Associate Attorney with Banking & Family Law Experience

Mary C. Espino, Esquire

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Doral, FL 33178 Email: ****.*********@*******.***

WORK HISTORY

Espino Law Center, 4/2024 to Present, Solo Practitioner representing: clients in marital and family law matters, borrowers and lenders in commercial real estate transactions as well as general civil and commercial litigation and transactional work. Experience in drafting and negotiating loan documents, commercial contracts, pleadings and motions, arguing and defending motions, depositions, mediations and trials in family and civil court.

Alex Hanna Law, 6/2023 to 2/2024, Associate Attorney, represent clients in marital and family law cases. Including drafting pleadings and motions, conducting and responding to discovery, arguing and defending motions, taking and defending depositions, mediations and trials. Supervise junior attorneys, case managers and paralegals.

BankUnited, 08/2022 to 6/2023, Associate General Counsel, Small Banking Business Department. Responsibilities include managing outside counsel, paralegals, closers and post-closers. Responsible for managing own loan closing pipeline, preparing, negotiating and reviewing loan documents, leases, contracts and other general financial regulatory functions. Ocean Bank, 06/2017 to 8/2022, Managing Attorney, Closing Department. Responsibilities include managing the day-to-day operations of the loan closing department, from pre-closing to post-closing deliveries. Transactions included, residential loans, consumer loans, HELOCs, CRE, C&I, UCC secured, mezzanine loans, construction loans and lending against investment portfolios. Responsible for closing loans in-house with a pipeline of between 80-100 loans and managing outside counsel, title agents, closers, post-closers and paralegals. Functions also included managing risk and regulatory functions. Gomez Law Group, LLC, 10/2004 to 06/2017, Solo Practitioner. Represented clients in: family law matters, represented lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate transactions, commercial and civil litigation and transactional work including loan document and contract drafting and negotiation. The services included but were not limited to, motion practice, mediation and trial. Administrative duties included but were not limited to: overseeing the day-to-day operations of a law practice, hiring, firing and supervising associates and support staff, direct client contact, purchasing, managing accounts payable/receivables, bookkeeping, marketing and networking to cultivate and maintain a client base. Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL, 12/2002 to 10/2004, Associate Attorney. Member of the real estate practice group. Represented individual borrowers and institutional lenders in a variety of loan products ranging from CRE & C&I to small business loans, construction loans, floor plan loans and factoring. Mary C. Gomez, P.A., Hialeah, FL, 03/1996 to 12/2002, solo practitioner. Handled real estate closings for borrowers, commercial transaction and civil litigation, marital and family law matters and bankruptcy. EDUCATION

Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center, Juris Doctor, May 1995, Magna Cum Laude, Class Rank: Top 3%, Dean’s List

Honors: Nova Law Review, Staff member 1993-94, Nova Law Review, Associate Editor 94-95 Book Awards: Torts, Property, Civil Procedure, Legal Research & Writing Publications: Nova Law Review, Vol. 18, No.3 Spring 1994, Sexual Harassment after- Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.- Is it really easier to prove?

Activities: Runner-up 1992 Moot Court Freshmen Competition, Member Moot Court Society 1993-95 College of William & Marv. Marshall-Wvthe School of Law, 1993 England Summer Abroad Program; Three courses: English Legal System, Public Int’l Law and Int’l Business Transactions St. Thomas University, Miami, FL, Bachelor of Arts, May 1992, Political Science, Summa Cum Laude Honors: Academic Excellence Award, Political Science, Dean s List 1990-92, National Dean s List 1990-92 Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, Delta Epsilon Sigma, Honor Society Activities: Political Action Club, President 1991, Pre-Law Society 1991-92 Florida National University, Hialeah, FL, Associate of Arts in Paralegal Studies, May 1990, Magna Cum Laude, Honors: Dean’s List 1989-90, Dr. Regueiro Scholarship recipient.

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Certifications/Licenses: Member of the Fla. Bar 1995, U.S. District Court, So. District of Fla. 1996 and Middle District of Fla. 2004, Fla. Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator, Notary Public Memberships: American Bar Asso., Dade County Bar Asso., Cuban American Bar Asso., Florida Asso. for Women Lawyers and Miami-Dade Women's Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors: Miami-Dade County Women's Chamber of Commerce and Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Miami-Dade County Chapter

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, Adobe Acrobat, Doubletime, Amicus, ATIDS, PracticalLaw, Lexis/Nexis, Lereta, LaserPro, DecisionPro and various document assembly software Foreign Languages: Fluent in Spanish References: Provided upon request

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