ABOUT US
ANGEL A. MARTINEZ
Initially starting out as a clerk in a court in Caracas, Mr. Martinez continued into private practice handling negotiations, contracts, corporate law, estate planning, and commercial litigation matters for his clients. Mr. Martinez eventually founded and became managing partner of Martinez, Urdaneta & Associates, a successful boutique law firm based in Caracas, Venezuela.
Eventually, in 2014 Mr. Martinez moved to South Florida with his family. In order to continue his legal practice in the U.S., Mr. Martinez obtained a Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, and being an accredited member of the Florida Bar, Mr. Martinez is licensed to practice law in both jurisdictions, Florida and Venezuela.
MARIA TRINA BURGOS
She has lived in the US since 1998, where she completed her postgraduate studies in 2000 at the prestigious Universidad of William and Mary, in Williamsburg Virginia.
Burgos is also a member of the Federal District Bar Association in Caracas and the Virginia State Bar.
GUSTAVO A. BRAVO
Born in Santiago, Chile, Gus moved with his family to South Florida at the age of seven. Gustavo received a full scholarship to play soccer at Nova Southeastern University. There, Gustavo discovered his passion for the law at NSU’s pre-law program, graduating with honors in 1997. Gustavo then continued his legal education at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. After serving as an editor of the invitation-only Florida Law Review and graduating with honors in 2001, Gustavo embarked on his legal career by working for two of Florida’s oldest and largest law firms.
First, at Carlton Fields, P.A., Gus was a member of the firm’s Toxic Torts and Products Liability Practice Group where he worked on various “bet the company” type cases for several Fortune 100 companies. Some of these matters included tobacco litigation, vehicle-rollover litigation, pharmaceutical class actions, and bad faith insurance litigation.
Then, at Holland & Knight, LLP, Gus joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group where he handled a wide-range of complex commercial litigation matters, including construction defect cases, property insurance litigation, and intellectual property litigation.