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ALEXANDER PENALTA, Esquire is a shareholder at the Law Offices of
Penalta & Stiger, P.A. and a 27 year
resident of Boca Raton, Florida. Mr.
Penalta is a Certified Arbitrator. He
concentrates his practice on
representing and defending Florida
families, Florida entrepreneurs,
business owners and small to
Fortune 500 companies in
Unemployment Insurance Appeals,
EEOC Investigations, Independent
Contractor Tax Determinations,
Employment Claims, and Civil and
Criminal Employment Trials. As a former
Appeals Referee for the Florida Department of Labor & Employment
Security, Division of Unemployment Compensation, Bureau of Appeals,
Alexander Penalta has experience in representing and defending
businesses and former management throughout Florida in many forms
of employment separation issues.
He is licensed to practice in Florida and Washington, D.C. and is
presently an adjunct Associate Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University of Daytona Beach, Florida, Fort Lauderdale Area Resident
Center, Division of Business Administration. He teaches "Seminar in
Aviation Labor Relations," "Aviation Law," and "Federal Regulations,
Ethics and the Legal System," to pilots, maintenance personnel, and
aviation management.
From 1995 to 1998, Mr Penalta served as an adjunct Professor at
Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton, College of Education, Dept. of
Educational Leadership and taught "Education and the Law" to
education graduates regarding legal issues facing public and private
sector employees and employers. Mr. Penalta has jointly authored
"OSHA Regulations' Potential Impact on the Dive Industry." with Robert
F. Millott, Ed.D., Milledge Murphey, Ph.D., Mary Beth Horodoski, Ed.D. in
the National Journal of Underwater Education (1995).
Mr. Penalta was the legal advisor to the University of Florida,
College of Health and Human Performance, Academic Diving
Program; National YMCA Scuba Program-Florida Field; U.S. Underwater
Federation and the National Association for Cave Diving. Mr. Penalta
has spoken at the Broward County Bar Assoc., Labor and Employment
Section on "Tactics and Procedures before the Florida Dept. of Labor
and Employment Security, Div. of Unemployment Compensation Bureau
of Appeals." Alexander Penalta has been a guest on several radio and
television interviews including RADIO FIESTA, WLVS-AM1380, Morning
Show with Dante Medina & Helman Ruiz, "Sexual Harassment & The
Jury System (Spanish)". His past membership activities include the
Assoc. of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO); Individual Rights
Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Florida Bar;
The ABA, Labor and Employment Section, Young Lawyer's Division; The
Broward County Bar Assoc., Labor and Employment Section, Young
Lawyer's Division; Palm Beach County Bar Assoc.; Boca Raton
Chamber of Commerce; South Palm Beach County Bar Assoc.;
Hispanic Bar Assoc. of Palm Beach County; Cuban-American Bar
Assoc; National Assoc. of Administrative Law Judges; ATLA ; the
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and is an active member of the NSX
Club of America, the BMW Car Club of North America, and S2k (Honda
Motorsports) International.
Mr. Penalta holds multiple American Sailing Association Sailing
Certifications and is a United States Coast Guard Licensed Captain
and a USCG Licensed Master with Sailing Endorsements.
Alexander has served as a legislative aid for Republican Rep. Nancy
Brown, in the Kansas House of Representatives, Office of the 27th
District at the Kansas State Legislature. Alexander Penalta is a former
U.S. Naval Reserve Officer, LTjg, Judge Advocate Generals Corps,
(JAG), Honorably Discharged in June 1992 and a recipient of the
National Defense Medal, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Mr.
Penalta is a graduate of Boca Raton High School (1983), and the
University of Florida (B.A. 1987), and of Washburn University of Topeka,
School of Law (J.D. 1991). Washburn School of Law is best known for
the trial lawyers it has historically produced, as well as for being credited
with creating one of the first law clinics in the nation which later served
as a model for other law schools. Among its most notable graduates
are the honorable former Senate Majority Leader and past
president-elect Bob Dole, and the esteemed CBS News reporter Bill
Kurtis of the popular "A&E's -- Investigative Reports." Among the most
famous cases tried by Washburn Law graduates are the class action
Dalkon-Shields case, the $10.3 billion dollar case of Pennzoil Co. v.
Texaco Inc., and the landmark United States Supreme Court case of
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.
NOTABLE JURY TRIALS
CIVIL: Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida.
The plaintiff, a 29 year old commercial airline 727 pilot survived a three
impact crash of a Beech 55 Baron light twin-engine aircraft, while riding
as a passenger in the back seat. The airplane crashed due to
negligence and pilot-induced oscillation in the landing phase. Plaintiff
suffered multiple herniated disks at the hands of the defendant. The jury
returned a verdict in the amount of Three Million ($3,950,000.00)
Nine-Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars. Alexander Penalta, Lead Trial
Attorney for the Plaintiffs.
CRIMINAL: Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida.
Decorated for service in Beirut, Lebanon, the defendant, a 29 year old
former U.S. Marine Sniper and survivor of the Marine barracks bombing
in 1983 was attacked by two patrons in July 1994 while working as
security at Solid Gold in North Miami Beach in Florida. Charged with
Attempted 2nd Degree Murder, the jury returned an acquittal after a four
day jury trial in Miami, Florida in which use of deadly force at one's place
of employment was successfully asserted. Gary Ostrow and Alexander
Penalta, Attorneys for the Defendant.
ACADEMIC INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
St. Thomas University, The Archdiocesan Catholic University of
Florida, Department of Management. Graduate Curriculum for the
Masters in Science Management Program: MAN 710 Legal of Business
Administration; MAN 712 Labor Relations and The Law. Adjunct
Professor Miami, Florida
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University of Daytona Beach, Florida, Fort
Lauderdale Area Resident Center, Division of Aeronautical Science.
Undergraduate Curriculum: AS 405 Aviation Law; BA 390 Business
Law; BA 632 Seminar in Aviation Labor Relations; BA 322 Aviation
Insurance and Risk Management: Graduate Curriculum: BA 655 Aviation
Law & Insurance; Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky Aircraft, and Pratt & Whitney
- United Technologies Rocket Propulsion Engineers: MSTM 620 The
Legal & Regulatory Environment of Business, Adjunct Associate
Professor Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Lynn University, College of Business. Graduate Curriculum for the
Masters in Business Administration Program: MBA 510 Legal Aspects
of Business Administration, Undergraduate Curriculum Business Law I
(312) and Business Law II (313). Adjunct Professor, Boca Raton, Florida
Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton, College of Education,
Department of Educational Leadership. Graduate Curriculum: EDA
6232 Education and the Law, Adjunct Professor, Davie Campus & North
Palm Beach Campus - Davie, Florida
University of Florida, College of Health and Human Performance,
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Academic Diving
Program. Undergraduate Curriculum: Open Water, Advanced Open
Water, Assistant Instructor and Instructor, Assistant Director and Adjunct
Instructor, Gainesville, Florida
Penalta & Stiger, P.A. and a 27 year
resident of Boca Raton, Florida. Mr.
Penalta is a Certified Arbitrator. He
concentrates his practice on
representing and defending Florida
families, Florida entrepreneurs,
business owners and small to
Fortune 500 companies in
Unemployment Insurance Appeals,
EEOC Investigations, Independent
Contractor Tax Determinations,
Employment Claims, and Civil and
Criminal Employment Trials. As a former
Appeals Referee for the Florida Department of Labor & Employment
Security, Division of Unemployment Compensation, Bureau of Appeals,
Alexander Penalta has experience in representing and defending
businesses and former management throughout Florida in many forms
of employment separation issues.
He is licensed to practice in Florida and Washington, D.C. and is
presently an adjunct Associate Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University of Daytona Beach, Florida, Fort Lauderdale Area Resident
Center, Division of Business Administration. He teaches "Seminar in
Aviation Labor Relations," "Aviation Law," and "Federal Regulations,
Ethics and the Legal System," to pilots, maintenance personnel, and
aviation management.
From 1995 to 1998, Mr Penalta served as an adjunct Professor at
Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton, College of Education, Dept. of
Educational Leadership and taught "Education and the Law" to
education graduates regarding legal issues facing public and private
sector employees and employers. Mr. Penalta has jointly authored
"OSHA Regulations' Potential Impact on the Dive Industry." with Robert
F. Millott, Ed.D., Milledge Murphey, Ph.D., Mary Beth Horodoski, Ed.D. in
the National Journal of Underwater Education (1995).
Mr. Penalta was the legal advisor to the University of Florida,
College of Health and Human Performance, Academic Diving
Program; National YMCA Scuba Program-Florida Field; U.S. Underwater
Federation and the National Association for Cave Diving. Mr. Penalta
has spoken at the Broward County Bar Assoc., Labor and Employment
Section on "Tactics and Procedures before the Florida Dept. of Labor
and Employment Security, Div. of Unemployment Compensation Bureau
of Appeals." Alexander Penalta has been a guest on several radio and
television interviews including RADIO FIESTA, WLVS-AM1380, Morning
Show with Dante Medina & Helman Ruiz, "Sexual Harassment & The
Jury System (Spanish)". His past membership activities include the
Assoc. of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO); Individual Rights
Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the Florida Bar;
The ABA, Labor and Employment Section, Young Lawyer's Division; The
Broward County Bar Assoc., Labor and Employment Section, Young
Lawyer's Division; Palm Beach County Bar Assoc.; Boca Raton
Chamber of Commerce; South Palm Beach County Bar Assoc.;
Hispanic Bar Assoc. of Palm Beach County; Cuban-American Bar
Assoc; National Assoc. of Administrative Law Judges; ATLA ; the
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and is an active member of the NSX
Club of America, the BMW Car Club of North America, and S2k (Honda
Motorsports) International.
Mr. Penalta holds multiple American Sailing Association Sailing
Certifications and is a United States Coast Guard Licensed Captain
and a USCG Licensed Master with Sailing Endorsements.
Alexander has served as a legislative aid for Republican Rep. Nancy
Brown, in the Kansas House of Representatives, Office of the 27th
District at the Kansas State Legislature. Alexander Penalta is a former
U.S. Naval Reserve Officer, LTjg, Judge Advocate Generals Corps,
(JAG), Honorably Discharged in June 1992 and a recipient of the
National Defense Medal, Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Mr.
Penalta is a graduate of Boca Raton High School (1983), and the
University of Florida (B.A. 1987), and of Washburn University of Topeka,
School of Law (J.D. 1991). Washburn School of Law is best known for
the trial lawyers it has historically produced, as well as for being credited
with creating one of the first law clinics in the nation which later served
as a model for other law schools. Among its most notable graduates
are the honorable former Senate Majority Leader and past
president-elect Bob Dole, and the esteemed CBS News reporter Bill
Kurtis of the popular "A&E's -- Investigative Reports." Among the most
famous cases tried by Washburn Law graduates are the class action
Dalkon-Shields case, the $10.3 billion dollar case of Pennzoil Co. v.
Texaco Inc., and the landmark United States Supreme Court case of
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education.
NOTABLE JURY TRIALS
CIVIL: Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in and for Broward County, Florida.
The plaintiff, a 29 year old commercial airline 727 pilot survived a three
impact crash of a Beech 55 Baron light twin-engine aircraft, while riding
as a passenger in the back seat. The airplane crashed due to
negligence and pilot-induced oscillation in the landing phase. Plaintiff
suffered multiple herniated disks at the hands of the defendant. The jury
returned a verdict in the amount of Three Million ($3,950,000.00)
Nine-Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars. Alexander Penalta, Lead Trial
Attorney for the Plaintiffs.
CRIMINAL: Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida.
Decorated for service in Beirut, Lebanon, the defendant, a 29 year old
former U.S. Marine Sniper and survivor of the Marine barracks bombing
in 1983 was attacked by two patrons in July 1994 while working as
security at Solid Gold in North Miami Beach in Florida. Charged with
Attempted 2nd Degree Murder, the jury returned an acquittal after a four
day jury trial in Miami, Florida in which use of deadly force at one's place
of employment was successfully asserted. Gary Ostrow and Alexander
Penalta, Attorneys for the Defendant.
ACADEMIC INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
St. Thomas University, The Archdiocesan Catholic University of
Florida, Department of Management. Graduate Curriculum for the
Masters in Science Management Program: MAN 710 Legal of Business
Administration; MAN 712 Labor Relations and The Law. Adjunct
Professor Miami, Florida
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University of Daytona Beach, Florida, Fort
Lauderdale Area Resident Center, Division of Aeronautical Science.
Undergraduate Curriculum: AS 405 Aviation Law; BA 390 Business
Law; BA 632 Seminar in Aviation Labor Relations; BA 322 Aviation
Insurance and Risk Management: Graduate Curriculum: BA 655 Aviation
Law & Insurance; Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky Aircraft, and Pratt & Whitney
- United Technologies Rocket Propulsion Engineers: MSTM 620 The
Legal & Regulatory Environment of Business, Adjunct Associate
Professor Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Lynn University, College of Business. Graduate Curriculum for the
Masters in Business Administration Program: MBA 510 Legal Aspects
of Business Administration, Undergraduate Curriculum Business Law I
(312) and Business Law II (313). Adjunct Professor, Boca Raton, Florida
Florida Atlantic University at Boca Raton, College of Education,
Department of Educational Leadership. Graduate Curriculum: EDA
6232 Education and the Law, Adjunct Professor, Davie Campus & North
Palm Beach Campus - Davie, Florida
University of Florida, College of Health and Human Performance,
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Academic Diving
Program. Undergraduate Curriculum: Open Water, Advanced Open
Water, Assistant Instructor and Instructor, Assistant Director and Adjunct
Instructor, Gainesville, Florida
COLLEEN M. STIGER, Esquire is a shareholder in the Law Offices of
Penalta & Stiger, P.A. in Boca Raton,
Florida. Ms. Stiger limits her practice to
representing selected individuals who
have been seriously injured and risk
management. Since becoming a resident
of Florida, she has been actively involved
in a number of charitable organizations.
She was honored as Soroptimist
International Boca Raton/Deerfield's
"Women of Distinction" for her professional
and charitable accomplishments. She was
also honored as "Boca's Best" by the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation for being one of the
most outstanding single professionals in
the Boca Raton Community for her
outstanding charitable and civic contributions
to the South Florida community. She was featured in the Sun Sentinel as
an "Attorney Honored for Helping Others". Ms. Stiger and the law firm were
spot lighted on NBC in Tonya Rogers' Power Woman Series. Ms. Stiger's
family has been involved in racing and motorsports throughout Ireland,
Europe and the United States. She concentrates on the legal aspects of
transportation, automobile and motorcycle safety, the advancement of
motorsports, and concentrates on automobile insurance property and
injury claims. Ms. Stiger is an active member of the NSX Club of America,
the BMW Car Club of North America, and S2k (Honda Motorsports)
International.
She has Co-Chaired two Arthritis Creaky Bones Costume Balls and
Co-Chaired two Arthritis Magic of Caring Fashion Shows. She was on
the Boca Bacchanal Committee from 2002 to 2003. She served on the
Advisory Council of Broward Meals on Wheels from 1993 to 1999, the
Executive Board of Directors of Broward Meals on Wheels from 1999 to
2001, Recording Secretary 1999 to 2001, Board of Directors from 2001
to present and has been the Legal Committee Chairperson from 1999
to present. She is on the Cystic Fibrosis Leading Men committee for
2003.
From 1997 to 1999, Ms. Stiger served as the President of the Boca
Raton Alumnae Chapter of Delta Gamma Fraternity. She was a member
of the Theater Guild at the Royal Palm Festival Dinner Theater Center.
She has served on the Friends of Debbie-Rand Board of Directors for
the Boca Raton Community Hospital from 1999 to present,
Corresponding Secretary 2000 to 2001, Membership Chairperson
2001-2002, Chairperson from 2001 to 2002, Treasurer 2002, Dinner
with Friends Co-Chairperson 2001-2003, Debbie-Memorial Service
League Ways and Means from 2001 to 2002. She has also received her
100 hour pin for service at the Boca Raton Community Hospital.
She is currently a member of the Florida Bar and formerly a member of the
Pennsylvania Bar. She receivedCertificates of Appreciation for recognition
of dedicated anddistinguished service from the South Palm Beach County
Bar Association from 1997 to 1999. Ms. Stiger is a member of the Florida
Bar Association and has been on the Florida Bar President's Speaker's
Bureau since 1997 and has served as Chairperson of the Immigration
Section of the South Palm Beach County Bar Association.
She served on the Little Palm Family Theatre Annual Gala, "Give My
Regards to Broadway " Committee in 2003. She is an active member of
the Kiwanis Club of Boca Raton Sunrise since 2003. She has also
participated in walk-a-thons for the Arthritis Foundation, Broward County
Meals on Wheels, Diabetes Foundation, March of Dimes and MS.
She is an active member of GFWC Royale Woman's Club since 2002.
She co-chaired the Honor Your Doctor Luncheon Drawing and served
as the Master of Ceremonies. Ms. Stiger was an active member of the
Boca Raton Chapter of Zonta International since 1996 and has served
on the Board of Directors from 1998 to 2001as Recording Secretary,
Director and Nomination Committee in 2002, and Second Vice Present
from 2002 to present.
Ms. Stiger is a graduate of Vermont Law School (Juris Doctor 1991) and
holds a Masters in Environmental Law (LLM, 1992). She attended
undergraduate at Washington & Jefferson College with a concentration
in English & Business Administration (B.A. 1988).
Penalta & Stiger, P.A. in Boca Raton,
Florida. Ms. Stiger limits her practice to
representing selected individuals who
have been seriously injured and risk
management. Since becoming a resident
of Florida, she has been actively involved
in a number of charitable organizations.
She was honored as Soroptimist
International Boca Raton/Deerfield's
"Women of Distinction" for her professional
and charitable accomplishments. She was
also honored as "Boca's Best" by the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation for being one of the
most outstanding single professionals in
the Boca Raton Community for her
outstanding charitable and civic contributions
to the South Florida community. She was featured in the Sun Sentinel as
an "Attorney Honored for Helping Others". Ms. Stiger and the law firm were
spot lighted on NBC in Tonya Rogers' Power Woman Series. Ms. Stiger's
family has been involved in racing and motorsports throughout Ireland,
Europe and the United States. She concentrates on the legal aspects of
transportation, automobile and motorcycle safety, the advancement of
motorsports, and concentrates on automobile insurance property and
injury claims. Ms. Stiger is an active member of the NSX Club of America,
the BMW Car Club of North America, and S2k (Honda Motorsports)
International.
She has Co-Chaired two Arthritis Creaky Bones Costume Balls and
Co-Chaired two Arthritis Magic of Caring Fashion Shows. She was on
the Boca Bacchanal Committee from 2002 to 2003. She served on the
Advisory Council of Broward Meals on Wheels from 1993 to 1999, the
Executive Board of Directors of Broward Meals on Wheels from 1999 to
2001, Recording Secretary 1999 to 2001, Board of Directors from 2001
to present and has been the Legal Committee Chairperson from 1999
to present. She is on the Cystic Fibrosis Leading Men committee for
2003.
From 1997 to 1999, Ms. Stiger served as the President of the Boca
Raton Alumnae Chapter of Delta Gamma Fraternity. She was a member
of the Theater Guild at the Royal Palm Festival Dinner Theater Center.
She has served on the Friends of Debbie-Rand Board of Directors for
the Boca Raton Community Hospital from 1999 to present,
Corresponding Secretary 2000 to 2001, Membership Chairperson
2001-2002, Chairperson from 2001 to 2002, Treasurer 2002, Dinner
with Friends Co-Chairperson 2001-2003, Debbie-Memorial Service
League Ways and Means from 2001 to 2002. She has also received her
100 hour pin for service at the Boca Raton Community Hospital.
She is currently a member of the Florida Bar and formerly a member of the
Pennsylvania Bar. She receivedCertificates of Appreciation for recognition
of dedicated anddistinguished service from the South Palm Beach County
Bar Association from 1997 to 1999. Ms. Stiger is a member of the Florida
Bar Association and has been on the Florida Bar President's Speaker's
Bureau since 1997 and has served as Chairperson of the Immigration
Section of the South Palm Beach County Bar Association.
She served on the Little Palm Family Theatre Annual Gala, "Give My
Regards to Broadway " Committee in 2003. She is an active member of
the Kiwanis Club of Boca Raton Sunrise since 2003. She has also
participated in walk-a-thons for the Arthritis Foundation, Broward County
Meals on Wheels, Diabetes Foundation, March of Dimes and MS.
She is an active member of GFWC Royale Woman's Club since 2002.
She co-chaired the Honor Your Doctor Luncheon Drawing and served
as the Master of Ceremonies. Ms. Stiger was an active member of the
Boca Raton Chapter of Zonta International since 1996 and has served
on the Board of Directors from 1998 to 2001as Recording Secretary,
Director and Nomination Committee in 2002, and Second Vice Present
from 2002 to present.
Ms. Stiger is a graduate of Vermont Law School (Juris Doctor 1991) and
holds a Masters in Environmental Law (LLM, 1992). She attended
undergraduate at Washington & Jefferson College with a concentration
in English & Business Administration (B.A. 1988).
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