Spanish-Speaking Attorneys

Hector Cora

Sandy Springs, GA

Hector Cora was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1993. His practice focuses on Immigration Law, Personal Injury (including victims of violent offenses), and Workers’ Compensation. He has obtained favorable results for clients, including Lawful Permanent Residency and dismissal of removal cases, and for victims of violent crimes, including U-Visas and money damages. He is fluent in Spanish.

Jorge Salazar

Meridian, ID

Jorge Salazar is the Founder and Principal Attorney at Armis Law, PLLC. He was born in the Rio Grande Valley and raised in Austin, Texas. After graduating with a Juris Doctorate, he gained valuable experience under the Texas Attorney General. He is sworn into the Idaho State Supreme Court, Federal District Court & Bankruptcy Court, and Texas State Supreme Court. He established Armis Law, PLLC in 2022 after serving under the Texas Attorney General and working as a partner at Elcox & Salazar. He is an effective litigator and advocate for his clients, specializing in Business Law, General Civil Litigation, and Immigration matters. He provides counsel in Immigration Law, Estate Planning & Elder Law, Personal Injury Law, and Transactional Law. Spanish-speaking services are available.

Max J. Koeck IV

Metairie, LA

Max J. Koeck IV is an attorney with over a decade of experience in Louisiana, focusing on criminal defense (including DWI) and personal injury. He is known for providing zealous and compassionate advocacy, helping clients navigate legal challenges and regain control of their situations. He is fluent in English and Spanish.

Blanca Anselmo

Santa Ana, CA

Blanca Anselmo’s passion in life is helping her clients. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine and received two Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, Law, and Society and Chicano/Latino Studies. She earned her Juris Doctor from Western State College of Law. While in law school, she was awarded the Summer Honors Scholarship and was recognized for her exemplary public service to the community. Ms. Anselmo has studied in Argentina and Spain. Upon admittance to the State Bar, her concentration in practice has been personal injury. Ms. Anselmo enjoys traveling and is a certified BollyX Instructor (BollyX is a dance fitness program that is Bollywood inspired).

Steve Renick

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Stephen (Steve) Renick has been practicing law since 1987, focusing on workers' compensation. He is dedicated to protecting workers' rights and has handled various work-related injury cases for over 30 years. Steve is also an adjunct professor and a former high school Mock Trial Attorney Coach, with a strong reputation among legal professionals in Florida.

Jay Weatherston

New York, NY

Jay T. Weatherston focuses his practice on the defense of medical practitioners and healthcare providers in medical malpractice actions. Mr. Weatherston joined Vaslas, Lepowsky & Hauss, LLP as an experienced trial attorney with a diverse background and record of success representing both defendants and plaintiffs in civil litigation involving personal injury, premises liability, products liability, commercial litigation, complex civil litigation and environmental litigation; he also has trial experience with unblemished results as a criminal defense attorney and has advocated on behalf of clients in family law matters.

Rod spent the first 10 years of his law career with Scherr Legate before leaving to build his own successful practice for 14 years. Now, he’s back where he started but with much more experience, having practiced criminal and family law in addition to personal liability. Since returning to Scherr Legate, Rod has worked primarily on motor vehicle and premises liability cases. With his return to personal injury cases, Rod knows the plaintiffs he represents are unfamiliar with courtrooms and the legal process. Rod recognizes that so many clients have never been through this with insurance companies and takes pride in knowing that he can help guide his clients and solve problems for them. Rod who was born and raised in El Paso, followed his father and uncle into law. He earned his bachelor and law degree at the same school they did. When away from the firm, Rod spends time with his wife and three sons. He likes to be outdoors, whether it’s hiking, biking, running or snow skiing. All three of his sons are active in the Boys Scouts of America, where Rod is a former Scout Master. He is the current Adult Committee Chair for his sons’ Troop 59.

Eric Saleme

North Charleston, SC

Attorney Eric Saleme is a graduate of West Virginia University, where he studied philosophy and political science. Following his undergraduate course work, he moved to South Carolina where he cultivated roots in the Charleston region. He enrolled at Charleston School of Law where he took advantage of the opportunity to study abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina one summer. He also did multiple internships and contributed over 100 hours of pro bono services to the community, all while proceeding with his course work for graduation. After graduating law school and passing the bar exam, Eric struck out a path for himself to help people in need and guide them through their legal matters. He has practiced in many different areas of the law including criminal and DUI defense, immigration adjustments, real estate closings, contract, and wage disputes, but since 2013 he has been hyper focused on personal injury and workers’ compensation matters. His clientele includes members of the Latin-American community due to his fluency in Spanish. His past experiences and his future goals to help as many people as possible have led him to join CFJ Injury Lawyers as a senior attorney. He will diligently work to resolve your matter as beneficially and expediently as possible.

Justin M. Marvisi

Los Angeles, CA

Justin Marvisi graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in 2010. Following his undergraduate studies, Mr. Marvisi earned his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law in 2013, where he served as a staff member for the Pepperdine Law Review. Throughout each year of law school, Mr. Marvisi worked for Yukevich | Cavanaugh as a summer intern. He also worked for Genworth Financial in London, UK, where he ensured insurance policies were in compliance with updated consumer protection regulations. Mr. Marvisi joined Yukevich | Cavanaugh as an attorney in 2013. His practice areas include products liability defense, general negligence, complex litigation, and personal injury. In addition, Mr. Marvisi has experience with employment and discrimination disputes, including successfully defending a property manager in a retaliatory termination claim at arbitration. Mr. Marvisi is licensed to practice in California and Arizona. He is proficient in both Spanish and Farsi.

Tanner Forman

Dallas, TX

Tanner Forman is a trial attorney in the firm’s Dallas office, dedicated to fighting for clients injured by others. He earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Economics with a minor in Spanish from Utah State University in 2011 and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 2014. He previously worked as a defense attorney, giving him insight into insurance companies' tactics. He is licensed in Texas and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Gaby Marquez

Austin, TX

Gaby Marquez is a Texas-based attorney with experience in criminal, immigration, and civil matters. She previously worked at an insurance defense firm, serving as first-chair on multiple jury trials. Her current practice focuses on non-subscriber, personal injury, and commercial litigation. She earned her Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s School of Law in 2016.

Jennifer Meksraitis

Tampa, FL

Jennifer Meksraitis is a native Floridian and the principal attorney at Heights Injury Law. She comes from a family of attorneys and was taught the importance of her Cuban heritage, including speaking Spanish. She holds a bachelor's degree in Finance and Economics from the University of North Carolina-Asheville and a Juris Doctorate from Stetson University College of Law (2006). Prior to founding Heights Injury Law in 2012, she served as an Assistant Public Defender for three years, gaining extensive trial experience. Jennifer is known for her empathetic advocacy, strategic approach, and personal involvement in every case, fighting tirelessly for her clients in personal injury and criminal defense matters.

George Fernandes

Danbury, CT

Attorney George Fernandes is a valuable asset to Ventura Law’s litigation department, focusing on Civil Litigation, Complex Litigation, and Mass Torts. He previously served as senior trial counsel for a major insurance company. He is licensed in Connecticut and Florida and is a member of numerous bar associations.

Kevin G. Little

Fresno, CA

Kevin G. Little stands as one of the rare attorneys to achieve the legal trifecta - multiple murder acquittals, multiple death row exonerations, and multiple million-dollar-plus verdicts. For more than 35 years, he has been a formidable force for justice, transforming his education into a powerful weapon for those facing injustice. With exceptional victories across both civil and criminal law, Mr. Little delivers unparalleled representation through his Triple Threat approach of masterful trial skills, formidable appellate expertise, and sophisticated legal analysis.

Paul D. Groark

Fitchburg, MA

Paul D. Groark has been Of Counsel with the Law Offices of David Niose since 1998. Prior to that time, Attorney Groark handled insurance defense matters in superior and district courts in Massachusetts while a lawyer with a major insurance defense firm in Boston, and later, in various federal and state courts while a lawyer with a major national insurance defense law firm in Washington, DC. This legal background has provided Attorney Groark an expansive exposure to a variety of tort cases throughout all levels of litigation in our judicial system. Attorney Groark’s legal experience notably includes litigation in federal courts of wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases arising from the air disasters of USAir flights 405, 1016 and 427, as well as the Northwest Airlines air disaster of 1990. Attorney Groark has handled an array of tort claims for airport authorities as well as interstate motor carrier cases throughout the United States, through pro hac vice admission in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. As part of his Of Counsel position, Attorney Groark provides the unique service of direct representation for Spanish speaking clients, having complimented his initial classroom study of Spanish with further studies abroad in Spain and later legal work in Spain and Chile. His fluency in spoken and written Spanish provides the means to extend this firm’s high quality of legal services to a segment of society that would otherwise be precluded from such direct access due to a language barrier.

Joseph J. Carcagno

Staten Island, NY

Joseph J. Carcagno, originally from Brooklyn, New York, graduated in 1983 from Pace University, Lubin School of Business with a BBA in Finance and became a commodities trader on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. He later attended Pace University School of Law and obtained his Juris Doctorate degree in 1988. Mr. Carcagno began his legal career working in plaintiff’s personal injury and criminal defense. During his tenure as a plaintiff’s attorney, he handled automobile, premises, construction accidents, police brutality, and wrongful death cases, and tried many cases to verdict. Then, Mr. Carcagno was recruited by GMAC Insurance, a division of General Motors, to open its first ever in-house counsel office which began operation in New York City where he became the managing attorney and counsel of record. He eventually grew the office to twenty employees in two staff counsel office locations during his tenure where he handled high exposure, high complexity cases. Mr. Carcagno has selected countless juries in every county in the New York City Metro area and tried over twenty-five cases to verdict. He has written and argued numerous appeals as well. In addition, Mr. Carcagno worked as an attorney at the New York City Department of Education Special Education Unit. Mr. Carcagno is admitted to practice in New York State and Connecticut, as well as the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Carcagno is also active in community service as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bronx Global Learning Institute for Girls Charter School located in Bronx, New York.

Theodore G. Hartman

Maspeth, NY

Theodore G. Hartman is a Senior Counsel Trial at Musa-Obregon Law PC, focusing on serious criminal offenses and deportation cases. He has experience in immigration law in Texas and Louisiana, and previously served as a public defender in New Orleans, handling appellate cases. His expertise includes murder, rape, and drug trafficking cases. He obtained his Juris Doctor from University School of Law in St Louis in 2003 and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Gettysburg College in 2000. He is fluent in Spanish.

Mark Wolin

Miami, FL

Mark Wolin is a trial attorney with over 35 years of experience in South Florida state and federal courts. He holds a Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law and Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Northwestern University. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and in Florida and Illinois. Mark is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Valeria Benitez is a seasoned personal injury attorney driven by a profound sense of justice, shaped by her life experiences. She has worked in complex medical malpractice cases as well as multi-district litigation personal injury cases. With a wealth of experience in workers’ compensation and personal injury law, Valeria embarked on her journey representing victims at a plaintiff’s toxic-tort firm. Witnessing the profound impact of asbestos exposure on blue-collar workers ignited her resolve to be their unwavering voice in the pursuit of justice. Valeria’s upbringing instilled a deep sense of duty to uplift the underprivileged, a value she actively upholds through community involvement. As the current legal affairs commission chair of a Chicago-based nonprofit, she remains steadfast in her mission to empower others. Inspired by her father’s commitment to justice in Ecuador, Valeria recalls, “I would hear his interactions with his clients, and I was moved to see how thankful they were when he won their cases, and the way he zealously represented and fought for each of them. I knew I’d want to follow in his footsteps.” Being fluent in Spanish fosters trust and clarity with Spanish-speaking clients, complementing her relentless advocacy and meticulous organization. Her ties to the Spanish-speaking community are far-reaching, as she also worked in a law firm in Mexico City for several years. She is a persistent go-getter that advocates for her clients. Valeria’s unique blend of legal expertise and genuine empathy makes her a beacon of hope for those navigating personal injury law, offering unwavering support and commitment to their cause. Married and a devoted mother, she finds solace in family and maintains a vibrant lifestyle as an enthusiastic runner who loves to participate in races, and who has previously competed in martial arts tournaments. While in law school, Valeria learned firsthand about other legal systems and experienced other cultures when she studied abroad in Madrid, Berlin, and Havana. Her compassion extends beyond personal pursuits, reflected in her unwavering dedication to advocating for the rights of the injured in her legal practice.

Andres Lovera

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Andres Lovera is a Litigation Attorney at The Injury Firm, representing clients injured by negligence, primarily in auto accidents, slip and falls, and defective products. He previously worked at an Insurance Defense firm, gaining experience in auto accident defense and first-party property disputes, and served as an Assistant Public Defender for the Broward Public Defender’s Office, where he litigated numerous jury trials and evidentiary motions. He was awarded “The Law Office of the Public Defender’s Triple Crown Award” in 2023.

Michael H. Schreiber

Linwood, NJ

Michael H. Schreiber is a highly experienced trial attorney with over 42 years of practice in New Jersey, specializing in criminal defense and family law. He is a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court since 1989, known for his dedication to clients and his impressive trial record, including numerous not-guilty verdicts in murder cases. He has handled over 100 jury trials and 13 murder cases, securing 12 not-guilty verdicts. Beyond his legal career, he is a recipient of the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Hero Award in 2009 for saving four people from drowning. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, the U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Pierre Prialé

Fairfax, VA

Pierre Prialé is an experienced attorney specializing in criminal defense and personal injury cases, with over 16 years of experience. He received his undergraduate degree from George Mason University and his Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. He is licensed to practice in Virginia and is an active member of the Virginia State Bar. He has successfully handled over 2,000 criminal cases and hundreds of personal injury cases, achieving positive results including dismissals and acquittals. He is also a recognized advocate for the Latino Community in Northern Virginia and has published an ebook on car insurance in Virginia.

David Ascencio-Arevalo

Manassas, VA

David Ascencio-Arevalo was born in El Salvador and grew up in the small town of Usulutan. He went to law school at the Universidad Doctor Jose Matias Delgado in San Salvador. In 2005 he moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, to pursue a Master’s Degree in International Law at American University Washington College of Law. In 2016, David was admitted to the Master’s Degree in Laws of the United States program at the University of Baltimore School of Law and after completion he transferred into the Juris Doctor program. David works at our office in Wheaton, Maryland. He has gained vast experience in immigration law, working on cases involving Removal Defense, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status cases and Family Based Visas. He also has worked on personal injury cases and has proved to be an asset in the defense of those clients who have been injured by the negligence of others. David is a licensed attorney in Maryland.