Bringing extensive litigation experience in both state and federal courts, Jorge López serves as Akerman's Assistant General Counsel. Jorge focuses on protecting the firm and its clients with risk management, professional liability, compliance, contractual, employment disputes, and ethics issues. Jorge began his career as a law clerk to Justice Harry Lee Anstead at the Florida Supreme Court before joining Akerman in the Litigation Practice Group. He has also served as an Assistant School Board Attorney for the School Board of Miami Dade County, the fourth largest School District in the country with a budget of approximately $4 billion dollars.
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Related Professional Experience
- The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Assistant School Board Attorney, 2007-2011
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice Harry Lee Anstead, Florida Supreme Court, 1998-2000
Affiliations
- The Florida Bar, Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Member
- The Florida Bar, Codes and Rules of Evidence Committee, Past Member
- Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Miami Class of 2004, Member
- University of Miami School of Law, Partnership for Professionalism Program, Attorney Participant
- Dade County Bar Association, Member
- Cuban American Bar Association, Pro Bono Sub Committee, Past Member