Spanish-Speaking Attorneys

Alberto H. Oliveri

Orlando, FL

Alberto H. Oliveri is a personal injury attorney based out of Morgan & Morgan's Ocala office. His practice focuses primarily on premises liability, slip/trip & falls, negligent/inadequate security, and animal attacks, throughout Marion, Lake, Sumter, and Levy Counties. Mr. Oliveri was born in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, and as a teen moved to New York City. He graduated with honors from the University of South Florida with a BA in Economics and Criminal Justice, earned an MBA with a concentration in Finance also from USF, and completed his law degree at Florida A&M University College of Law. Mr. Oliveri is bilingual in Spanish.

Alexia Nyiri

Orlando, FL

Alexia Nyiri is an attorney with the Morgan & Morgan Business Trial Group, where she focuses on complex commercial litigation, including contract disputes, business torts, professional malpractice, and construction defect litigation. A Tampa, Florida native, she graduated cum laude with a degree in political science and Spanish from the University of Florida. She earned her law degree with Honors from Stetson University College of Law, where she focused on international law and spent a semester at The Hague studying at the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. Before joining Morgan & Morgan's Business Trial Group, she practiced at a boutique defense firm handling international disputes, business torts, and administrative and criminal matters. She is a proud member of both the Hispanic Bar Association and the St. Pete Bar Association.

Barbara Y. Celis

Orlando, FL

Barbara Y. Celis was born in Camaguey, Cuba and grew up in Georgia since age 7. She received her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Georgia. After graduating in 2016, she worked as a legal assistant for a corporate law firm. In 2019, she relocated to Fort Lauderdale and enrolled in Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad College of Law, gaining experience as a law clerk in both corporate and personal injury settings. She joined Morgan & Morgan in July 2023, specializing in premises liability cases including slip and fall, negligent security, and related matters at the firm's Plantation, FL office.

Beverly Carson

Orlando, FL

Beverly Carson combines legal expertise with a background in social work to assist those in need, particularly in the workers' compensation field. She is bilingual and a significant portion of her practice is dedicated to serving Spanish-speaking clients. She received her B.S.W. in 2001 and J.D. in 2006 from the University of Georgia, where she was a member of the Journal of Intellectual Property and served on the Editorial Board for Mock Trial. At Morgan & Morgan, she is based in the Savannah, GA office and engages in outreach activities to bridge the gap between English and Spanish-speaking communities.

Brent Sewell

Orlando, FL

Brent Sewell is a highly motivated attorney with experience representing individuals in wrongful death matters, auto accidents, premises liability matters, and various other injury claims. He earned his B.S. in Economics from Arizona State University in 2020, his Juris Doctor and MBA from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2023. He is fluent in English and Spanish and is admitted to practice law in all Arizona state courts. He lives in Mesa, Arizona with his wife and three daughters.

Cora Cisneros Molloy

Orlando, FL

Cora Molloy is originally from Manhattan, New York, and has called Florida her home since 1970. She began her legal career in 1986 as an Assistant State Attorney in Dade County under former United States Attorney General Janet Reno. She later worked for Florida Attorney General Robert Butterworth as an Assistant Statewide Prosecutor. Ms. Molloy joined Morgan & Morgan's Fort Myers office in January 2014, using her broad range of legal experience to assist injured workers. She is fluent in Spanish and serves the growing Latino population in Southwest Florida.

Hector Buigas

Orlando, FL

Hector Buigas is an attorney in Morgan & Morgan's Medical Malpractice Department where he focuses on the representation of victims of medical negligence and their families. Born in Miami, FL, the youngest of nine children of immigrant parents, Mr. Buigas attended Florida International University while working a full-time job and graduated with honors with a degree in English and American Literature. He earned a full scholarship to the University of Florida Levin College of Law, graduating in 1998. For over 20 years, Mr. Buigas handled hundreds of cases across all medical specialties, bringing over 30 medical malpractice jury trials to verdict. He is AV-Preeminent Rated by Martindale Hubbell and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a native Spanish speaker.

Ivan D. Voronec

Orlando, FL

Ivan D. Voronec practices Workers' Compensation Law out of the Tampa, Florida office. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation Law, achieving this specialization in 2003, a distinction held by only 5% of Florida lawyers. Since joining the firm in 2000, he has handled thousands of work injury cases and obtained multiple settlements in excess of one million dollars. He is fluent in Spanish.

Jason Leonard

Orlando, FL

Jason Leonard received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida State University in 1992 and his Juris Doctor from Nova University in 1996. He practices in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death and is licensed in Florida State Courts and Arizona State and Federal Courts. Mr. Leonard began his legal career as a Public Defender in Phoenix, Arizona and has tried more than 100 cases to verdict in matters ranging from Automobile Accidents to Capital Murder. Born in Orlando, Florida and the son of Cuban-American parents, he is a Spanish-speaking attorney dedicated to giving a voice to those who need it.

Jessica Carrier

Orlando, FL

Jessica Carrier grew up in Puerto Rico and moved to Miami, Florida with her family in the early 1980s. Jessica earned her Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University located in Bloomington, Indiana in December of 1998. Jessica received her Juris Doctorate in May of 2002 from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, with a Concentration in International Law and Business. She was the Senior Editor of the ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law, Spanish Language Edition from 2001-2002. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in September of 2002. Since 2002, Jessica has primarily focused in the area of workers' compensation. Beginning in May of 2018, Jessica served the State of Florida as Senior Attorney and State Mediator for the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims. She has served as an Adjunct Professor of Civil Pretrial Practice at Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center from 2009-2010. Jessica is fluent in Spanish and Certified by the Madrid Chamber of Commerce in Business Spanish.

Mitchell A. Schermer

Orlando, FL

Mitchell A. Schermer (Mitch) is a partner and trial lawyer with Morgan & Morgan's Business Trial Group in Tampa, Florida. His practice is dedicated to the representation of businesses, individuals, organizations, and associations in construction disputes, focusing on construction defect litigation. He is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected as a Rising Star in construction litigation by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine. Mitch is fluent in Spanish and maintains conversational proficiency in Hebrew.

Raquel A. Muñoz

Orlando, FL

Raquel A. Muñoz grew up in Washington state and served eight years with the US Army Reserves and Hawaii National Guard, deploying twice for Operation Iraqi Freedom. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and graduated cum laude from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She began her legal career in immigration law, then served as a state public defender in New Mexico and a federal public defender in South Texas, handling over 25 jury trials. Since 2019, she has focused on personal injury law in Michigan, representing auto accident victims and Spanish-speaking clients. She is fluent in Spanish.

Sharon Barker

Orlando, FL

Sharon J. Barker is an attorney with Morgan & Morgan with her primary practice focusing on Workers' Compensation claims. Born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, she graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in Journalism and a minor in Spanish. She earned her law degree from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University along with an Advanced Legal Writing & Research Certificate. She is admitted to practice in all State and Superior Courts of Georgia as well as the Southern District Federal Courts of Georgia.

Sidney Sanabria Robles

Orlando, FL

Sidney Sanabria Robles is a Trial Attorney at Morgan & Morgan's Tampa office. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Penn State in December 2015 and her Juris Doctor from FAMU College of Law in May 2019. During law school, she interned for the Public Defender's Office, worked at a local personal injury firm, and became a Certified Florida Supreme Court County Mediator. Prior to joining Morgan & Morgan, she served as an Assistant Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit representing clients in misdemeanor and felony cases. Ms. Sanabria is bilingual in Spanish and English.

Tania Ogden

Orlando, FL

Tania Ogden is a native Floridian who grew up in Tampa, Florida. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree from Florida State University and attended Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa. Ms. Ogden began her legal career in 1993 representing Debtors in bankruptcy court in Broward County and Dade County. After 3 years, she changed directions and began her career in workers' compensation in 1996, representing employers and insurance carriers for 6 years. She served as Mediator for Judge Jack Weiss for 5 years and as an adjunct professor at Ave Maria Law School, teaching Workers' Compensation. Ms. Ogden has devoted herself to representing injured workers for over 15 years and is bilingual, speaking Spanish fluently.

Thomas C. Peña

Orlando, FL

Thomas C. Peña was born and raised in the South Florida area. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida in 2000 and his J.D. from Florida State University College of Law in 2003. He began his career as an Assistant Public Defender with the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit in Sanford, Florida, representing clients in over forty jury trials. After several years at a small general practice firm in the Tampa Bay area, he relocated to Orlando in 2014 and began practicing exclusively in Social Security Disability. He is admitted to the State Bar of Florida and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He speaks Spanish.

Velma Jones

Orlando, FL

Velma Lozano Jones was born in San Benito, Texas as a second-generation Mexican-American and is fluent in Spanish. She proudly joined Morgan & Morgan in 2000 where she worked as a personal injury pre-suit paralegal for eight years. She attended Florida A&M University-College of Law and was admitted to the Florida Bar on September 30, 2008. She tried cases in Florida and Federal courts and fought for injured clients who had suffered losses in auto crashes, slip and fall and negligent security injuries. Since 2015, Velma has been fighting for her clients to win their claims for Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income at the Morgan & Morgan Social Security Disability Office in Orlando.