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Tampa, FL – Guerra & Partners is pleased to announce that two of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2024 edition of Super Lawyers.

Guerra & Partners announced today that the firm was named in the 2024 Edition of “Best Law Firms” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers®.  Guerra & Partners was recognized in the Tampa Metropolitan ranking as a Tier 1 firm in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Litigation – Banking & Finance.

Best Lawyers released its list of lawyers recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in America.  Guerra & Partners is pleased to announce that two of its attorneys have been recognized.

George Guerra and Chemere Ellis won summary judgment on behalf of their clients in a commercial business dispute. The matter involved breach of contract claims filed against our clients, an individual and several of his corporate entities, in Hillsborough County Circuit Court.

Tampa, FL – Guerra & Partners is pleased to announce that three of its lawyers have been selected for inclusion in the 2023 edition of Super Lawyers.

May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Congress first established Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in 1992. The month of May was selected due to the arrival of the nation’s first Japanese immigrants on May 7, 1843, and Chinese workers’ pivotal role in building the transcontinental railroad (completed May 10, 1869). In 2021, it was expanded to include Native Hawaiians.

Although Memorial Day weekend is filled with barbeques, pool parties, and the celebration of the start of Summer, Memorial Day is a day to honor the courageous men and women who have died in service to our country. The holiday was originally known as “Decoration Day,” and originated as early as the late 1860s after the end of the Civil War.

Guerra & Partners is proud to announce that shareholder Ailen Cruz has been selected to serve as a Director on the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers’ (“HAWL”) Board of Directors.

On April 5^th, shareholder Ailen Cruz successfully argued a Motion to Dismiss based on eligibility in a FINRA customer arbitration.  Although FINRA arbitration rules prohibit time-barred claims from proceeding in arbitration, arbitrators have been conspicuously less inclined to dismiss ineligible claims in recent years due  – in part – to increasingly creative pleadings and arguments from claimants that are designed to avoid dismissal.

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) proposed a rule banning non-competition clauses in employment agreements. Approximately one in every five American workers, or 30 million people, are subject to a non-compete agreement.