Gerardo J Rodriguez-Albizu

Gerardo J. Rodriguez-Albizu is a seasoned attorney who represents domestic and international clients at both the trial and appellate levels.  Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu has litigated a wide variety of cases, including matters under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), complex commercial matters, international copyright infringement, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) cases, foreign asset seizure, international commercial arbitration, partnership break up disputes, theft of trade secrets, disputes involving banks and financial institutions (including claims under Regulation X), commercial and residential landlord-tenant disputes, among other matters.  Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu also has experience with matters pending or involving foreign jurisdictions, including Central and South America, the Dominican Republic, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.  Throughout his legal career Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu has represented a wide spectrum of clients, including banks, small business owners, real estate developers, individuals, and mid-size companies.

Additionally, Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu represents international and domestic intended parents with their reproductive law needs.  Having battled infertility for years with his wife, Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu understands the challenges intended parents face in attempting to start their own families.  Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu’s experience includes representing intended parents and gestational surrogates in gestational surrogacy agreements and pre-planned adoption agreements (commonly used by same-sex couples), along with representing intended parents and donors in anonymous and known gamete donation agreements.

Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu has received numerous accolades from both clients and the local community in recognition of his legal services, including the “Most Effective Lawyers” award from the South Florida Daily Business Review.

Prior to starting Rodriguez-Albizu Law, P.A., Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu worked at the international law firms Greenberg Traurig, P.A., and Diaz, Reus, and Targ, LLP.  While in law school Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Edwin G. Torres, Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida.  Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu is a magna cum laude graduate from the University of Miami School of Law, where he also served as a member of the International and Comparative Law Review.

Mr. Rodriguez-Albizu is admitted to practice before all state courts in Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.