Spanish-Speaking Attorneys

Frank Hartman

North Charleston, SC

Frank Hartman is a personal injury lawyer in Charleston, SC. He grew up on the Isle of Palms, attended the College of Charleston, and graduated from The Florida State University School of Law. He speaks Dutch and Spanish and has a working knowledge of Russian. He founded The Hartman Law Firm, LLC in 2011 and is a member of the Charleston Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, American Bar Association, and The South Carolina Association for Justice.

Alan H. Fenton

Santa Barbara, CA

Alan H. Fenton lives in Santa Barbara with his wife, Annie and their twin boys Sam and Ben. He has been a practicing attorney in Santa Barbara for over 25 years. He is a tireless advocate for his clients, assisting individuals and families in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties in receiving the maximum benefits they are due after sustaining a personal injury. His primary areas of focus are personal injury, workers’ compensation, and motor vehicle accidents.

Lorenzo Williams

Stuart, FL

Attorney Lorenzo Williams, Senior Partner in the Law Firm of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Watson & Gary, P.L.L.C., was born January 26, 1952. For over 30 years, he has specialized in civil litigation including personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, product liability and commercial cases. During his 38 years of practice, Mr. Williams has successfully litigated more than 100 cases with verdicts and/or settlements exceeding $1 million.

Francisco J. Botto

Crystal Lake, IL

Attorney Botto has successfully litigated complex Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation cases. If you are the victim of another person’s negligence, or you are an injured worker, you face many financial challenges while trying to recover from your injuries. Attorney Botto recognizes your suffering extends beyond the physical wounds. He and his team of attorneys and paralegals will work diligently to maximize the greatest compensation allowable under the law for you and your family. Mr. Botto’s legal experience extends to the criminal field. He has tried successfully numerous cases to verdict, ranging from simple battery cases to serious felony charges of aggravated discharge of a firearm and criminal sexual abuse. Recently, Mr. Botto settled a workers’ compensation claim for $800,000.00. After receiving permanent total disability benefits for several years, the insurance company cut off medical benefits and filed motions to re-open the case and cut off PTD benefits. Mr. Botto successfully negotiated a disputed resolution. Since some cases cannot be negotiated, Mr. Botto has a busy trial schedule. In all his legal endeavors, Mr. Botto’s work is punctuated by the high quality of his work and dedication to his clients.

Jo Ann Hoffman

Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL

Jo Ann Hoffman was the firm's founder and a pioneering injury attorney, dedicating over 45 years to justice for her clients in personal injury and workers' compensation law. She founded Attorneys Jo Ann Hoffman & Associates, P.A. in 1985. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University, she earned her MBA and Law Degree with honors. She was known as 'The Queen of Comp' and received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Workers’ Compensation from the Broward County Bar Association in 2023. She passed away in July 2025.

Daniel Petrov

Vista, CA

Daniel Petrov's journey to becoming a personal injury attorney was driven by a powerful desire to advocate for those who find themselves facing formidable adversaries. He understands the difficulties his clients encounter, having personally experienced car accidents and witnessed family members navigate the complexities of insurance claims. This firsthand knowledge fuels his passion for ensuring that individuals are not taken advantage of by powerful corporations or insurance companies. Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Daniel and his family moved to Southern California in 1989. He was captivated by the power of legal advocacy to challenge injustice, which led him to law school. He began focusing on personal injury law in 2007, quickly discovering a calling that resonated deeply with his own experiences. Daniel is dedicated to helping people fight back against big corporations and insurance companies, finding it incredibly rewarding to secure the compensation his clients deserve. At Petrov Personal Injury Lawyers, he fosters strong client relationships, ensuring each individual feels heard, understood, and supported. Clients commend him for his accessibility and open communication. Beyond his legal work, Daniel finds inspiration in golf, mirroring his resilient approach to legal challenges. He is motivated by the opportunity to make a tangible difference in the lives of those who have been injured or wronged.

David Grey

Beverly Hills, CA

Over thirty years ago, David Grey left the computer industry as one of the youngest top-executives in cyber technology and founded Grey Law. After a series of notable and stunning successes in handling personal injury matters, David Grey instituted the computer industries’ systems approach to the practice of law. David Grey received a Doctor of Law J.D. degree from Law School. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1975 and then founded Grey Law in 1986. Since then, he has accrued over 30 years of experience working on accident and personal injury cases in Los Angeles.

Gilberto Lacayo

Miami, FL

Gilberto Lacayo is the founder of Lacayo Law Firm, P.A., a Miami native, and fully bilingual in English and Spanish. With over a decade of experience in South Florida, he represents clients in personal injury, insurance, bankruptcy, family, and criminal defense matters across Florida. He is a member of several bar associations, including the Florida Bar and the American Association for Justice.

Margie A. Soehl

Albany, NY

Margie A. Soehl is a partner at Powers & Santola, LLP, focusing on serious personal injury and medical malpractice cases. She is one of Albany, New York’s few bilingual English-Spanish speaking attorneys. Margie is recognized by The Best Lawyers in America and is a member of the Million Dollar & Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. She holds dual citizenship in Ecuador and the United States and is proficient in Japanese and learning Italian.

Michael Lowe

Dallas, TX

Michael Lowe is a trial lawyer with over 150 jury trials. He began his career in civil litigation, working for Cowles and Thompson and Touchstone Bernays, focusing on insurance defense and federal litigation. He then served as a prosecutor for the Office of the District Attorney for Dallas County, Texas, including the Organized Crime Division. Currently, he leads the Law Offices of Michael Lowe, specializing in criminal litigation and civil injury claims related to criminal matters. He has been Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2007, a distinction held by less than one percent of Texas attorneys. He practices in both state and federal courts across Texas.

Jennifer O'Connell Moore

Denver, CO

Jennifer O'Connell Moore is the Managing Partner and Owner of Queener Law's Colorado Office. She has 15 years of experience in civil litigation, specializing in premises, auto, cycling, motorcycle, and tractor-trailer collision cases. Licensed in Colorado and Tennessee, she has practiced in four federal courts and over thirty-five counties, achieving record-breaking verdicts. Honors include Law Week’s Barristers Best Civil Litigator in Colorado (2020) and Colorado Trial Lawyer’s Association’s New Trial Lawyer of the Year (2020). She has also been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2022, 2023) and a BestLawyers.com Personal Injury Litigator (2023, 2024).

Norberto A. Garcia

Chatham, NJ

Norberto A. Garcia is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and member of ABOTA, specializing in personal injury, construction accidents, premises liability, and medical malpractice. He has secured significant jury trial verdicts and settlements, including $1.24 million for a fatal bus crash and $2.1 million in a trucking accident. He is President Elect of the New Jersey State Bar Association and past president of the Hudson County Bar Association. He has been recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer for 11 consecutive years (2013-2024) and named to the 2025 Diverse Attorneys of the Year list by the New Jersey Law Journal. He is fluent in Spanish.

Raymond Bishop

Normandy Park, WA

As the founder and principal of Bishop Legal, attorney Raymond Bishop has been dedicated to fighting for the rights of his firm’s clients for nearly three decades. An experienced litigator, Mr. Bishop is responsible for having secured hundreds of highly favorable awards for his clients both in and out of court. In the years since he opened the firm’s doors in 1994, Mr. Bishop has obtained for his clients tens of millions of dollars in compensation for accident-related damages. Before founding Bishop Legal in the Seattle-Tacoma area, Mr. Bishop worked at the international law firm of Von Wobeser y Sierra in Mexico City, specializing in the representation of multinational corporate clients from the EU and the United States. Mr. Bishop speaks Spanish fluently. After working for well-heeled corporate clients where he obtained considerable trial experience, Mr. Bishop returned to his home state of Washington. There, still early in his career, he participated in dramatic and challenging trials representing the rights of criminally accused individuals. Having represented both large companies and individuals alike, Mr. Bishop sharpened his focus and built a substantial civil practice that passionately advocates for individuals and families wrongfully harmed by the careless acts of others. In this regard, Mr. Bishop and his associates have been successful: Bishop Legal has reshaped Washington law, reinforcing safe work practices at construction sites, at the Port of Seattle, and at other multiemployer worksites. Much of Mr. Bishop’s work is embodied in appellate court and Washington state Supreme Court decisions defining the duty of super-authoritative entities to keep workplaces safe for Washington’s working men and women. It is now practically impossible for any workplace injury case to be tried in Washington state without significant citation to Mr. Bishop’s precedent-setting case work. Mr. Bishop has appeared at every level of the Washington state civil court system from local district courts, ex parte courts, superior courts, appellate courts, federal district courts, and even the Supreme Court in Olympia. Mr. Bishop has built ground-up relationships with other attorneys and judges. His experience and professional network afford him, and by extension his clients, an advantage in difficult legal arenas. Mr. Bishop is an active member of the Washington State Bar Association. He has been a legal guest commentator on radio programs. His work has earned him national recognition, most notably Mr. Bishop has been named in the top 1% of attorneys by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, verifying that he has achieved both million-dollar and multi-million-dollar results for his clients. He has received the multi-year client satisfaction award from the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. Mr. Bishop is also continuously ranked as a “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters, in addition to having received numerous other awards and accolades for his legal work over the decades.

Clinton O. Middleton

Leesburg, VA

Attorney Clinton O. Middleton has over 30 years of legal experience, starting his career as a criminal defense lawyer and expanding into personal injury and mass tort cases over 20 years ago. He zealously represents clients in criminal defense, personal injury, and mass torts, including cases involving Depo-Provera, hair relaxers, Taxotere, AFFF foam exposure, and Roundup.

Ira J. Kurzban

Coral Gables, FL

Mr. Kurzban holds J.D. and M.A. Degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.A. with honors from Syracuse University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He is also an honorary fellow of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law where he was honored for his exemplified signal service to every aspect of the legal profession. He is also the recipient of the Wasserstein Fellowship at Harvard University Law School and was named the 2020 Recipient of the Leonard J. Theberge Award for Private International Law. Mr. Kurzban has been a founding partner in the law firm of Kurzban, Kurzban, Tetzeli, & Pratt P.A. of Miami, Florida for over 40 years and is the chair of the firm's immigration department. Mr. Kurzban is a past-national President and former General Counsel of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He has received national recognition for his work in the immigration field. He has been named by the National Law Journal as one of the top twenty immigration lawyers in the United States; he has been listed for over a quarter century in the Best Lawyers in America for his work in immigration and employment law; and he has been listed repeatedly in Lawdragon as one of the top 500 lawyers in the United States. Mr. Kurzban was the first recipient of the Tobias Simon Pro Bono Award presented by the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. He is also the recipient of the Lawyers of the Americas Award for his work on behalf of human rights in this hemisphere given by the University of Miami, the Jack Wasserman Award for excellence in federal litigation and the Edith Lowenstein Memorial Award for excellence in the advancement of immigration law given by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the Carol King Award for his efforts in immigration law given by the National Lawyers Guild. In 1986 Mr. Kurzban was selected by Newsweek Magazine in their commemorative issue on the hundredth anniversary of the Statue of Liberty as one of 100 American heroes for his work on behalf of immigrants. He was also selected by Esquire Magazine as part of America's New Leadership Class. Mr. Kurzban has also been named to Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law and Who's Who in the World. He was also named as one of the world's twenty three most highly regarded corporate immigration lawyers in the International Who's Who of Corporate Immigration Lawyers and praised as a legend in the field who has written the definitive book on U.S. immigration law. Mr. Kurzban and the firm have been listed in Chambers as first tier lawyers in immigration law in 2021. For the past several years Mr. Kurzban has received Chambers highest ranking as a “star individual.” Mr. Kurzban has also litigated over 100 federal cases concerning the rights of aliens, including Jean v. Nelson, Commissioner v. Jean, and McNary v Haitian Refugee Center, Inc., all of which he argued before the United States Supreme Court. He has also litigated numerous cases under the Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victim Protection Act, including obtaining a $500 million judgment against Jean-Claude Duvalier, the former dictator Haiti. Mr. Kurzban was also one of the founders of the Berkeley Law Foundation, a non-profit organization providing scholarships for law students and law graduates engaged in significant legal assistance programs throughout the United States. He is also one of the founders of Immigrants' List, the first pro-immigrant political action committee in the United States. Mr. Kurzban is an adjunct faculty member in Immigration and Nationality Law at the University of Miami School of Law and has lectured and published extensively in the field of immigration law, including articles in the Harvard Law Review, Columbia University Press, the San Diego Law Review and other publications. He is the author of Kurzban's Immigration Law Sourcebook, the most widely used one-volume immigration source in the United States.

David Kreizer

Shrewsbury, NJ

David Kreizer is the founder of Kreizer Law where he concentrates in the areas of Plaintiff’s Personal Injury, Nursing Home Abuse and Negligence, Sexual Abuse and Civil Rights litigation. He has extensive trial and litigation experience in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York. David’s Personal Injury practice includes wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, trucking accidents, construction and other workplace accidents, slip/trip and falls, animal bites and worker’s compensation. His Nursing Home Abuse and Negligence practice includes fractures, emotional, mental and physical abuse, mal-nutrition and dehydration, bedsores and ulcers, hazardous and unsanitary conditions and wrongful death. The Sexual Abuse area of David’s practice includes representing victims of sexual abuse who have been taken advantage of by an institution or figure of authority. His civil rights practices encompass all types of official misconduct including police brutality, false arrest, false imprisonment, and coerced confessions. David has a true passion for helping people in their time of need and he is proud of the record of successes he has achieved for his clients. He is perhaps most proud of his involvement in the civil rights litigation stemming from the wrongful conviction and subsequent exoneration of the Central Park Five. In that case, David, along with co-counsel, obtained a landmark $41 million settlement from the City of New York, with David’s client, Korey Wise, receiving $12.25 million of the settlement.

Rosanna Molinari Weber

Miami, FL

Rosanna Molinari Weber is a Shareholder who represents victims of negligence in personal injury actions, including automobile accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, insurance contract disputes, and employment-related litigations. Admitted to practice in Florida in 1996, she manages cases from inception through resolution, developing tailored solutions and strategies. A native of Ecuador, she is fluent in Spanish and English and actively supports underprivileged Ecuadorian families through various organizations.

Monica Garcia Bohuslav

Irving, TX

Monica Garcia Bohuslav focuses her practice on personal injury litigation, business litigation, and business and real estate transactions. She has experience defending large trucking companies and commercial retailers, which provides her with insight into defense tactics. Monica has worked on hundreds of trucking injury cases, including a catastrophic injury case, and won a $10.6 million jury verdict for breach of commercial contract. She also handles business and real estate transactional matters, negotiating various agreements.

Cristina Rousseau

Lebanon, NH

Cristina is a partner at the firm. Her passion for her work is evident to anyone who talks to her and most important to all the clients she represents. Cristina is dedicated to serving the needs of her clients and her expertise has resulted in many outstanding personal injury settlements. She is skilled in navigating the complex waters of insurance coverage, workers compensation law and personal injury law. She has worked closely with the Multicultural Center in Manchester, NH to provide legal access to the Spanish speaking community. She is also a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children) and strives to provide a voice for abused and neglected children and youth. Cristina also traveled to Texas in 2018 to the Dilley Detention Center as a volunteer to work with women and children asylum seekers.

Anderson Franco

San Francisco, CA

Anderson Franco is the founding attorney at Anderson Franco Law, specializing in personal injury cases. He is recognized for his tenacious advocacy, particularly for Spanish-speaking communities in California. Mr. Franco has a strong track record in trials and complex litigation, and his legal work contributed to clarifying tenant protections under the San Francisco Rent Ordinance. He has received numerous accolades, including being named a Super Lawyers Rising Star, a Forty Under 40 honoree by the North Bay Business Journal (2024), and a Lawyers on the Fast Track by The Recorder (2025). He earned dual B.A. degrees from UC Berkeley and his J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Berkeley Business Law Journal. He is fluent in English and Spanish and actively involved in legal community organizations like the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association.

Robert E. Wisniewski

Phoenix, AZ

Robert E. Wisniewski is a Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialist by the State Bar of Arizona and a Fellow of The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. With 45 years of experience, he has devoted his practice to representing Arizona injured workers in over 12,000 Industrial Commission hearings statewide. He is also counsel for professional athletes including the Arizona Cardinals, Diamondbacks, and Coyotes.

Michael A. Fakhoury

Fishkill, NY

Michael A. Fakhoury is a personal injury attorney serving Dutchess County and the Hudson Valley since 1999. He is a certified specialist in personal injury, graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1997, and served as a law clerk for Judge Jeremiah E. Berk. He holds multiple Avvo Client's Choice awards and a 10.0 rating. He has handled over 150 pro bono cases and is licensed to practice in the U.S. Supreme, Federal, and State Courts. He is also a former President of the Hudson Valley Bankruptcy Bar Association.

David H. Ricks

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

David H. Ricks is an experienced attorney specializing in construction, business, real estate, intellectual property, civil law, personal injury, wrongful death, and employment litigation. He has handled over 1,500 cases and is dedicated to problem-solving for his clients. He began his practice with Covington & Crowe, quickly becoming head of the personal injury department. He has served the Inland Empire for over 37 years.

Augie J. Ribeiro

Danbury, CT

Augie J. Ribeiro serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Ventura Law. He leads the firm with a focus on compassionate service and community participation, protecting the rights of individuals in civil matters across the United States. He has successfully represented over 5,000 clients and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. He is recognized as a 'Top 100 Trial Lawyer' and is a member of the American Association of Justice's Leaders Forum. He was appointed to the State’s Civil Commission by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut.