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 officeof 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 was an active member of the Miami-Dade County Unsafe Structures Board from 2000 to 2021 where he served as Vice-Chair and then Chair of the Board.  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 unincorporated Miami-Dade County and in several municipalities. The Board also has authority to order the repair or demolition of a structure and issue subpoenas in connection with carrying out its functions.

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 also admitted to practice in the Bankruptcy courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida.  He is a member of the Trial Lawyers and Real Property and Probate Sections of the Florida bar. Ms. Cueva currently practices in the areas of civil litigation (including personal injury), real estate, property and probate matters, consumer bankruptcy, business law, and family law.