Attorneys
Gustavo J. Lamelas
Harvard Law School, JD
Gustavo (“Gus”) Lamelas is the founder of our law firm. He has decades of experience litigating a wide variety of matters, both large and small, through trial and appeals. Although we are a small firm focused on providing direct personal service to our clients, Mr. Lamelas has spent significant parts of his career in large international law firms working on highly complex matters.
Although his focus has always been commercial litigation, the client relationships that he has established handling controversies have frequently been extended to providing general advisory services. The trust that he has developed working with clients through often very difficult matters has led to his becoming the primary general counsel for multiple clients. In that capacity, he is commonly called upon to handle a highly varied range of matters, from routine issues to potentially catastrophic challenges.
Over the years, our firm has represented numerous clients with extensive real estate holdings and related issues.
Mr. Lamelas has a great deal of experience with commercial lease controversies. He also devotes a substantial part of this work time drafting and enforcing commercial lease documents.
Mr. Lamelas has written and spoken extensively on on issue related to international arbitration.
Mr. Lamelas is a bi-lingual Spanish and English speaker, and routinely represents Spanish speaking clients. He has extensive experience dealing with clients, attorneys, and matters involving multiple different countries.
Education:
Harvard Law School, JD
New York University School of Law, LLM
University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA
Bar Memberships:
The Florida Bar
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Cuban American Bar Association
Daniel Buigas
Indiana University Mauer School of Law, JD (2012)
Daniel Buigas focuses his practice on resolving business problems for his clients. He litigates on behalf of his clients in Florida state and federal courts and arbitration proceedings. Mr. Buigas has represented clients in a wide variety of business-related matters, including but not limited to breach of contract claims, commercial lease disputes, real estate disputes, shareholder and partnership controversies, member and manager controversies, business dissolution actions, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuits, non-compete agreement disputes, debt and judgment collection matters, trademarks and theft of trade secrets disputes, telecommunications matters, civil RICO claims, fraud claims, breach of fiduciary duty actions, and other commercial controversies.
Mr. Buigas is active in his community. He is a director of the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA), a voluntary attorney bar association. As a member and director of CABA, Mr. Buigas has participated in the drafting and submission of human rights petitions and reports on behalf of political prisoners and dissidents to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States, and has represented pro bono clients in immigration matters through CABA’s Pro Bono Project.
Mr. Buigas serves as a member of The Florida Bar’s Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, which is responsible for originating and assessing proposals for changes to Florida's Rules of Evidence by Florida's Supreme Court.
Mr. Buigas also serves as the current chair of The Florida Bar’s Eleventh Circuit Grievance Committee “B”, which is a committee responsible for investigating claims of possible misconduct by attorneys licensed to practice law in Florida.
Mr. Buigas is in addition a member of The Florida Bar’s Mentoring New Lawyers Committee, which is charged with implementing a statewide mentoring program for lawyers licensed to practice law in Florida.
Mr. Buigas had been previously appointed to serve on the City of Doral Selection Committee for Charter Enforcement Official, a special committee designed to select the City of Doral’s Charter Enforcement Official.
Mr. Buigas is a bilingual English and Spanish speaker.
Education:
Indiana University Maurer School of Law, JD (2012)
Florida International University, BA (Summa cum laude)
Bar Memberships:
The Florida Bar
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Supreme Court of the United States
Selected Professional and Community Involvement:
- The Florida Bar’s Code and Rules of Evidence Committee (2023 –Present)
- The Florida Bar’s Eleventh Circuit Grievance Committee “B” (2021 – Present); Committee Chair (2023-Present)
- The Florida Bar’s Mentoring New Lawyers Committee (2023 – Present)
- Cuban American Bar Association
Treasurer (2024 - Present)
Board of Directors (2020 – Present)
Director of the Year (2020)
Member of the Year (2019)
- City of Doral Selection Committee Charter Enforcement Official, Committee Member (February 2021 – May 2022)
- Doral Community Coalition, Executive Director (August 2013 – November 2014)
Selected Publications and Presentations:
- Moderator, Workshop: Human Rights Law, International Legal Forums & CABA's Commitment to the Cuban People, 2023 CABA on Cuba Conference (October 6, 2023)
- Panelist, The Ins and Outs of The Florida Bar Grievance Process, CABA’s Judicial Luncheon (August 11, 2023)
- Publication, “Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 2013 – Seeking Balance Between Consumer Privacy Protection and Promotion of Technology and Innovation,” Information Security and Privacy News – American Bar Association Section of Science & Technology Law (Vol. 4, Issue 3, Summer 2013)
- Speaker and Panelist, “Future Electoral Systems in a Democratic Cuba,” Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (August 2, 2013)