BRAZIL

Caroline Fischer Espi

Orlando, FL

Caroline Fischer Espi is a founding member and Partner at First Choice Law, specializing in personal injury cases such as auto accidents, slip and falls, wrongful death, and civil rights violations. Originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she began her legal career in 2011, she furthered her education in the U.S. at Boston University School of Law (Master's) and Emory University School of Law (Juris Doctorate), with additional training at Harvard Law School. She is fluent in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and is an active member of several legal and community organizations, including the Orange County Bar Association, Hispanic National Bar Association, and Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Gui Vasconcelos

Austin, TX

Guilherme Vasconcelos began his legal career in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, earning a Juris Doctor and a Master of Laws in Constitutional Law. He moved to the U.S. in 2016 to obtain an LLM from the University of Texas at Austin, School of Law, graduating with Pro Bono Honors. He is licensed in Brazil and Texas, and has been a member of the Texas Bar College since 2018. He has managed and litigated over 500 cases, securing over $8 million in settlements, and has a multimillion-dollar verdict. He is an alumnus of TACT and a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and The National Trial Lawyers - top 40 under 40. His practice focuses 100% on serious personal injuries.

Alvaro Genaro Gubert

New York, NY

Alvaro Genaro Gubert is a Brazilian Attorney and Foreign Legal Consultant of Brazilian Law with Urban Thier & Federer, P.A., based in the Orlando office. He is licensed with the Florida Bar as a Foreign Legal Consultant of Brazilian Law and as an attorney in Brazil. He advises clients on Brazilian legal systems across various practice areas, including compliance, employment, torts, contracts, tax law, administrative law, environmental law, white-collar crimes, complex commercial litigation, personal injury, and wrongful death. He has extensive experience in complex litigation in Brazilian state and federal courts and is fluent in Portuguese and proficient in English.

Andressa Pearce Figaro

Melville, NY

Andressa Pearce Figaro is an associate attorney at Chaikin Trial Group, licensed to practice law in New York and Brazil. She focuses on personal injury litigation and is known for her aggressive litigation style and dedication to securing maximum compensation. She is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.

Aline De Albuquerque Wright

Hilliard, OH

Aline De Albuquerque Wright joined Lardiere McNair & Stonebrook, Ltd., LPA, as a legal assistant in August 2019. She previously worked as an attorney in Brazil from 2005 to 2018 and as a private attorney and legal assistant before that. She graduated with a Juris Doctor in law from the State of Amazonas Foundation for Education and Culture in 2002 and received an MBA in Constitutional and Administrative Law from the State of Amazonas University Center in 2010. She is bar certified in Brazil and supports the firm's attorneys on personal injury, debt collection, and consumer law matters.

Flavia Naves

Cheyenne, WY

A seasoned in-house counsel who has supported companies at all stages of expansion and development, Flavia is a legal and compliance executive with valuable expertise in strategic planning and operations of financial services businesses. Known for her entrepreneurial vision, resourcefulness, and ability to quickly pivot, Flavia has extensive relationships with numerous top firms in the banking, money transmission and payments industries, and regularly practices before state and federal banking departments and agencies. Flavia prides herself in being an innovation catalyst. During her career, Flavia led varied financing rounds for her clients including the largest round ever recorded in the digital assets industry at $440 million. In working as a legal business partner, she has driven enterprise valuation growth through the structuring of different corporate deals, launched diverse payments and money transmission products, established and managed legal departments servicing highly regulated industries, and directly supervised regulatory exams. Prior to joining the firm of Hathaway & Kunz, Flavia was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Circle, a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of stablecoins and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications. Additionally, Flavia has worked at different organizations in the SF Bay Area, engaging with industries ranging from software licensing and copyrights to entertainment, e-commerce and payments. She has also been appointed a Commissioner with the State of Wyoming to its Stable Token Commission. Born and raised in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Flavia is active in the local immigrant community and provides mentoring to young professionals. She has also served as a Board member to different non-profit organizations in the SF Bay Area. She lives in Jackson Hole with her family, where they enjoy camping, hiking, and exploring National Parks.