Hudson & Calleja is pleased to welcome its newest law clerk, Cailey Augustin. Cailey just completed her first year of law school at the University of Miami, where she is a Dean’s Merit Scholarship recipient and a member of the School of Law’s Trial Team. She also received her undergraduate degree from Miami, majoring in psychology with minors in history and business law. We welcome her to the H&C family.
Hudson & Calleja, LLC is pleased to announce that Brianna Silva has been promoted to Junior Partner at the firm. Brianna obtained her undergraduate degree from Florida State University where she graduated summa cum laude. She obtained her juris doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law where she graduated magna cum laude. Brianna possesses great legal skills and also has shown a tremendous ability to handle complex litigation matters from start to finish. She exemplifies the level of legal ability and professionalism that we expect from our lawyers and has earned the respect of her peers as well as opposing counsel. We are very pleased to welcome her as a partner. Brianna will continue to handle first party insurance coverage disputes as well as complex commercial litigation matters.
Attached is a link to a recent interview Robert Hudson gave with the South Florida Cooperator regarding condominium and HOA safety.
http://soflcooperator.com/art…/surveillance-and-the-law/full
Hudson & Calleja, LLC has been chosen for membership into The National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms (“NAMWOLF”). This group is an extremely distinguished group of law firms with the goal of supporting its membership in pursuing corporate work from which minorities and women were often precluded. NAMWOLF educates corporations and public entities on the value of working with the entire legal community, including minority and woman owned firms, such as Hudson & Calleja. We look forward to advancing the work of woman and minority owned law firms with this great organization.
Hudson & Calleja is pleased to announce that Jessica Kerbel has joined the firm as an associate. Jessica is a 2016 graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, where she was the Staff Editor of the University of Miami Race and Social Justice Law Review before graduating cum laude. She also received her undergraduate degree from Miami majoring in Marine Affairs with minors in English and Public Relations. We welcome Jessica to H&C!
Hudson & Calleja is pleased to welcome its newest law clerks, Dillon McColgan and Tyler Di Mattia. Both are in their third year of law school at the University of Miami. Dillon is a 2013 graduate of the University of Central Florida, where he majored in Political Science with a minor in International and Global Studies. While at Central Florida, he made the Dean’s List eight semesters. At the University of Miami, he was awarded the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and is a member of the University of Miami Business Law Review. Tyler graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama in 2013 where he majored in Political Science. At the University of Miami, he was awarded both the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and the Zarco Scholarship. We welcome both to the H&C family.
Co-managing partner Rob Hudson, a Senior Member of the Orange Bowl Committee, has been named the Chairman of the Host Committee for the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference representative in this year’s Capital One Orange Bowl Classic, to be played on December 30, 2016. The Orange Bowl Committee is a nonprofit sports organization that promotes and serves South Florida by promoting championship sporting events, related premier entertainment, and other year-round activities to inspire youth, engage our community, and enhance the South Florida economy. The Orange Bowl Classic will feature the ACC champion against a to be determined opponent. Last year’s ACC Champion, Clemson University, narrowly lost the national title to Alabama.
Dania Battle was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Miami Lakes Bar Association. Her term is for the calendar year 2016. The Miami Lakes Bar Association is a non-profit organization formed to serve the public interest by increasing awareness to the study of jurisprudence; fostering respect for the law; preserving high standards of integrity, honor, and professional courtesy among peers; and facilitating the administration of justice. Its members include outstanding lawyers who work or reside in the Miami Lakes area including northwest Miami-Dade County and southwest Broward County.
Rob Hudson recently lectured at the Sterling Educational Services “ADA, FMLA and Workers’ Compensation” Summit in Miami on the Family and Medical Leave Act, a law that has proven challenging to both employees and employers. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period to eligible, covered employees (those who have been employed for at least one year and worked at least 1,250 hours during that year) for the following reasons: 1) birth and care of the eligible employee’s child, or the placement of a child for adoption or foster care with the employee; 2) care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) who has a serious health condition; 3) care of the employee’s own serious health condition; or 4) a “qualifying exigency” arising out of military service. In addition, the FMLA provides up to 26 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave for the care of qualifying military service members. The FMLA also requires that an employee’s group health benefits be maintained during any qualifying leave. The FMLA is administered by the Employment Standards Administration’s Wage and Hour Division within the U.S. Department of Labor. The FMLA became law in 1993. The Act was amended by the National Defense Authorization Act in 2008 to expand coverage for certain military situations, including leave for employees to care for injured military service members and for leave related to qualifying exigencies arising out of military service. It is unlawful for any employer to interfere with, restrain or deny the exercise of any right provided by the FMLA. Employee complaints alleging violations of the FMLA may be filed with Department of Labor or as a private civil action in federal or state court. Employees whose rights are found to have been violated may be granted damages (including liquidated damages), equitable relief and costs.
Hudson & Calleja, LLC has just been certified by The National Minority Supplier Development Council, which advances business opportunities for certified minority business enterprises and connects them to corporate members. The National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. ® (NMSDC®) is one of the country’s leading corporate membership organizations. This prestigious group does this by matching more than 12,000 certified minority-owned businesses to its vast network of corporate members who wish to purchase their products, services and solutions from minority vendors. Their corporate membership includes many of the largest public and privately-owned companies, as well healthcare companies, colleges and universities.