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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 handled appeals before the Third District Court of Appeal
and the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of
Appeals. 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 and in an ad hoc international
arbitration—experiences that give 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.
He is currently Deputy President of the Florida
Region of the Hispanic National Bar Association.
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REPRESENTATIVE 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, 2009 |
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• Recognized as among Up and Coming Florida Legal Elite 2005 and Legal Elite 2007, 2008
and 2009 by Florida Trend Magazine (voted for by members of the Florida Bar).
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• Recognized as among Florida
Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2009 |
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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
United States District Court, Middle District of
Florida
United States District Court, Northern District
of Florida
United States Court of Appeals,
Eleventh Circuit
• Cuban-American Bar Association (CABA)
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Director (2001-03); Treasurer (2001);
Vice-President (2002)
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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• Dade County Bar Association
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Director (2001)
International Law Committee (2006)
Vice-Chair, Civil Litigation Committee (2007) |
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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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• Belen Jesuit Alumni Lawyers,
Executive Committee (2007-present) |
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• Hispanic National Bar Association
(2007-present) |
Deputy President
Region VIII 2007-present |
Board of Governors
2007-present |
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Co-Chair of the 2009 HNBA
National Mid-year Convention and Moot Court
Competition
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REPRESENTATIVE
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS |
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St. Thomas University School of
Law, Guest Lecturer regarding the International
Chamber of Commerce Rules of Arbitration,
October 2009 |
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Federal Bar Association, Bench and Bar
Conference, Moderated Roundtable Discussion with
various Federal District Court and Magistrate
Judges, November 2008 |
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St. Thomas University School of Law, Guest
Lecturer regarding International Arbitration,
November 2008 |
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Dade County Bar Association Young Lawyers
Section, Strategies for Professionalism and
Professional Development Panel Discussion,
October 2008 |
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The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division,
Practicing with Professionalism Panel
Discussion, May 2008 |
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Florida International University, College of
Business Administration Graduate Program, Guest
Lecturer, Domestic and International
Arbitration, Summer 2007 |
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International Center for Dispute Resolution, 5th
Annual Miami International Arbitration
Conference, Human Rights Litigation Panel,
February 2007 |
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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)
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• 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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