Spanish-Speaking Attorneys

Michael J. Eshman

Decatur, GA

Michael brings his diverse background and a collaborative, team approach to solving complex legal issues on behalf of his clients, with a focus on the areas of personal injury, civil rights, and alternative dispute resolution. He is a proud “medio-Colombiano” and is bilingual in English and Spanish. Michael is a trusted trial lawyer and advocate, widely recognized for his expertise, dedication, and results on behalf of his clients. He represents clients under some of the most devastating and difficult circumstances, including cases involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death. He focuses on advocating for his clients and making sure that they receive personalized attention and the resources necessary to tell their stories and for their stories to be heard. Michael has successfully represented clients in federal and state court in Georgia in cases involving product liability claims, federal civil rights claims, medical malpractice claims, trucking accident claims, premises liability claims, and nuisance claims. Other lawyers turn to Michael to help on their cases as co-counsel, and lawyers routinely hire him to serve as a mediator to help get resolution and closure on behalf of their clients in their own cases. Michael is also an emerging leader in the state’s legal community, working to support Latino, Latina, and Latinx law students in Georgia through his work as Mentoring Chair and on the Board of the Georgia Latino Law Foundation. He also frequently writes and presents on topics concerning mentorship and language access in our civil justice system. In 2022, the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association recognized Michael’s work and awarded him its Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Champion Award. Michael is a graduate of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association LEAD Program (2018-2019) and a current member of Leadership Georgia, Class of 2023 (the “Best Class Ever”). Michael is a proud “Double Dawg”, having earned both his law degree and an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia. He lives in Druid Hills with his wife, two kids, and dog, and when not in the office, Michael is coaching soccer, teaching his children Spanish, and cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs and Atlanta United.

Gulliana Goehring

Atlanta, GA

Gulliana Goehring is a Managing Partner at Fry | Goehring with over 23 years of experience in the legal field, first as a Paralegal and since 2021 as an Attorney. Born in Peru, she studied Law there before moving to Atlanta in 2002. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in International Economics from Georgia State University (Cum Laude) and her Juris Doctor from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (AJMLS), graduating Cum Laude and ranking 4th in her class. She received several awards at AJMLS, including Peer Mentor of the Year and Outstanding Student of the Quarter. Gulliana is an active volunteer with non-profit organizations in Georgia, a foster mom for Angels Among Us Pet Rescue, and serves on multiple boards, including the Georgia Association of Woman Lawyers Foundation and Georgia Hispanic Bar Association. She is a member of various professional and legal organizations. In her free time, she enjoys reading, painting, international travel, and spending time with family and friends.

Founding partner Sam Legate appreciates that along with the benefits of managing El Paso’s premier personal liability law firm comes great responsibilities, too. “We are the largest personal injury firm in El Paso. We see our obligation to help the people of El Paso any way we can.” That begins with health care. Along with Jim Scherr, Sam donated $1 million to create the Scherr Legate Trauma Center at University Medical Center, the only Level 1 trauma center within a 280-mile radius. Sam was also the Founding Chairman of the Board for El Paso Children’s Hospital. And he is active with the Downtown Management District. “Whether it’s trauma care or our cases, we want to see people treated justly. And we want help to advance our community’s economy.” In his role on the Downtown Management District’s Board of Directors, Jim helps the agency revitalize the city’s oldest commercial area. “Our Downtown is the most beautiful place in the city and one of the most beautiful places in Texas and the U.S. We’ll continue to advance that effort.” Sam came to El Paso in the early 1990s after practicing law for five years in Oklahoma. Having grown up in another border city, Presidio, Texas, he found El Paso to be a better cultural fit for him than Oklahoma. A mutual friend, Sue Kurita, introduced Sam to Jim Scherr, saying they would make a good fit professionally. After a lengthy interview, Sam found they had a lot in common, including an interest in real estate, doing good for the community, problem solving and a genuine desire to help people. Together, they’ve made Scherr Legate the region’s top personal injury firm. Today, Sam is the firm’s managing partner and works on its top cases. He handles cases involving labor and employment, personal injury, product liability, as well as non-subscribers work injuries, and wrongful deaths.

Jacob J. Rivas

Fresno, CA

Born and raised in the central valley, auto accident attorney Jacob J. Rivas has dedicated his legal career to helping victims of negligence and unfortunate circumstances. He began his career defending insurance companies, which gives him unique insight into their tactics. Mr. Rivas is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the Fresno County Bar Association, the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association, the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC), the Litigation Section of the California State Bar, and the Fresno County La Raza Lawyers Association. He has been recognized with prestigious awards including Top Verdict (top 50 verdicts of 2017, top 100 settlements of 2020), Super Lawyers (Rising Star numerous times, Super Lawyer of Northern California for several consecutive years including 2025), and Top Attorneys of Northern California by San Francisco Magazine. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients through settlements and jury verdicts.

Jonathan B. Schlack

Chicago, IL

Attorney Jonathan Schlack is the Founding Partner of Schlack & Bassmaji. After working at a prominent Chicago law firm helping injured workers and their families, Jonathan opened the Law Office of Jonathan Schlack in 2005 to focus his practice exclusively on the effective, aggressive, highly personalized and compassionate representation of people injured through no fault of their own. Admitted to practice law in Illinois and Wisconsin, Mr. Schlack handles a wide range of Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury cases. In a career spanning twenty-five years, Jonathan has recovered many millions of dollars for his clients.

Peter Kerr

Dallas, TX

Pete Kerr is an attorney whose practice focuses on a broad range of complex civil litigation matters, including construction litigation, products-liability litigation, premises liability, and employment matters. Pete has experience representing corporations in all aspects of litigation, before federal district courts, federal and state agencies, and state courts. He also counsels clients on a variety of issues including employer-employee matters. He has litigated matters involving construction defects, trade secret misappropriation, employer-employee disputes, contract disputes, and business torts.

Anthony Gonzalez

Miami, FL

Anthony is a litigator and trial attorney representing corporate and individual plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial and civil litigation. Anthony has litigated matters at trial, post-judgment, and through appeal. Anthony serves as lead counsel in jury trials, bench trials, appeals, arbitration, and administrative hearings. Anthony also serves as counsel for religious institutions and organizations. Additionally, he is an adjunct faculty member at Trinity International University teaching courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and law school levels.

Lawrence Jackowiak

Chicago, IL

Lawrence Jackowiak is the principal attorney and founder of Jackowiak Law Offices, established in 1996. He is recognized for his aggressive advocacy in personal injury and civil rights cases, having litigated both criminal and civil cases in state and federal courts. He graduated from Northern Illinois University and Golden Gate University School of Law. His work has been featured in major local and national media.

Peter Ayers Wimbrow III

Ocean City, MD

Peter Ayers Wimbrow III is an attorney in Ocean City, Maryland, who has been providing legal services for over 50 years. He focuses his practice on criminal and traffic offenses, personal injury, and civil rights violations.

Allen Ball

Ventura, CA

Allen Ball is a founding Partner of the Law Office of Ball & Yorke and an experienced trial lawyer. He represents individuals in insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, and real estate matters. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Ventura College of Law in 1986 and is admitted to the State Bar of California.

Guilherme “Gui” Vasconcelos

Austin, TX

Guilherme “Gui” Vasconcelos is a globally trained trial lawyer at Treviño Law, known for securing multi-million-dollar verdicts and managing over 500 cases in Texas. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, he enhances the firm's ability to serve diverse communities. He holds an LL.M. from the University of Texas School of Law and a JD and Master of Laws from Brazil, and is licensed in Texas and Brazil.

Lex Lorenzo

Tampa, FL

Lex Lorenzo is a dedicated attorney practicing in the areas of Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, and Immigration Law. She began her legal career as an Assistant State Attorney in Florida’s 13th Judicial Circuit. Lex earned her Juris Doctor from Florida State University College of Law, where she served as President of the Association for Criminal Justice and was recognized with the Book Award for Criminal Procedure - Police. She also holds a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Gender Studies from the University of Notre Dame. Lex is admitted to practice in Florida and continues to serve the legal community through her involvement in local organizations, including the Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association.

Jaime Suarez

Miami, FL

Attorney Jaime Suarez graduated from the University of Miami School of Law with highest honors. He has provided help to South Florida accident victims for over 24 years. He is an experienced personal injury defense professional dedicated to helping accident victims with cases involving automobile accidents, brain and spinal cord injuries, slip and fall accidents, prescription errors, wrongful death, and accidents at work.

Luis A. Perez

Dallas, TX

Luis A. Perez is a dedicated personal injury attorney serving the Hispanic community in Texas. A native Spanish speaker, he received his undergraduate education at Yale and his law degree from St. Mary's School of Law. He applies his extensive legal knowledge and experience, gained from working with top Texas injury attorneys, to help clients navigate the legal system and secure fair compensation.

Neal R. Kalis

Davie, FL

Neal Kalis is a highly experienced, dedicated and a solution oriented attorney who is recognized for his multi-disciplined transactional practice, which encompasses corporate, probate, real estate, land use and zoning law. He is often called upon to handle complex real estate transactions and works with government officials, agencies, banks, and property owners to find solutions for his clients. He also served as a director and general legal counsel for a community bank. Kalis is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, indicating the highest level of professional excellence, skill, and integrity. His professional and business experience includes chartering, serving on the Board of and as attorney for a community bank, owning and developing land for residential and commercial projects as well as continued ownership of commercial rental properties. He is actively involved in various community organizations.

Daniel K. Cetina

Wheaton, IL

Daniel “Danny” Cetina is a Partner at Walsh, Knippen & Cetina, Chartered. He represents persons seriously injured or killed through others’ negligence and fights aggressively to obtain the compensation that they deserve. He handles complex civil litigation, including catastrophic personal injury, animal attack, automobile, commercial trucking, construction, Dram Shop, Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”)/railroad, medical malpractice, nursing home, premises liability, product liability, and sports injury cases, among many others. Mr. Cetina has professional working proficiency in Spanish and has helped secure compensation for Spanish-speaking clients. Mr. Cetina’s many years of experience as a defense lawyer and insight into defendants’ and insurance companies’ mindsets make him uniquely equipped to secure favorable results for his clients. Previously, Mr. Cetina was an Associate at the Chicago office of one of the largest defense firms in the country where he focused his nationwide practice in complex civil litigation, including employment and labor, class actions, and general liability. He developed expertise in various general liability matters, Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) wage and hour class actions, Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) class actions, and whistleblower litigation. He maintained an employment-adjacent, quasi-commercial practice, including trade secret and non-compete, consumer fraud, breach of contract, qui tam, intellectual property, and Residential Landlord and Tenant Ordinance (“RLTO”) litigation. Mr. Cetina has also performed pro bono work in disputes involving breach of contract, wage and hour, tenancy, and prisoners’ rights under Section 1983. Mr. Cetina received his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School (now known as University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) where he was published in the Law Review, for which he served as Managing Editor. He also participated in mock trial and Moot Court. During law school, Mr. Cetina assisted on multiple murder and narcotics trials as a 711-licensed Law Clerk at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in the Special Prosecutions Bureau - Gang Crimes Unit. Outside of the office, Mr. Cetina enjoys spending time with his wife, fitness, reading, and supporting Chicago sports.

John J. Sheehan

Boston, MA

John Sheehan was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. The son of an Irish immigrant from County Kerry, Ireland and raised in a working-class family, Attorney Sheehan has a deep appreciation, pride and respect for the American Dream. Attorney Sheehan is fluent in Spanish and is privileged to represent many clients from the Latin American community in the Greater Boston area. Attorney Sheehan has focused his law practice helping working people who have been hurt on the job and accident victims who have been injured due to someone else’s negligence. Attorney Sheehan has been successful securing workers’ compensation benefits and settlements for his clients. Attorney Sheehan strives to provide each client with caring and responsive legal representation. Attorney Sheehan prides himself on being a counselor to his clients and a strong advocate on their behalf in Court and at the Department of Industrial Accidents. Attorney Sheehan graduated from Suffolk University Law School in 1993 and was admitted to the Massachusetts state bar in December 1993. Attorney Sheehan worked as an associate attorney at the Law Offices of Sherwin L. Kantrovitz, Rainer & Rainer and Shapiro & Associates. From 1999 through 2006, Attorney Sheehan represented injured workers and accident victims as a founding partner of Georgiou & Sheehan. In 2007 Attorney Sheehan founded the Law Office of John J. Sheehan where he continues to fight for just and fair compensation for injured workers and accident victims. Attorney Sheehan has received an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest Peer Review Rating offered. Attorney Sheehan is admitted to the Massachusetts state bar, U.S. District Court (Massachusetts) and the First Circuit Court of Appeals. Attorney Sheehan is a member of the American Association for Justice (formerly known as Association of Trial Lawyers of America or ATLA), Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys (MATA) and the Massachusetts Bar Association (MBA).

Leila M. El-Hakam

Houston, TX

Leila M. El-Hakam's primary practice areas include commercial litigation, personal injury litigation, employment litigation, and appellate law. She represents clients in a wide range of disputes such as breaches of contracts, business torts, consumer disputes, product liability, warranty issues, trade secret infringement, oil and gas litigation, and class actions. She also handles personal injury cases, including wrongful death, medical malpractice, and product liability claims. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. El-Hakam worked at Ogden, Gibson, Broocks & Longoria, LLP (2008-2010) and Vinson & Elkins LLP (1999-2008). She served as a Briefing Attorney to the Honorable Nathan L. Hecht on the Supreme Court of Texas (1998-1999). She has been recognized as a 'Texas Rising Star' by Texas Monthly magazine and is a member of the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. She is admitted to practice in Texas and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. She is fluent in Spanish and English.

Ard Ardalan

Austin, TX

Ard Ardalan is a litigator and civil trial lawyer who has worked in dispute resolution and litigation during his entire professional career. He is a proud graduate of the University of Texas School of Law and has represented hundreds of individuals against large corporations and insurance companies. Ard focuses his practice on representing injured Texans, particularly those involved in car wrecks and motor vehicle crashes. His experience includes representing victims of car crashes, truck wrecks, premises liability, product liability, stockbroker liability, fiduciary litigation, and landlord-tenant disputes. He founded Ardalan Law Firm PLLC in Austin, Texas to help injured Texans stand up to insurance giants and reckless corporations, and has helped recover millions for his clients. He has experience handling multi-district litigation and other complex litigation both in state and federal courts. Ard maintains an active pro bono docket and serves Volunteer Legal Services (VLS) of Central Texas. He is multilingual and speaks Spanish, French, and Persian.

David L. Clarke

Murfreesboro, TN

David L. Clarke is a Murfreesboro criminal defense and personal injury attorney with seventeen years of legal experience, representing clients in both state and federal courts. He is fluent in Spanish, having lived in Spain for two years, and offers bilingual legal representation. Mr. Clarke was named among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by the National Trial Lawyers.

Jared M. Barliant

Santa Fe, NM

Jared M. Barliant has been practicing law in New Mexico since 1993, specializing in personal injury cases. He graduated with Honors and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and Magna Cum Laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Prior to New Mexico, he worked at Sidley & Austin in Chicago. He is admitted to the New Mexico Bar and is a member of the Illinois Bar Association, representing thousands of clients over nearly three decades.

Attorney Gregory Ward is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Ward Law Group, one of the Nation’s largest and fastest-growing accident law firms. An experienced courtroom lawyer and negotiator, he tirelessly fights to ensure accident victims receive deserved compensation. The firm has recovered over $500 million in settlements under his leadership, with over 4000 5-star Google reviews.

Dan Jenkins

Las Vegas, NV

Dan Jenkins is a shareholder and managing partner of Litster Frost Injury Lawyers, one of Idaho’s oldest and largest personal injury law firms. A native of Kuna, Idaho, he holds a BA in Philosophy from Boise State University and a JD from the University of Idaho, College of Law, specializing in Litigation and Dispute Resolution. With over 20 years of experience, he helps injured victims and their families navigate claims and litigation, specializing in catastrophic automobile, trucking, motorcycle, bicycle, and wrongful death accidents, securing multiple seven-figure results. He is an active member of the Idaho State Bar, Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, and American Bar Association.

Harry Nalbandyan

Studio City, CA

Harry Nalbandyan is a founding partner and experienced trial lawyer at Levin & Nalbandyan, LLP. Throughout his career, he has dedicated himself to protecting the rights of injury victims across California, recovering millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. His clients know him as a compassionate, approachable advocate who fights tirelessly on their behalf, while judges and juries respect his straightforward communication and trial-tested strategies. A California native, Harry earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from UC San Diego before completing his law degree at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. His academic background, combined with years of hands-on courtroom experience, enables him to connect with clients from all walks of life and guide them through the legal system with clarity and confidence. Harry is passionate about giving every case individualized attention, no matter the size or complexity. He takes pride in building strong client relationships and is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes through preparation, persistence, and teamwork at Levin & Nalbandyan. Beyond his legal work, Harry hosts Harry Handles It, a podcast where he interviews entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders to explore resilience, growth, and the mindset required to overcome challenges. The show reflects his passion for sharing knowledge and empowering others, both within the legal field and beyond.