Nancy Saint Pierre
[MIAMI] – Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP welcomes Nancy Saint Pierre as a Partner. Nancy Saint Pierre is an experienced and seasoned trial lawyer who dedicated the first three years of her legal career to public service as an Assistant State Attorney with the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office where she handled misdemeanor and felony cases.
As an assistant state attorney Nancy tried over 25 jury trials. The trial and courtroom experience she gained as an assistant state attorney serves as a foundation for her success in the civil litigation arena.
As a civil litigator with over 25 years of experience, Nancy has tried over 30 civil jury trials to verdict in circuit court. She focuses her practice primarily in personal injury insurance defense. Specifically, Nancy specializes in the defense of personal injury protection claims, bodily injury claims and under-insured motorist cases. Nancy has extensive experience in taking expert witness depositions and arguing substantive dispositive motions, such as Motions for Summary Judgment and Motions to Dismiss for Fraud upon the Court.
Charlotte “Charly” Zubizarreta
Charlotte P. Zubizarreta welcomed as an Associate
Charlotte “Charly” Zubizarreta is an Associate in the Firm’s Miami office.
Charly focuses her practice in maritime and admiralty matters, personal injury defense, insurance coverage and general civil litigation in Federal, State and Administrative Courts.
Prior to joining the Firm, Charly worked with a Miami firm in their Admiralty and Maritime practice, and she managed over 100 defense litigation cases ranging in a variety of aspects of law including maritime and admiralty, general liability, and workers compensation.
She is experienced in alternative dispute resolution and has handled over 100 mediations, most to successful resolution. She is a skilled litigator and has secured many pre-trial judgments for her clients. She is licensed in all Florida Courts and in the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.
Charly was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She obtained her Juris Doctorate from Fordham University School of Law, and her Literature degree from the Florida State University. While at Fordham, she served as Notes Editor for the International Law Review.
She also was a Competitor of the Willem C. Vis Moot Court Competition, where she was honored with an Honorable Mention for Best Oralist, and then served as Coach, leading her team to the highest placement of Best Oralist in Fordham’s history in the competition.
When not in the office, you can find Charly on the water as she is an avid boater and fisher woman. She has a strong connection to the Bahamas and Virgin Islands and uses these ties in her practice.
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Hon. Carlos James
[KINGSTOWN, St.Vincent and The Grenadines] – The Hon. Carlos James is the new Minister of Tourism in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Minister James officially assumed duties on Thursday November 12th, 2020, following his swearing in as Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture on Tuesday November 10th, 2020.
His appointment comes following General Elections on Thursday November 5th, 2020 where he was elected as the Parliamentary Representative for North Leeward.
The Tourism Minister says he is quite excited to be working with our key stakeholders in transforming and enhancing out tourism product here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, noting that “I am looking forward to a number of major projects that are coming on stream both on St. Vincent the mainland and also in the Grenadines”.
He said among the major developments in the tourism sector that he looks forward to are, welcoming Virgin Atlantic Airlines in June 2021, as well as major development projects in the destination including the Marriott International, Holiday Inn Express and Sandals Beaches Hotels.
According to Minister James “this is going to be an exciting time here as the Minister of Tourism, I am quite looking forward to serving the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and also my government. This is St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Caribbean you’re looking for”.
Minister James last served as the Speaker of the House of Assembly from March 2020; prior to which he was a Senator and Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly during the period December 2015 and March 2019.
He is a Barrister-at-Law by profession and also holds a Degree in Media and Communication from the University of the West Indies. He succeeds Hon. Cecil McKie who was Minister of Tourism, Sports and Culture from 2012 to November 2020 when he retired from active politics.
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A father and daughter rode their antique high-wheel bikes, to the delight of drivers along the way, from Michigan to Key West.
The team of Randy and Amy Oleynik started their journey on October 9 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, at the northeastern end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
On Saturday afternoon, they concluded their 2,000-mile ride.
The pair celebrated the conclusion of their journey at the Key West marker by jubilantly lifting their 132-year-old bicycles as spectators cheered their achievement.
“It’s our second ride,” said Randy Oleynik, a 61-year-old pharmacist from Carleton, Michigan. “We rode from San Francisco to Boston in 2016, and after that we decided we should do the north-to-south to complete basically the ‘holy grail’ of high-wheel biking across the country.”
On their trek from Michigan to Key West, the father-daughter duo rode about 60 miles per day, accompanied by a support van driven by Randy’s wife and Amy’s mother.
“When people see us going by, number one they smile, so it’s a great reaction,” said Randy Oleynik. “They wave, they yell, they beep their horns, they swerve, they’ll stop their cars in the middle of the road.”
Amy said she hopes the ride will inspire others to seek out enjoyable moments and challenges.
“What we want this ride to tell people is, number one, get outside,” she advised. “Get out there — you’re definitely never too old to learn how to ride a bicycle.”
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Tropical Storm Iota is expected to strengthen and become a powerful hurricane before making landfall in Central America early next week.
Honduras and Nicaragua are expected to feel its effects beginning Monday.
With the 4 p.m. Saturday advisory, Iota was about 375 miles south of Kingston Jamaica. It had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and it was moving slowly west southwest at 7 mph.
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The storm is not expected to affect South Florida.
Watches and warnings
The government of Colombia has issued a tropical storm warning for the islands of San Andres and Providencia.
A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area within 36 hours.
A westward motion with some increase in forward speed is expected to begin later Saturday and continue through Monday.
On the forecast track, Iota will move across the central Caribbean Sea during the next day or so, and approach the coasts of Ncaragua and northeastern Honduras by Monday.
Steady to rapid strengthening is likely to begin Saturday night or on Sunday,
Iota is forecast to be at or near major hurricane strength when it approaches Central America.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles from the center.
