Spanish-Speaking Attorneys

Wendy Arce

Las Vegas, NV

Wendy Arce, Associate at Valiente Mott, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and moved to the U.S. in 2001. Raised in Las Vegas, she attended college and law school there. Her passion for assisting clients stems from her previous role as a Paralegal, starting at age 18 in a law firm. Wendy received her Juris Doctorate from William S. Boyd School of Law. While in law school, she completed a 40-hour mediation course and served on student organization boards. Prior to law school, she graduated from UNLV with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and a Minor in Human Services. Wendy is fluent in Spanish and is a licensed Las Vegas personal injury lawyer in Nevada.

Brent Eisberner

Sun Prairie, WI

Brent is a zealous advocate for his clients in negotiations and in court. He has litigation experience in the State and Federal Courts of Wisconsin and has practiced in the successful resolution of numerous Civil Rights and Personal Injury cases. Prior to practicing law, Brent served as an artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps, and later filled special operations billets advising foreign forces. He deployed multiple times from 2009-2011 and supported humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010. He was then selected as an instructor at The Basic School, the Marine Corps leadership academy. While attending the University of Wisconsin Law School, Brent served as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps Reserves, and was promoted to Major. He graduated law school with Pro Bono Honors distinction, and continues to volunteer time with the Veterans Law Society, providing free legal services to veterans in need. He has also started an association of veteran attorneys attempting to better connect them with the veteran community to provide full spectrum legal services. Outside of the firm, Brent is actively involved in the community as a member of several boards - American Veteran Attorney Association (President); State Bar of Wisconsin Legal Assistance (Committee Member); Board of Outreach for Peace Lutheran Church in Sun Prairie (Chairman); Board of Zoning Appeals for Sun Prairie (member). In his free time, Brent enjoys hunting, fishing, golfing and spending time with his kids.

Brisa Andrade

Los Angeles, CA

Brisa Andrade is a partner and Pre-Litigation Department Manager at LyfeLaw. Raised in Boyle Heights, she was inspired to pursue law after serving as a juror at 19. She earned her B.A. from Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo and attended Whittier Law School (2019). She joined LyfeLaw as a legal assistant and worked full-time through law school. In 2024, she became manager of the Pre-Litigation Department. She has extensive experience in soft tissue motor vehicle accidents, catastrophic injuries, and wrongful death claims. She is licensed in California (Provisional License) and Texas and is fluent in Spanish.

Anya Greenberg

West Palm Beach, FL

Anya Greenberg has spent the majority of her career helping those who have suffered injuries due to the negligence of others and has earned a reputation as a professional and an advocate. Mrs. Greenberg is fluent in English, Hebrew, Russian, and Spanish, and enjoys helping clients of all nationalities. She is licensed to practice throughout the State of Florida and is admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Mrs. Greenberg has been honored by Super Lawyers as a Rising Star every year since 2020. Mrs. Greenberg earned her bachelor’s degree in communications and political science from Atlantic University. She then went to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center. When not fighting for her clients, Mrs. Greenberg enjoys spending time with her family and friends in the South Florida sunshine.

Rolando Gutierrez

Hermosa Beach, CA

Rolando Gutierrez is a seasoned attorney with over a decade of experience litigating complex cases in personal injury, wage and hour claims, California Private Attorneys General Act ('PAGA') representative actions, and consumer class actions. He is licensed to practice in California and the U.S. Central District Court of California. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Southwestern Law School and his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from California State University, Fullerton. He is fluent in Spanish.

Hughie Duvall Hunt, II

Greenbelt, MD

Hughie Duvall Hunt, II is the founding partner of Kemet & Hunt, heading the firm’s civil litigation group. He is a former GTE Academic All-American football standout and was the first African-American to chair the Young Lawyers Section of the Maryland State Bar Association. He has received numerous awards including Super Lawyers and Top 100 lawyer by the National Black Lawyers. He is fluent in Spanish and admitted to practice in Maryland, District of Columbia, and Georgia.

Thomas M. Federman

North Wales, PA

Thomas M. Federman is a principal in Hladik, Onorato & Federman, LLP, with a career in the residential mortgage default industry spanning since the early-1980s. He has represented virtually every major mortgage investor and servicer in the country. He served on the USFN’s Board of Directors and is a frequent speaker at industry events. In addition to his legal practice, he is an experienced real estate developer and is active in various philanthropic and community interests.

Gregory D. Bellantone has 30 years experience representing seriously injured people in all types of medical malpractice and personal injury cases. He was admitted to practice law in New York in 1991 and is also admitted in the Federal Courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Mr. Bellantone has successfully secured substantial verdicts and settlements for his clients and has tried cases in Supreme Court in every county in the City of New York, Long Island, and in Federal Courts in New York and Florida. He acts as trial counsel to law firms and has been recognized as a top-rated attorney and selected to Super Lawyers for 2019 and 2020.

Juan Ordaz

San Diego, CA

Juan J. Ordaz Jr. is a highly respected personal injury attorney in San Diego, California, known for his dedication, perseverance, and results-driven approach. He began his legal career in 1998 as an investigator for a San Diego law firm, attending the University of San Diego School of Law at night and earning his J.D. He founded his own firm in 2010 to provide compassionate representation to injury victims. With nearly two decades of experience, Juan brings his litigation, trial, and negotiation expertise to Frantz Law Group, focusing on vehicle accidents, premises liability, product liability, serious injuries, and wrongful death. He has secured notable results including a $16.2 Million verdict for a roadway hazard case and a $2.25 Million settlement after defeating a gym's liability waiver. He is admitted to the State Bar of California and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Alexzia L. Negron

Seattle, WA

Alexzia Negron is a passionate trial lawyer at Carpenter & Zuckerman, fighting for justice for individuals injured by negligence. She joined CZ as a paralegal in 2017 and worked her way up to attorney. She earned her J.D. from Southwestern Law School while working full-time, graduating with the Dean’s Merit Award. She also holds an M.S. and B.A. in Criminal Justice from Molloy University. She is bilingual.

Carlos A. Hernandez

Seattle, WA

Carlos A. Hernandez is a bilingual attorney and son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants, dedicated to advocating for individuals and communities in need. He joined Carpenter & Zuckerman in 2018. He served as a judicial extern for Hon. Philip S. Gutierrez and Hon. Gregory W. Alarcon, and worked as a law clerk at NBC Universal. He received his undergraduate degree from Occidental College, a master’s degree from California State University, Northridge, and his law degree from Southwestern Law School’s two-year J.D. program. He is a board member of the Los Angeles LGBT Bar Association and the Southwestern Alumni Nickel Club.

Lawrence M Tylka

League City, TX

Lawrence "Larry" Tylka is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an attorney group reserved for the small percentage of lawyers who have achieved multimillion-dollar results for their clients. As a certified mediator, Mr. Tylka knows how to negotiate favorable settlements. However, when trial is necessary, he is always prepared for tough litigation. He has more than 30 years of experience.

Adam Scher

Hollywood, FL

Born and raised in South Florida, Attorney Adam Scher, along with Ryan Scher, founded Scher and Scher Law Group, P.A. He has extensive experience in personal injury cases, resolving hundreds of transportation accidents and slip and fall cases, and returning settlements totaling over $50 million.

Gladys P. Santana

Denver, CO

Attorney Gladys Proa Santana is a dedicated and experienced advocate for clients whose lives have been tragically altered by defective medical devices and pharmaceutical drugs, workplace injuries and automobile accidents. With a focus on work in the area of complex mass tort litigation, Gladys has represented thousands of clients in her relentless fight to hold corporations accountable for reprehensible conduct that too often results in irreparable harm to people across the country. Gladys brings with her over 10 years of experience in pharmaceutical and medical devices litigation and has headed several litigation dockets for her firm including Actos, Pradaxa, IVC Filter, Taxotere, Talcum Powder and Tobacco litigations. The driving force behind Gladys' zealous advocacy for her clients is in the deep-rooted understanding that each case that comes to her, represents a person or family who has been hurt or has suffered the unimaginable loss of a loved one at the hands of, more often than not, a corporation who chose to value profit over human life. Advocating with purpose and seeking justice on behalf of her clients has been her mission ever since joining the legal profession and continues to propel her forward. Outside of the office, Gladys volunteers her time as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for Children as a CASA/GAL for CASA Kane County, a nonprofit volunteer organization that advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children within the Juvenile Court system.

Mark P. McAuliffe

Hackensack, NJ

Mark P. McAuliffe has been admitted to the practice of law in New Jersey since 1991 and in New York since 1992. He is Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Criminal Trial Attorney. His practice focuses on Family Law, Criminal Law, Probate Litigation, and Estate Administration. He graduated from Georgetown University and Boston College Law School. He is proficient in Spanish.

Ryan Scher

Hollywood, FL

Born and raised in South Florida, Attorney Ryan Scher, along with Adam Scher, founded Scher and Scher Law Group, P.A. He has extensive experience in personal injury cases, resolving hundreds of transportation accidents and slip and fall cases, and returning settlements totaling over $50 million.

Tahya Fuenmayor

Coral Gables, FL

Attorney Tahya Fuenmayor was born in Venezuela and raised in Florida, where she completed both her undergraduate and law school education. After graduating from Florida State University with a Bachelor in History and Dean's Honors, she attended St Thomas University School of Law, where she graduated as the youngest member of her class at the age of twenty- three in 1999. She has now practiced for close to 20 years concentrating at all times in civil litigation. In order to sharpen her skills at negotiating settlements, Tahya successfully completed a certified mediator's course in 2008. Tahya is knowledgeable in both the legal and the procedural aspects of any civil case and has developed a reputation of fairness and honesty within the legal community. She has gained valuable experience from participating in countless jury trials and bench trials across the state of Florida, in civil matter ranging from Real Estate transactions to family law issues and civil disputes. Currently, Tahya is the senior attorney at the firm, practicing in the area of Personal Injury Protection, and representing both clinics and patients in protecting their rights against insurance companies. She has been responsible for thousands of cases resolving against the insurance company and in favor of her clients and continues to fight for the equal administration of justice.

Attorney Sarah Schnaithman is a Mississippi-licensed, bilingual attorney, and is the founder of Law Firm | Bufete Legal. She is an active member of the LGBTQ+ community and has a strong devotion to the LatinX community, advocating for her Spanish-speaking clients. She uses her background in education to explain the law to her clients in an easy-to-understand manner. She started her solo practice in Amory, Mississippi, with the goal of providing accessible and affordable legal services to her community and throughout the State of Mississippi. Law Firm | Bufete Legal is a client-centered practice that advocates for a broad range of legal matters including, but not limited to, family and criminal law, real estate and personal injury cases, as well as LGBTQ+ and civil rights matters.

Edward Molinary is an attorney dedicated to advocating for personal injury victims in Georgia. He has successfully taken cases from pre-litigation through trial, recovering millions for clients, and operates on a contingency fee basis.

Jade Askeroth

Las Vegas, NV

Jade Askeroth is a dedicated attorney who previously spent nearly a decade in the medical field as an EMT, ski patroller, wildland firefighter, and surgical assistant, which shaped her compassionate approach to client advocacy. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology-Zoology with a Spanish minor from Southern Utah University and her law degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. She joined her brother Tom in 2013 to assist with personal injury and workers’ compensation claims, later founding Lava Law Firm in 2025 to help injured individuals in New Mexico. She is known for tenaciously fighting for clients who lack resources to navigate the legal system, a commitment deepened after her son was born with a permanent physical disability.

Xochitl A. Ambriz

El Paso, TX

Xochitl A. Ambriz is an attorney practicing in El Paso, Texas, focusing on family law, personal injury, and wills and estate planning matters. She is committed to assisting clients through difficult times with understanding and clear communication. She is the President of the El Paso Family Law Bar Association.

Jesús Novo

Miami, FL

Jesus Novo is a licensed attorney from the State of Florida. He has been a lawyer for two decades and graduated with honors from the Law School of St. Thomas University, where he was a member of the International Moot Court Team and Judge of the Honor Council. Associate Editor of the Law Journal of St. Thomas and active member of the Hispano-American Lawyers Society (HALS). He received the Book Award for the best student for a topic in Constitutional Law, International Law, Comparative Law and Crimes. He was included on the Dean's List for the semesters of the fall of 1990, spring of 1991, spring of 1992, fall of 1992 and spring of 1993. He was among the top 5% of his class. He was born in Havana, Cuba, but has lived in the South Florida area for the past 33 years. He is married and has four children. He is a lifetime member of the Humane Society of the United States, winner of the Golden Paw Award of 1989. Avid reader and enjoys golf on the weekends.

Porcia Lockett

Atlanta, GA

Porcia Lockett joined The Millar Law Firm in November 2021 as a first-generation lawyer with a passion for personal injury litigation. She earned her J.D. from Mercer University Law School in May 2023 and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Georgia State University in May 2016. Her experience includes working at the Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office and the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings, as well as internships at Jason Hoffman Law Firm and Davis Bozeman Law Firm.