The NLLSA is a nonprofit organization that serves as a conduit for Latina/o law student voices. Founded on principles of social, ethnic, racial, gender, and sexual equality, NLLSA is focused on advancing Latina/o academic success and commitment to community service.

Mestre engages exclusively in a commercial-litigation practice and is Board Certified in International Litigation and Arbitration by The Florida Bar. He has litigated domestic and international arbitration matters in both English and Spanish.

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The ABA International Law Section is the leader in the development of policy in the international arena, the promotion of the rule of law, and the education of international law practitioners. The section focuses on a full range of international legal issues and is involved in a wide variety of substantive legal activities.

Dagley’s practice focuses exclusively on a wide array of entrepreneurs and corporations in commercial litigation and arbitration matters. She represents foreign and domestic clients across multiple industries and national boundaries, delivering keen analysis and sound legal advice on a broad range of business disputes.

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“We are honored and could not be prouder of our team,” said Andres Rivero. “From our beginnings, we have always been clear that we wanted to build a diverse team on principle and also for the very practical reason that diversity makes us better able to win for our clients. We are humbled by this prestigious award for this important work.”

The Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards: North America 2020 awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of firms and individuals who are furthering the advancement of diversity and inclusion across the USA and Canada.

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“We are truly honored by this award,” said Jorge A. Mestre. “We know that promoting and maintaining diversity in the legal profession has never been more urgent.”

The Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards: North America 2020 awards celebrate the fantastic achievements of firms and individuals who are furthering the advancement of diversity and inclusion across the USA and Canada. The winners of the Chambers Diversity and Inclusion Awards will be announced virtually on Thursday, September 24, 2020.

Click here to read the full 2020 D&I awards shortlist.

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Best Lawyers implements a sophisticated peer-review process that surveys leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues in the same geographic and legal practice areas.

About Rivero Mestre LLP

Rivero Mestre, with offices in Miami and New York, represents clients from investigation to verdict and appeal in complex business disputes in U.S. federal courts, state courts, and domestic and international arbitration proceedings. The firm’s practice focuses primarily on representing corporate and institutional clients in a broad range of complex commercial disputes including financial institution matters, intellectual property disputes, and litigation and arbitration relating to Latin American trade and investment.

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The goal of the program is to provide “Pathfinders” with practical tools for developing and leveraging internal professional networks through relationship building skills, foundational leadership skills, and an understanding of career development strategies applicable to both in-house and law firm practice.

Nwamah attended law school at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. While in law school, he worked as a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge Jacqueline Hogan Scola, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida. Nwamah earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Florida International University.

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As published in the Daily Business Review, November 22, 2017

Forget Brown v. Board of Education. Inclusion isn’t a favor to the socially diverse (i.e., women, African-Americans, Latinos, LGBTQ). Diversity is essential to winning. Corporate clients know this already, and they want to win.

There is a significant edge to a law firm that not only attracts but successfully promotes and retains ethnically and gender-diverse lawyers.

Katherine W. Phillips, senior vice dean and the Paul Calello Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, explained the bottom line: “The fact is that if you want to build teams or organizations capable of innovating, you need diversity. Diversity enhances creativity. It encourages the search for novel information and perspectives, leading to better decision making and problem solving. Diversity can improve the bottom line of companies and lead to unfettered discoveries and breakthrough innovations. Even simply being exposed to diversity can change the way you think. This is not just wishful thinking: it is the conclusion I draw from decades of research from organizational scientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists and demographers.”

If the upside of diversity is all that, how do we explain the barren numbers of African-American, women, Latino, LGBTQ partners in the legal profession? Diversity isn’t always easy, and it can create friction.

Phillips’ research reveals that diversity in a group can create discomfort emanating from issues of trust, lack of communication and feelings of disrespect. But that friction yields strength and power; swords are forged by hammer, fire and persistence.

People who come from the same paradigm expect to be understood in terms of their own life experiences, and therefore often share the same perspective on an issue, and reach agreement on that issue based on their experiences and perspectives. What’s wrong with that?

What’s wrong with that is the failure to entertain other perspectives and beliefs. A homogenous group tends to engineer a single, predictable solution.

Successful results, though, often require creative and novel strategies — ideas. Phillips’ research demonstrates that members of socially diverse groups “change their expectations.” They work harder to reach an agreement, and that process leads to more developed, fully fleshed-out outcomes.

Over the last 25 years of practice, the one sentence that always made me and my partners smile was this: “I’ve got a different idea.”

Successful results in the practice of law depend on the same kind of innovative minds that find solutions in the practice of science. Strength through diversity is fact; strength through travel bans and other anti-diversity actions is fiction.

The cost of homogeneity is immeasurable and unknowable — the hidden cost of the missed idea, the missed solution, from looking only at what you know and not seeking to know what you do not. Ignorance is not bliss when you want to be successful and effective.

Be selfish. Don’t be diverse to be politically correct. Don’t be diverse out of the goodness of your heart. Be diverse to become a better law firm. Be diverse to win. Be diverse to stay relevant. Be diverse because it is the essence of the enlightened practice of law. Be diverse because the cost of not being diverse is the lost bid, the lost idea itself. Be diverse because it is, in fact, the ultimate bottom line.

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Amanda has extensive experience in U.S. federal district and appellate courts, state court (both bench and jury), and arbitration. A graduate of Brown University in international relations and the University of Miami School of Law, Amanda has taught, lectured, and written articles on international law. She also chaired the Executive Committee of the International Law Division of the Florida Bar.

Recognized as Florida’s Legal Elite, Florida’s Benchmark Litigators, Florida’s Super Lawyers, and AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, Amanda practices law with the passion and conviction of a true advocate whose firm belief that “whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well” marks the quality of representation of each and every one of Amanda’s clients.

According to LCLD President Robert J. Grey, Jr., the LCLD Fellows Program offers participants “an extraordinarily rich year of relationship-building, in-person training, peer-group projects, and extensive contact with LCLD’s top leadership.”

The LCLD is an organization of more than 240 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leadership of the profession—who have dedicated themselves to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession. The programs are designed to attract, inspire, and nurture the talent in society and within the organization. Their ultimate goal is to build a more open and diverse legal profession.

Rivero Mestre has been a proud LCLD member since 2012. In 2016, for the fourth year in a row, Rivero Mestre was recognized by the LCLD as a “Top Performer.” Amanda follows in the footsteps of previous Rivero Mestre fellows Aylia Licor, Kadian Blanson, and Maria Paula Aguila.

Rivero Mestre is one of a small number of minority owned law firms in the United States that practice complex commercial litigation, including international litigation and arbitration, at the highest levels. Over eighty percent of its lawyers and its entire support staff come from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds.

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The workshop was titled “Law Firm: The Business of Law Firms & Making Partner Case Study.” The panelists also included, Carrie Fletcher, Executive Director, Harvard Law School Executive Education and Ellen Dwyer, General Counsel, Crowell & Moring LLP.

Founded in 2009, LCLD has grown to more than 250 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners. United by a spirit of activism and personal commitment, LCLD members participate to prepare future generations of diverse talent for the highest positions of leadership.

Mestre’s practice is focused exclusively on commercial litigation, including international arbitration and litigation. He has litigated domestic and international arbitration matters in both English and Spanish.

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Rivero Mestre has been involved with LCLD since 2012. In the past year, M. Paula Aguila served as the Co-Chair to the Fellows Alumni Program Development Committee, Aylia Licor participated in the Fellows program, Daniel Sox participated in the Pathfinder program and Carlos Rodriguez continued his role of Miami City Lead for the LCLD’s minority mentoring program. Rivero Mestre also hosted a 1L Scholar and participated in the 1L Scholars Summit.

The LCLD is an organization of more than 220 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners—the leadership of the profession—who have dedicated themselves to creating a truly diverse U.S. legal profession. The programs are designed to attract, inspire, and nurture the talent in society and within the organization. Their ultimate goal is to build a more open and diverse legal profession.

Rivero Mestre is one of a small number of minority owned law firms in the United States that practice complex commercial litigation, including international litigation and arbitration, at the highest levels. Over eighty percent of its lawyers and its entire support staff come from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds.

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