MIAMI, Fla. ―
Ronald Pena, a Partner in the
Miami office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, has been appointed to a third term on the Dade County Defense Bar Association (DCDBA) board of directors. Mr. Pena served as president of the association in 2007 – 2008, is a member of the organization’s Steering Committee and has been a board member since 2009.
The Dade County Defense Bar Association (DCDBA) has been serving civil defense attorneys in the Miami area since it was founded in 1965. The association provides CLE seminars, judicial receptions and networking opportunities for attorneys who practice primarily in the fields of insurance, personal injury and commercial defense litigation. Its bi-monthly CLE luncheons feature presentations by attorneys, prominent judges, and expert witnesses from the community.
Mr. Pena practices in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on commercial litigation as well as the defense of transportation companies. In addition to his roles with the DCDBA, he is a founding board member of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Historical Society; a member of the Put Something Back Pro Bono Project, a joint program by the Dade County Bar Association and the Eleventh Judicial Circuit to provide free legal service to the needy population of Miami-Dade County; and a board member of the Dade County Historical Society, which involves education and preservation of the history of the legal system in Dade County.
Founded in 1934, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in 24 offices spanning 12 states, including
Arizona,
California,
Florida,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island and
Wisconsin.
Hinshaw offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, business law and corporate transactions, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment law, professional liability defense, estate planning and taxation matters. The firm represents a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients in industries that include alarm and security services, construction, financial services, health care, hospitality, insurance, lawyers and law firms, manufacturing, real estate, retail and transportation. Hinshaw clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.