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LISA HU BARQUIST
Bogin, Munns & Munns, P.A.
Practice Area(s): Business Litigation, Business Law, Injunction
Language(s): Mandarin
E-mail: lbarquist@boginmunns.com
Telephone: (407) 578-9696
About Lisa: Lisa Hu Barquist has practiced law in the public and private sectors, national and boutique law firms, on civil and federal criminal matters, and as General Counsel in a manufacturing/logistics company on all transactional matters totaling 29 years. She offers a breadth and wealth of legal, practical, life experiences to her clients and approach to all matters at hand. For example, she devoted 11years serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida prosecuting criminal narcotics cases and civil Medicare fraud.
DONNA R. BOONCHIT, ESQ
deVlaming & Rivellini P.A.
Telephone: (727) 461.0525
About Donna: Donna Boonchit was born in Fort Bragg, NC and raised an Army brat, ultimately settling down in Clearwater, Florida in 2000. She began her legal career by earning her paralegal certificate in 2002 and working for a personal injury firm. In 2006, Donna began working as a paralegal for Denis M. deVlaming, PA. While working as a paralegal for Mr. deVlaming and his partner, Kym Rivellini, she attended the University of South Florida where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law and has been a member of The Florida Bar since 2019.
Donna is an active member of the legal community. She served on the Marsy’s Law Committee as well as the Young Lawyers Committee of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (FACDL), Vice President and Treasurer of Pinellas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PACDL), Chair of the Solo & Small Firm Section of the Clearwater Bar, and on the Oyster Roast Committee for the Clearwater Bar Association. She is also a member of the St. Petersburg Bar Association, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Fred G. Minnis, Sr. Bar Association, PFAWL, and Criminal Law and Solo & Small Firm Sections of The Florida Bar.
LORNA E. BROWN-BURTON
Lubell Rosen Law Firm, LLC
Practice Area(s): Worker’s Compensation, Social Security Disability, Labor & Employment, Bankruptcy
About Lorna: Lorna E. Brown-Burton is an “AV” rated attorney who is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida since 1987 and the Southern District of Florida since 1990. Ms. Brown-Burton’s primary area of practice is workers’ compensation defense representing Employers/Self-Insureds/Carriers for over 30 years and also has experience in the area of Labor and Employment and Social Security Disability as well as representing individuals in chapter 7 & 13 bankruptcy matters. Ms. Brown-Burton is a past adjunct professor at Broward College in the Paralegal Degree Program. Prior to joining Lubell | Rosen as a Partner managing the Workers’ Compensation department she owned and operated her own firm which was certified as an MWBE/SBE from February of 2004 to August 31, 2014 and from September 1, 2014 to July 31, 2018 Ms. Brown-Burton merged her firm with The DeMicco Law Firm, P.A. where she co-founded the firm, Brown-Burton & DeMicco, PLLC. She was an active member of the Legal Aid Board of Directors and has held several officer positions which included President. Although she is no longer a member of the Board of Directors of Legal Aid, she remains involved with Legal Aid’s fundraising activities to include For The Public Good. Ms. Brown-Burton is a member of the Workers’ Compensation Section of The Florida Bar, a prior elected member of The Florida Bar Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division, as the Seventeenth Circuit representative, with a special appointment to the Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division, for the 2002-2003 term and is a former elected President of the Young Lawyers Section of the Broward County Bar Association for the 1996-1997 term. Ms. Brown-Burton completed two 3-year terms on the Florida Bar Grievance Committee “17F” and “17E”, respectively and also served as Chair of the “17E” Grievance committee.
THE HONORABLE STEVE BERLIN – APABA Tampa Bay’s Judicial Liaison
The Sixth Judicial Circuit
Chamber 23,
14250 49th Street
North Clearwater, FL 33762
DANIEL CARDWELL – Law Student
Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Firm/Company: Hillsborough Community College
Adjunct Professor of English,
Writing Center Staff
10451 Nancy Watkins Dr.
Tampa, FL 33619
Practice Area(s) of Interest: Interest: Bankruptcy, Property Law, Legal Research & Writing, and Appellate Practice
Languages: English
E-mail: Cardwelld@cooley.edu
About Daniel: Daniel Cardwell is a 3L at The Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Riverview, Florida. He completed the Business Transaction Concentration, earning elective credits in bankruptcy law, taxation of
business entities, securities regulation, and UCC Article III negotiable instruments. Daniel earned his B.A., magna cum laude, and M.A. from the University of South Florida and M.A. from Northern Arizona University.
Daniel is currently a fall 2022 intern at the Department of Justice in the US Trustee’s Program, and he was a judicial intern for Judge Susan Rothstein-Youakim at the Florida Second District Court of Appeal and Judge Catherine Peek McEwen at the US Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.
At Cooley, his extracurricular accomplishments include serving as Editor-in-Chief of The Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical & Clinical Law, Chief Justice of the Moot Court Board, President of the
Federal Bar Association’s Cooley Chapter, Magister of The International Honor Society of Phi Delta Phi – Castor Inn, and Clerk of Phi Alpha Delta, International Law Fraternity – Janet Reno Chapter.
Outside of Cooley, Daniel also works with the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) and Business Law Section (BLS) of the Florida Bar. He is a 3L liaison to the YLD Law School Affiliates Program, and he was
accepted into the BLS 2022 Scholars’ Program, where he participated in the UCC/Bankruptcy Committee and the Intellectual Property Committee at the annual Labor Day weekend conference.
HANNAH CHOI
iQor US, Inc.
One Progress Plaza, 200 Central Ave.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Practice Area(s): Labor and Employment
Language(s): Korean
E-mail: Hanna.Choi@iqor.com
About Hannah: Hannah Choi serves as the Senior Employment
Counsel and Chief Diversity Officer for iQor.Hanna.Choi@iqor.com
DEBBIE SINES CROCKETT
Cheffy Passidomo, P.A.
4100 W. Kennedy Blvd. Suite 335
Tampa, FL 33609
Practice Area(s): Construction, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith,
Real Estate Disputes, Commercial Civil Litigation
Language(s): Korean
E-mail: dscrockett@napleslaw.com
Telephone: (813) 225-2684
About Debbie: Debbie S. Crockett is a shareholder with Cheffy Passidomo, P.A. in Tampa, FL. She concentrates in handling disputes involving construction, insurance coverage, bad faith, and commercial civil matters from the trial through appeal, in state and federal courts, and represents policyholders against insurers, with an emphasis in
complex insurance disputes. Her bar activities include being a current Co-Chair of the Nat’l Asian American Bar Assoc. Insurance Law Committee and an active member of the FL Bar Insurance & Surety Law and Construction Law committees, the Hillsborough Co. Bar Assoc. Construction Law section, ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice
section, and ABA Forum on Construction Law. She serves on the FL Bar Standing Committee on the FL Civil
Procedure Rules.
ZARRA ELIAS
Moffitt Cancer Center
12902 Magnolia Drive, MBC-OGC
Tampa, FL 3361
Practice Areas: Labor & Employment, Commercial Compliance
Language(s): Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Tagalog
E-Mail: zarra.elias@moffitt.org
Telephone: (813) 745-7891
About Zarra: Zarra Elias is the Assistant General Counsel II, Employment for the Moffitt Cancer Center, a world-renowned cancer treatment and research center. In this role, Zarra is responsible for all aspects of labor and employment matters for Moffitt, and she works closely with Moffitt’s human resources team. Before joining Moffitt, Zarra was a partner at Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm, where she practiced labor and employment law and commercial litigation.
YING “LAURA” GAO
The Gao Law Firm
421 S Pine Avenue, Ocala, FL 34471
Practice Area(s): Probate, Guardianship and Guardian Advocacy, Special Needs Trust, Elder Exploitation, Estate Planning, Medicaid Planning, and Long Term Care Planning.
Languages: English and Mandarin Chinese
E-mail: laura@thegaolawfirm.com
Telephone: (727) 379-4566 (P) (727) 424-3070 (C)
Ying “Laura” Gao, is the founder of The Gao Law Firm, a boutique law firm based in Ocala, FL with a satellite office in Land O’ Lakes, FL. Ms. Gao focuses her practice on on Wills, Trusts and Estates, and Elder Law with an emphasis on superior client services and client experiences.
Ms. Gao is a member of the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law (“RPPTL”) Section of the Florida Bar. Ms. Gao currently serves as the secretary to the Estate and Trust Tax Planning Committee and the Asset Protection Committee of the RPPTL Section. Ms. Gao is also a member of the Elder Law Section (“ELS”) of the Florida Bar and a member of its Guardianship Committee.
Ms. Gao has been elected to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Tampa Bay Board (2019-2022) and was appointed by Dean Michèle Alexandre to the Stetson Law Alumni Association Board (2021-2023). Ms. Gao was recently appointed to the RPPTL PAC Board in July 2021.
Ms. Gao attended Stetson University College of Law for her Juris Doctor degree on Dean’s Merit-based Scholarship and graduated cum laude. She received book awards in Contracts, Property, Civil Procedure, Research & Writing II, Evidence, and Children and the Law. She was a finalist in Phelps Dunbar Appellate Advocacy Competition, and a recipient of Bank Lopez Gassler High Grade Award.
Ms. Gao immigrated to the US from China in 2008, where she was a brand manager for Gitanjali Group (#1 diamond group in India and #7 worldwide) and launched their first Chinese brand in Shanghai. Since her arrival, Ms. Gao has become an FAA-certified commercial and instrument rated pilot, bare-boat chartering qualified sailor, and an open-water scuba diver. Ms. Gao enjoyed her experience as an air-racer: Air Race Classic 2010 with teammates Terry Carbonell and Ellen Herr (1st Place) and Florida Sunshine Derby 2011 with teammate Matt Wallis (1st Place).
Ms. Gao is a meditation practitioner and completed
ANGELA GREENWALT
Law Office of David S. Dougherty | GEICO Staff Counsel
4300 West Cypress Street, Suite 900, Tampa, FL 33607
Practice Areas: Insurance Defense
E-Mail: angreenwalt@geico.com
Telephone: (813) 439-6314
About Angela: Angela Greenwalt began her legal career in Hillsborough County by clerking for the Honorable Judge Nielsen in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. She currently serves as Staff Counsel for
GEICO. Prior to joining GEICO, she worked as an Assistant State Attorney for Manatee County
in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, where she prosecuted cases involving domestic violence, criminal
traffic violations, and drug offenses. She currently serves on the Parish Council at St. Anne’s
Catholic Church.
JOSELINE JEAN-LOUIS HARDRICK
Western Michigan University- Cooley Law School- Tampa Bay Campus
9445 Camden Field Parkway, Riverview, FL 33578
Practice Area(s): Academia, Civil Litigation
Languages: Haitian Creole
E-mail: hardrickj@cooley.edu
Telephone: 813-419-5100- ext 5161
About Joseline: Professor Hardrick joined WMU-Cooley Law School in July 2019. She most recently served as a federal judicial law clerk for the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, in Tampa, Florida for the Hon. Charlene Edwards Honeywell and the Hon. James S. Moody, Jr. Prior to her clerkship, Ms. Hardrick was a litigation associate at Bush Ross, P.A. She is the founder and director of Diversity Access Pipeline (DAP), a nonprofit organization that promotes diversity and creates access for law students. DAP provides cash scholarships and leadership development training to third year law students.
HON. MICHAEL J. HOOI
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
800 E. Twiggs St., Tampa, FL 33602
Email: michael.hooi@fljud13.org
Telephone: (813) 272-5887
About Judge Hooi: Michael Hooi has served as a Hillsborough County judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida since 2021. Before his judicial appointment, he practiced at Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Postler, P.A. in Tampa, Florida, where he handled bankruptcies, litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts, out-of-court workouts, and business transactions. His transactional practice included business-entity formation, negotiating and drafting cross-border contracts, and representing parties in complex transactions. He began his legal career clerking for U.S. Circuit Judge Charles R. Wilson of the Eleventh Circuit after graduating from the University of Florida and Vanderbilt University.
THANH THANH HUYNH
Law Student – Western Michigan University- Cooley Law School- Tampa Bay Campus
Areas of Interest: Interested in Litigation, Criminal Defense and Estate Planning
About Ms. Huynh: Outside of school and work, Thanh Thanh volunteer as a child advocate with the Guardian ad Litem Program – 13th Judicial Circuit. For hobbies, she row crews with a local team, weightlifts, and enjoys exploring new recipes in the kitchen.
JULIANNE M. HOLT
Office of the Public Defender, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
700 E. Twiggs Street, 5th Floor, Tampa, FL 33602
Practice Area(s) / Area(s) of Interest: Indigent Criminal Defense, Criminal Law
Languages: English, Spanish
E-mail: jholt@pd13.state.fl.us
Telephone: 813-307-4000
About Ms. Holt: Julianne Holt is a graduate of the University of South Florida and South Texas College of Law. She was as Public Defender, 13th Judicial Circuit in 1993, and has served our community for 27 years. Ms. Holt serves as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida. Additionally, she participates on many committees which focus on issues pertaining to the criminal justice system, as well as improving the quality of life for youth. In recognition of her commitment to our community and public service she was inducted into the Hillsborough County Women’s Hall of Fame in 2018.
COC VAN IGNAUT
Client Executive
Esquire Deposition Solutions
101 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 3350
Tampa FL 33602
Practice Area(s): Providing Court Reporting Services
Languages: Vietnamese and English
E-mail: cvan@esquiresolutions.com
Telephone: 813-523-6341
About Coc: Coc Ignaut has been in the litigation support industry for nearly 13 years. She has been with Esquire for ten years (and counting) and have worked collaboratively with hundreds of clients in providing guidance in the court reporting industry. Prior to that Ms. Ignaut worked with law firms in consulting with their electronic discovery and document management needs.
VASHTI JATTANSINGH
Associate General Counsel – Global Wealth Solutions
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
880 Carillon Parkway,
St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Practice Area(s): Global Wealth Solutions – Institutional Fiduciary Solutions, Insurance group, Alternative Investments, Structured Products, Retail Options, Mutual Fund Research and Marketing, Wealth Solutions, Private Client Group
E-mail: Vashti.Jattansingh@RaymondJames.com
Telephone: (727) 567-6442
About Vashti: LinkedIn Profile
JEANINE KANG
JKang Legal, P.A.
114 Pauls Drive
Brandon, FL 33511
Practice Area(s): Commercial Litigation, Landlord and Tenant Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, and Contract Drafting
Language(s): Korean
Telephone: 813-474-8588
Email: Jeanie.Kang@JKanglegal.com
About Jeanine: Jeanie Kang is an Associate Attorney with Edison, Edison, & Brandt. She serves as a counselor and advisor to business owners helping them resolve complex legal matters and disputes. She focuses her practice in the areas of commercial litigation, landlord and tenant litigation, real estate litigation, and contract drafting. In addition, Jeanie also handles various types of immigration work, including, but not limited to, family-based immigrant visas, renewal and replacement of green cards, and application for citizenship through spouse and/or parents.
KEVIN KWAN
Ankura Consulting Group, LLC
101 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 2250
Tampa, FL 33602
Practice Areas: Forensic Accounting, Financial Investigations, Litigation Support
Languages: Cantonese
Tel: (813) 277-1913
Email: kevin.kwan@ankura.com
About Kevin: Kevin Kwan is a Managing Director at Ankura, based in Tampa. He has over 23 years of experience providing consulting and expert witness services in various business disputes, complex commercial litigation matters, and financial investigations. Kevin’s experience includes development of complex financial models, as well as compilation, organization, and analysis of large volumes of historical data through the development of databases. He has provided expert witness testimony in federal and state court cases and an arbitration panel.
SARAH LAHLOU-AMINE– Pro Bono Liaison
Banker Lopez Gassler, P.A.
501 E. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1700
Tampa, Florida 33602
Practice Area(s): Appellate and Insurance litigation
E-mail: slahlou@bankerlopez.com
Telephone: 813.384.3994
About Sarah: Board Certified in Appellate Practice, Sarah Lahlou-Amine practices in all areas of state and federal appellate andinsurance litigation, and provides litigation advice and strategy on insurance coverage, defense, and extra-contractual matters. In her appellate practice, Sarah helps clients and litigators seeking to protect their appellate record or properly prepare a case for appeal. In the event of an appeal, Sarah partners with trial counsel to protect a favorable ruling, seek a reversal, or obtain other appellate relief. Sarah handles a variety of insurance matters, including advising on coverage issues, bad faith exposure, best practices, and litigation and appellate strategy. She litigates and advises on issues involving commercial liability, commercial property, homeowners, automobile, directors and officers, errors and omissions, professional liability, and excess policies, among others.
HIEU THE LE
Le Law Office
St. Petersburg, FL
Practice Area(s): Business Contracts, Construction, Real Estate, Land Use
Language(s): Vietnamese
E-mail: hle@lelawpa.com
Telephone: (813) 695-4009
About Hieu: Attorney Hieu T. Le took a sabbatical leave (i.e., semi-retirement) in June 2021 after having worked for other law firms in the legal fields of real estate, construction, business, and estate planning, along with certain immigration and family law cases.
Since taking the sabbatical leave, attorney Le accepts a limited number of legal cases, preferably complex cases or clients who have experienced various difficulties such as language or other sensitive issues. It is strongly recommended that the potential client has consulted with another attorney before attempting to present their case to attorney Le.
Attorney Le is also an active, certified General Contractor, Class A in the state of Florida. As a general contractor, Mr. Le has built as well as helped manage the construction of high-end custom homes, resolved complex construction issues, and handled zoning and land development projects from application through the construction process. Before becoming an attorney, Dr. Le (holding a dual Ph.D.) was a principal engineer/scientist working on many advanced aerospace projects in the defense industry.
HAKSOO STEPHEN LEE – Secretary
Lee Law Group, PLLC
3804 W. North B St.
Tampa, FL 33609
Practice Area(s): Civil Practice Law, Bankruptcy, Business Litigation
Language(s): Korean
E-mail: hlee@flrights.com
Telephone: (813) 606-4533
About Haksoo: Haksoo Stephen Lee is a Korean-American attorney practicing in the areas of creditors’ rights, civil litigation, and business litigation. Some of Stephen’s current clients include large institutional lenders, high net-worth individuals, and local residents. Bio
SEUNGEUN APRIL LEE
CJ America, Inc.
2510 W Carmen St
Tampa, FL 33609-1711
Practice Areas: Employment
Language(s): Korean
Email: april.lee@cj.net
Telephone: 213.338.2700
About April: April Lee is Labor & Employment Corporate Counsel at CJ America, Inc. April provides advice and counsel to internal business units regarding multi-state labor and employment law matters, including California wage and hour issues. She also oversees and manages employment litigation as well as employment and immigration compliance programs. Prior to going in-house, April worked at an Am 200 law firm and a plaintiff’s side employment law firm. April is admitted to practice in Florida, Georgia, and California. She is a graduate of Emory University School of Law.
ANGELINA LIM
Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, LLP
SunTrust Financial Centre
401 East Jackson Street, Suite 3100
Tampa, FL 33602
Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation; Creditors’
and Debtors’ Rights; Workouts; Banking and Transaction
Language(s): Malay, Hokkien, Fujanese
E-mail: AngelinaL@jpfirm.com
Telephone: 813.225.2500
About Angelina: Angelina Lim started the practice of law, in New York, in the bankruptcy departments of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson in 1993 and subsequently at Dewey Ballantine (now Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP). She clerked with the Honorable Cornelius Blackshear, Bankruptcy Judge (now retired) in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York. In 1998, Angelina moved from New York to Florida. In 2000, she was the first Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael G. Williamson, bankruptcy judge in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. In 2005, she joined the firm of Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, in the firm’s bankruptcy, creditor’s rights and insolvency related practice group. At Johnson, Pope, Angelina has successfully represented both corporate and individual debtors (primarily in Chapter 11 reorganization cases), secured creditors, landlords, creditor’s committees, trustees and receivers in state court restructurings.
JIN LIU
Carlton Fields
Corporate Center Three at International Plaza
4221 W. Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 1000
Tampa, Florida 33607-5780
Practice Area(s): Real Estate, Finance, Corporate.
Language(s): Mandarin Chinese
E-mail: jliu@cfjblaw.com
Telephone: (813) 229-4209
About Jin: Jin Liu is a Board Member and Founding Member of APABA Tampa Bay. Jin represents note holders, servicers, and other financial institutions in workouts, loan transactions, loan sales, and disposition of real estate.
Jin also represents resort developers and other developers of large commercial and residential projects in
purchase and sale of both improved and unimproved property, business planning and implementation, transaction structuring, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures, and a variety of loan transactions. Jin has experience advising developers and financial institutions with respect to Florida condominium filings and
condominium related due diligence issues. As a bi-cultural and bilingual attorney who received legal education in both the United States and China, Jin has represented international, in particular, Chinese, clients in a variety of commercial transactions. Jin currently chairs the International Investment in Real Estate Committee of the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section.
MARY NGUYEN-NODELMAN
Law Office of Sara Mollo, Sixth Judicial Circuit Public Defender
Pinellas County Justice Center, 14250 49th Street North, Clearwater, FL 34762
Practice Areas: Assistant Public Defender, Criminal Defense
Languages: Vietnamese
Email: marynguyen-nodelman@co.pinellas.fl.us
Telephone: 727-464-6563
TOMOKO RANSEN
Phone: 813-232-1222, Ext. 18
a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University, and is a graduate of the University of the Ryukyus
in Japan.
HARRISON EPHRAIM STANDLEY
Standley Law Office, P.A.
15501 N. Florida Ave., Suite 2V, Tampa, FL 33613
Practice Areas: Consumer Bankruptcy; SSDI/SSI Appeals of Denials; Veterans Benefits; Consumer Rights
Languages: English
Email: info@standleylawoffice.com
Telephone: (813) 530-6141
About Harrison: Harrison Standley, Esq. helps individuals and families throughout Florida find solutions to their debt and mortgage problems. Whether it’s mounting credit card bills, unexpected medical expenses, or a change in life status, Harrison Standley, Esq. has fought on behalf of those facing financial hardships keep their homes and their dignity. Mr. Standley has spent his career protecting the rights of consumers. He has advocated on behalf of our nation’s heroes – retired military veterans –for VA disability benefits. He is the voice for those most vulnerable, and works to ensure that those who qualify receive their Social Security benefits.
BEEJAL P. THAKORE
Thakore Law, PLLC
3030 N. Rocky Point Dr.
Suite 150
Tampa, FL 33607
Practice Area(s): Real Estate and Commercial Litigation, Real
Estate Transactions, Condo and HOA Law
Language(s): Gujarati
Email: Bthakore@Thakorelaw.com
Telephone: (813) 598-1303
About Beejal: Beejal Thakore practices in the areas of real estate, contracts and business transactions and litigation. After nearly a decade of practicing at other law firms, Beejal started Thakore Law, PLLC to assist individual and corporate clients throughout Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties. Thakore Law’s mission statement is to provide every client with precise, practical and personalized legal representation. Beejal has lived in Florida for over 30 years and is a proud triple graduate of the University of Florida, where she earned Bachelor’s degrees in Criminology and Psychology and her Juris Doctorate degree in 2007. She is also fluent in Gujarati.
VIENGPHONE VILAYKHAM VONGSYPRASOM
Languages: Lao and Thai
Phone: 727-592-1812
CIARA WILLIS
BUSH ROSS, P.A.
1801 N. Highland Ave
Tampa, Florida 33602
Practice Area(s): Community Association Law, General Business Litigation.
Languages: English
E-mail: cwillis@bushross.com
Telephone: 813-224-9255
About Ciara: Ciara Willis focuses her practice on civil litigation, primarily in matters involving business and contract disputes, condominium associations, homeowner associations, community development districts, real estate, employment litigation, and other general commercial litigation matters. Ciara serves as an elected YLD Governor on The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors. She also currently serves as the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers (HAWL) YLD Chair. Ciara is a proud graduate of FSU where she earned Bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Applied Economics, and is a graduate of Stetson Law where she earned her Juris Doctorate degree. Find more information at: http://www.bushross.com/attorneys-ciara-willis.html.
MAI VU
Vu Legal, P.A.
4326 Park Blvd N Ste G
Pinellas Park, FL 33781-3538
Practice Area(s): Wills, Power of Attorney, family law, Auto Accidents, Personal Injury
Language(s): Vietnamese
Email: info@vulegal.co
Telephone: (813) 344.5828
ALICIA WHITING BOZICH
Sivyer, Barlow & Watson, P.A.
SunTrust Financial Centre
401 E. Jackson Street, Suite 2225
Tampa, FL 33602
Practice Area(s): Commercial & Property Disputes, Business Tort
E-mail: awhitingbozich@sbwlegal.com
Telephone: 813.221.4242
About Alicia: Alicia Whiting Bozich’s litigation practice includes commercial disputes,
business torts, restrictive covenants and trade secrets, contracts, creditor’s rights matters, and disputes relating to real property. Ms. Whiting Bozich also has extensive trial court experience representing investors, lenders, and loan servicers in contested mortgage foreclosures and consumer finance litigation. She has represented loan servicers in both state and federal court on claims involving the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act, Fair Debt Collections Practice Act, Truth in Lending Act, and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act.
GRACE H. YANG
Gray Robinson
401 East Jackson Street
Suite 2700
Post Office Box 3324 (33601-3324)
Tampa, Florida 33602
Practice Area(s): Administrative & Regulatory, Food Law, Senior Housing, Tobacco,
Land Use Law, Residential Resort & Club, Restaurant, Alcohol Beverage, Hospitality, Government
Language(s): Mandarin, Taiwanese
Email: grace.yang@gray-robinson.com
Telephone: (813) 273-5043
About Grace: Grace Yang is a shareholder based in the Tampa office of GrayRobinson. Her practice includes multistate compliance issues for alcohol beverage and food vendors; multistate alcohol, hotel, restaurant and occupational licensing work; the representation of alcohol and hospitality industry members before local, state and federal administrative agencies; land use issues, including alcohol-related conditional or special use permitting and variance issues; drafting and negotiating various types of agreements; and other matters affecting hospitality industry members. Grace is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. This rating is Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating. Grace has handled the purchase, sale and licensure of thousands of retail stores, resort and hotel properties, restaurants, and other businesses located throughout the United States.
LINDA J.Z. YOUNG – Treasurer
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
880 Carillon Pkwy
St Petersburg, FL 33716
Practice Area(s): Bankruptcy, Business Disputes, Contract
Disputes, Real Estate Litigation, Banking Litigation
Language(s): Mandarin
Email: linda.jing.zhou@gmail.com
Telephone: 727 567 6156
About Linda: LinkedIn Profile
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION 