Dania Beach, FL

Alex Senft

Alex Senft is a personal injury lawyer at The Law Offices of Scott Jay Senft, part of a multilingual team serving clients in English, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, and Portuguese.

Scott Senft

Scott Senft is a personal injury lawyer and the founder of The Law Offices of Scott Jay Senft, with over 30 years of experience helping accident victims recover compensation. He is part of a multilingual team serving clients in English, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, and Portuguese.

Julie Valdez

As an associate attorney at Florida Advocates, Julie is responsible for overseeing and handling discovery for the firm’s insurance cases. Prior to joining Florida Advocates, she worked at a small Plaintiff’s personal injury law firm where she worked on bodily injury cases. She is also admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and is fluent in Spanish. Julie received her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice (with Honors) from Florida International University. At FIU, she was a member of several Honors Societies, as well as a sorority sister of Phi Mu. She is also a Florida Bright Futures Scholar. Additionally, during her time at FIU, Julie helped raise money for several organizations, including the Children’s Hospital and the Make a Wish Foundation. After her time at FIU, Julie attended St. Thomas University School of Law where she received her Juris Doctorate degree. While attending Law School, Julie was on the Dean’s List and served as a member of International Moot Court, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Cuban American Student Bar Association, and the Public Interest Law Students Association. In addition, Julie served as a Judicial Intern to Judge Abby Cynamon, and as an Immigration Clinic Intern in her third year of Law School. She also participated as a Law Clerk for the “Put Something Back” Pro Bono Project of the Dade County Bar Association.

Carlos D. Cabrera

Carlos D. Cabrera is a trial and appellate attorney with a broad range of experience in civil matters. He has represented individuals, small businesses and large insurance companies throughout his legal career in many areas, including, but not limited to, personal injury, family law, real estate, employment matters, discrimination claims, civil rights, consumer protection law, condominium law, contract law, legal malpractice claims, commercial disputes, insurance defense, personal injury protection, and appeals. Mr. Cabrera graduated from St. Thomas University School of Law in 2000 and was the Managing Editor of the St. Thomas Law Review during the 1999-2000 academic year. During law school, Mr. Cabrera was a student member of The Hon. Peter T. Fay American Inn of Court. Mr. Cabrera was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2000 and has been a member in good standing since. He is admitted to practice in all State Courts of Florida, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Cabrera has been recognized as a Florida Legal Elite and has also received Lead Counsel rating in Civil Appellate matters. Mr. Cabrera has also spoken at seminars and been a guest speaker on radio. In 2016, Mr. Cabrera was a guest speaker on the Legal News and Review Radio Show speaking on the topic of Personal Injury and Appellate Law. He has also spoken at several Claims Management Seminars on several topics, including fraud claims in PIP litigation and insurance adjuster ethics, and has spoken at several seminars on first-party property insurance claims and PIP matters. Since the beginning of his legal career, Mr. Cabrera has been involved in a number of professional associations, including American Bar Association, Miami Beach Bar Association, Cuban American Bar Association, Broward County Bar Association, and Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Network.

Peter John Mineo

Peter John Mineo is a native of South Florida, and has resided here his entire life. His legal training and familiarity with the court room first began during his childhood when he would frequently spend time at his father’s law office and accompany him to court to observe trials. Even from a young age he knew he wanted to become a lawyer, and as a result participated in the debate team and forensics club during his school years. Peter graduated from Chaminade Madonna College Preparatory in 1998 and went on to attend college at the University of Central Florida from which he graduated in 2002 with his Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in History. In 2002, Peter enrolled in law school at Nova University’s Shepard Broad Law Center where he was named the school’s prestigious Goodwin Scholar, which carried with it an award of a full three year academic scholarship. Following his first semester of law school, Peter married his college sweetheart. Throughout law school Peter worked at the law offices of Mineo & Dellapina as a law clerk, where he endured rigorous training under his father, Peter Mineo, Jr., attending court regularly and drafting pleadings and motions to get the sort of actual on the job training law school often fails to provide. Peter earned his Juris Doctorate was admitted to the Florida Bar as a practicing attorney in 2005. He then joined the law offices of Mineo & Dellapina as an associate attorney, and then was a partner in the subsequent entities of Mineo & Mineo, where he first began practicing in the area of first party property insurance in 2008, and now The Mineo Salcedo Law Firm. In his early career, Peter was a general practitioner and quickly gathered a wide array of experience as a litigator practicing law in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, criminal law, corporate law, contracts, insurance law, foreclosure, international law, internet law, collection law, fraud and family law, including cases involving domestic/child abuse. Peter is currently a specialist with many years of experience in the area of first party property insurance claims. He represents and is a zealous advocate for home owners, restoration and remediation companies and other vendors against insurance companies on property claims which have been underpaid or denied. Peter currently resides in Cooper City, Florida with his wife and their four children.

Peter John Mineo

Peter John Mineo is a native of South Florida, and has resided here his entire life. His legal training and familiarity with the court room first began during his childhood when he would frequently spend time at his father’s law office and accompany him to court to observe trials. Even from a young age he knew he wanted to become a lawyer, and as a result participated in the debate team and forensics club during his school years. Peter graduated from Chaminade Madonna College Preparatory in 1998 and went on to attend college at the University of Central Florida from which he graduated in 2002 with his Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in History. In 2002, Peter enrolled in law school at Nova University’s Shepard Broad Law Center where he was named the school’s prestigious Goodwin Scholar, which carried with it an award of a full three year academic scholarship. Following his first semester of law school, Peter married his college sweetheart. Throughout law school Peter worked at the law offices of Mineo & Dellapina as a law clerk, where he endured rigorous training under his father, Peter Mineo, Jr., attending court regularly and drafting pleadings and motions to get the sort of actual on the job training law school often fails to provide. Peter earned his Juris Doctorate was admitted to the Florida Bar as a practicing attorney in 2005. He then joined the law offices of Mineo & Dellapina as an associate attorney, and then was a partner in the subsequent entities of Mineo & Mineo, where he first began practicing in the area of first party property insurance in 2008, and now The Mineo Salcedo Law Firm. In his early career, Peter was a general practitioner and quickly gathered a wide array of experience as a litigator practicing law in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, criminal law, corporate law, contracts, insurance law, foreclosure, international law, internet law, collection law, fraud and family law, including cases involving domestic/child abuse. Peter is currently a specialist with many years of experience in the area of first party property insurance claims. He represents and is a zealous advocate for home owners, restoration and remediation companies and other vendors against insurance companies on property claims which have been underpaid or denied. Peter currently resides in Cooper City, Florida with his wife and their four children.

Peter Mineo Jr.

In 1977, Mr. Mineo graduated from Biscayne College (now St. Thomas University) with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting. His background in the field of accounting gives him an enormous advantage in addressing complex financial matters presented in divorce litigation. In 1981, Mr. Mineo graduated from Nova University Law School. His entire third year of law school was spent as a clinical intern in the Broward County Public Defenders Office. This gave him the unique experience of having tried more than twenty cases before juries to verdict, before becoming a member of the bar. In October of 1981, Mr. Mineo was sworn in as a member of the Florida Bar and worked as an assistant Public Defender. He was one of three persons hired from more than 40 applicants. In 1982, he opened his own practice as a trial lawyer. He ultimately formed the firm, Mineo Booth & George, P.A., where he remained Senior Partner for many years. Early in his career, Mr. Mineo handled a varied case load including Plaintiff Personal Injury, Family Law and Medical Negligence litigation and General Civil litigation. He has tried over two hundred cases to verdict over his career. Many of these cases were complex medical negligence matters which are considered the most difficult and most challenging of all cases. He has successfully tried Family Law cases for high net worth clients, Medical Negligence cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, Wrongful Death cases for both plaintiffs and defendants, Products Liability cases involving serious injuries, Accident cases involving serious injuries and major civil litigation involving business disputes, including numerous legal malpractice claims. Thereafter, Mr. Mineo was the founding and Senior Partner in the law firm of Mineo & Dellapina. In 2005, Mr. Mineo was pleased to begin practicing with his son, Peter John Mineo, and later started the firm of Mineo & Mineo, P.A together which eventually grew into the current Mineo Salcedo Law Firm. Mr. Mineo maintains a very active and busy trial practice. He now limits his practice to cases involving high net worth individuals in civil matters and family law and those persons who have been catastrophically injured through the fault of others.