James Adrian Cueva

James A. Cueva attended and graduated from high school in Miami, Florida. After high school, Mr. Cueva attended the University of Florida where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with minor degrees in Criminal Justice and Latin American Studies. In 2003, Mr. Cueva earned his juris doctor cum laude from the University of Miami where he was a James Weldon Johnson fellow.

While attending the University of Miami, Mr. Cueva received the CALI book award in Environmental Law and Dean’s Certificates of Achievement in Environmental Law and in a Seminar on Races, Ethnicities, and the Law. Mr. Cueva served as a law clerk in the Florida office of Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers during his second summer and third year of law school.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Cueva joined a leading Spanish language broadcasting company as in house counsel where he gained experience in the areas of Communications Law, Labor and Employment Law, and Entertainment Law. As part of his commitment to public service, Mr. Cueva has been an active member of the Miami-Dade County Unsafe Structures Board since 2000 and has served as Chairman of the Board since 2002. The Unsafe Structures Board is a quasi-judicial Board that meets once a month to hear appeals filed by property owners and interested persons challenging municipal building officials’ findings that a structure is unsafe. The Board’s thirteen members are appointed by the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. The Board exercises its jurisdiction throughout all of Miami-Dade County. The Board also has authority to order repairs or demolition of a structure and issue subpoenas in connection with carrying out its functions.

In 2008, Mr. Cueva re-joined Mintzer Saorwitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers, LLP as an associate attorney in the firm’s active civil litigation practice. Mr. Cueva is presently admitted to practice in the state courts of Florida and in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida. He is a member of the Dade County Bar Association as well as the Labor & Employment, and Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Sections of the Florida Bar. Mr. Cueva currently practices in the areas of Construction Litigation, Premises Liability Defense, Labor and Employment and General Casualty Defense.