Katherine Mitchell

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Katherine Mitchell is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton. She focuses on complex commercial and class action litigation. Katie has experience litigating cases involving Ponzi schemes and corporate fraud, deceptive and unfair trade practices, shareholder disputes, and business torts. She also has experience providing non-party, independent legal recommendations in high dollar matters.

Katie received her Bachelor of Science in Public Relations, magna cum laude, from Florida State University and her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law. At UM, Katie served as an Articles and Comments Editor on the Executive Board of the University of Miami Law Review, a Dean’s Fellow in Torts, and a research assistant for both legal communications and constitutional law faculty. She was also awarded the Order of the Coif upon graduation.

Prior to joining KTT in 2021, Katie served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jose E. Martinez at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. In 2023, Katie began an additional clerkship for the Honorable Adalberto Jordan at the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.  Katie returned to KTT upon completing her appellate clerkship.

Katie has published two law review articles on topics including federal habeas corpus and federal privacy legislation.

Meaghan Goldstein

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Meaghan Goldstein is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton. She focuses on complex commercial and class action litigation. Meaghan has experience litigating cases involving fraud and Ponzi schemes, deceptive and unfair trade practices, product defects, and business torts.

Meaghan attended the University of Miami School of Law, where she graduated summa cum laude and was awarded the Order of the Coif. At UM, Meaghan was Articles and Comments Editor on the Executive Board of the University of Miami Law Review and a member of the Federal Appellate Clinic and the Trial Team. Through the UM Litigation Skills program, Meaghan received the Thomas Ewald Memorial Award for devotion to high standards and ethical conduct and the John F. Evans Memorial Scholarship for overall achievement. Before law school, Meaghan received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Italian from Drew University and her Master of Arts in Art History from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Meaghan was previously an Adjunct Instructor in the Art History Department and Writing Program at Rutgers.

Meaghan worked at KTT during law school and joined the firm as an associate attorney upon graduation. In 2022, Meaghan began a clerkship for the Honorable Roy K. Altman at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She then clerked for the Honorable Barbara Lagoa at the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Meaghan returned home to KTT after completing her clerkships.

Meaghan is honored to serve as the Secretary of the Federal Bar Association, South Florida Chapter; a member of the Southern District of Florida Bench and Bar Committee; and a member of the Southern District of Florida Committee for Jewish American Heritage Month.

Cameron Moody

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Cameron Moody is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton. He focuses on commercial, business, and class action litigation.

Cameron received his Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Finance, summa cum laude, from Florida International University. He then earned his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Florida International University College of Law. While at FIU Law, Cameron was actively involved on campus, serving as President of the FIU Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, FIU Moot Court Director of External Operations, and an FIU Law Peer Mentor. He was also a Research Assistant to Dr. Taleed El-Sabawi researching the intersection of law and public policy. He received honors including CALI Excellence for the Future Awards for Civil Procedure, Evidence, Bankruptcy, Legal Skills and Values III, and Criminal Procedure.

Prior to joining KTT, Cameron completed a judicial internship under the Honorable Madeline Hakaila in the Northern District of Alabama. Cameron worked at KTT as a law clerk for two years, before becoming an associate.

Alexandra D. Giraldo

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Alexandra Giraldo is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton. She focuses on commercial, business, and class action litigation.

Alexandra received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics, cum laude, from the University of Florida. She then earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. While in law school, Alexandra consistently made the Dean’s List and was awarded the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in First Amendment Law. Alexandra also served as an editor for the Journal of Law & Public Policy and was an active member of the Florida Blue Key Honor Society. In her final semester, Alexandra studied abroad at Leiden Law School in the Netherlands.

Prior to joining KTT, Alexandra served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Beth Bloom of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She then clerked at KTT and later joined the firm as an associate attorney.

Alexandra is fluent in Spanish and proficient in French.

 

 

 

Alexa G. Chinchilla

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Alexa G. Chinchilla is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton. She focuses her practice on bankruptcy and complex commercial litigation.

Alexa received her Bachelor of Science in Communication News Journalism and Political Science, cum laude, from the University of Miami. She then earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law. At Miami Law, Alexa was the Editor in Chief of the Inter-American Law Review, a member of the Charles C. Papy, Jr. Moot Court Board, and a fellow at the Center for Ethics and Public Service. Alexa was also a member of the Health Rights Clinic and the Cuban American Bar Association Student Chapter. Alexa received a CALI Excellence for the Future Award and the John F. Evans Memorial Scholarship in the Litigation Skills Program.

Alexa worked at KTT during law school and joined the firm as an associate attorney upon graduation. Alexa then served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Corali Lopez-Castro at the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, and returned to KTT upon the conclusion of her federal clerkship.

Alexa was born and raised in Miami and is fluent in Spanish.

 

Clayton Schmitt

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Clayton Schmitt is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton. He focuses on commercial, business, and class action litigation. His cases involve a variety of contractual, tort, and statutory issues, including deceptive and unfair trade practices, securities and commodities issues, and healthcare disputes.

Clayton received his Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He then earned his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law. While in law school, Clayton served as Executive Board President of the Charles C. Papy, Jr. Moot Court Board. He was also a Research Assistant to 2 professors.

Prior to joining KTT, Clayton worked for a large firm in Miami and clerked for the Honorable Robert N. Scola, Jr. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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Abe Andrew Bailey

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Abe Andrew Bailey is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton. He focuses his practice on complex litigation and appeals.

Abe received his bachelor’s degree in psychology, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida, in Orlando, Florida, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He was on the Dean’s List consistently, and he received honors including book awards for appellate advocacy, and appellate law and policy. He served as the Head Executive Research Editor of the Journal of Law & Public Policy, a teacher’s assistant for Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy, and a research assistant to Professor E. Lea Johnston. He was actively involved on campus, and served as an Ambassador for the Introduction to Law School and the Profession program and the Secretary of the Black Law Students Association.

Prior to joining KTT, he was a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Jared M. Strauss at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He also served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Mark W. Klingensmith at Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal.

During law school, he served as a Judicial Extern to the Honorable Patrick M. Hunt. He also worked as a Certified Legal Intern at the Office of the Public Defender Eighth Judicial Circuit, in Gainesville, Florida, and as a Summer Legal Intern at the Department of Justice Summer Law Intern Program, in Washington, D.C.

He is currently a member of the Broward County Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

Abe was born and raised in South Florida, is an avid volleyball player, and enjoys volunteering at his church.

 

Leah Stein

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Leah Stein is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton focusing on complex commercial litigation and bankruptcy.

Leah is a Miami native who earned her Bachelor of Science in Political Communications from The University of Texas at Austin. She then received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Florida International University’s College of Law. At FIU Law, Leah was a member and Executive Officer of the Board of Appellate Advocates. She also participated in intramural and extramural Moot Court competitions, and as a summer associate, represented Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton in a mock hearing before the Honorable Paul Huck.

During law school, Leah served as a teaching assistant for the first year Tort Law and Legal Skills and Values classes. She also completed a judicial internship with Judge Beth Bloom at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Daniel Herrera

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Daniel Herrera is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton. He focuses on complex commercial and class action litigation.

Daniel received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, cum laude, from New York University. Daniel then earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, cum laude. While in law school, he was on the Trial Team and received the Director’s Book Award for Excellence in Litigation Skills and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Florida Criminal Procedure.

Prior to joining KTT as an Associate, Daniel clerked here during the summer where he drafted motions, orders, legal memos and organized e-discovery. He also argued a motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens in a mock hearing before the Honorable Paul Huck (United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida) as part of the Federal Observer Program.

Daniel is fluent in Spanish and enjoys skiing, hiking and mountain biking.

Brandon Sadowsky

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Brandon Sadowsky is an attorney at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton and focuses on complex commercial litigation and class actions.

Brandon received his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in Philosophy from The Ohio State University, where he co-founded the Ohio State Undergraduate Law Review and served as its editor in chief.

Brandon then attended Yale Law School. At the law school, he was senior editor for the Yale Law Journal. Brandon also served as a research assistant for Professor Owen Fiss and as a teaching assistant for Professor Paul Gewirtz’s first year constitutional law course. Brandon joined multiple clinics, including the law school’s environmental protection clinic and its media freedom and information access clinic. He also interned for the ACLU of Connecticut.

After law school, Brandon worked for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, an international law firm headquartered in New York.  While practicing in New York, Brandon served in the firm’s mergers and acquisitions group, working on multibillion dollar transactions, and its litigation department, working primarily on securities litigation and insurance. He also had an active pro bono practice, representing (for example) students with disabilities, victims of domestic violence, and those seeking unemployment insurance. Brandon also worked on pro bono impact litigation, including felon disenfranchisement and bail reform cases.

In 2020, Brandon began a clerkship for the Honorable Roy K. Altman in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.  He then clerked for the Honorable Robert J. Luck of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.  Brandon joined KTT upon the conclusion of his clerkships.