the development, offering, and delivery of cutting-edge FinTech products and services,...

A former Assistant U.S. Attorney with a focus on public corruption and national security, Jacqueline Arango is co-chair of Akerman’s White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Practice. She leads a team including former federal prosecutors, senior enforcement lawyers at the SEC, and government lawyers representing corporations, financial institutions, boards of directors, and individuals in government investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, grand jury probes, internal in...

With broad-ranging experience advising public and private companies, Esther Moreno focuses her practice on capital markets transactions, disclosure and corporate governance matters, and M&A transactions. She represents a range of clients on equity, high-yield, convertible debt, and Regulation S/offshore offerings. In addition, Esther advises public companies, boards of directors, and board committees on corporate governance matters, director responsibilities and fiduciary duties, executiv...

Sarah A. Lobel is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Admiralty and Maritime Law and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Sarah A. practices law in Miami, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Sarah A. Lobel since 2026. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Sarah A. Lobel is held by other lawyers.

Daniel diligently prepares cases to advocate for his clients rights by blending his investigative background from his criminal law experience with his knowledge of family and marital law. Daniel has been a good-standing member of the Florida Bar since October, 2003 and is also licensed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Daniel graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 2003, cum laude, and earned his B.B.A. from the University of Miami School of Business in...

Susan J. Latham is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Litigation - Intellectual Property. Susan J. practices law in Coral Gables, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Susan J. Latham since 2026. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Susan J. Latham is held by other lawyers.

Kristofer Machado represents clients in all aspects of real estate development, with an emphasis on providing strategic land use advice and advancing complex projects through the process of obtaining site control and securing zoning, planning, historic, environmental, and other local, state, and federal regulatory approvals. As part of his practice, Kristofer routinely appears before municipal zoning and planning boards and other quasi-judicial bodies, negotiates agreements with stakeholders ...

Martin Kalb is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Tax Law and Trusts and Estates. Martin practices law in Miami, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Martin Kalb since 1995. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Martin Kalb is held by other lawyers.