Patricia Menendez-Cambo - Greenberg Traurig LLP

THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2006
Cesar L. Alvarez
59, Greenberg Traurig,
Miami, Fla.
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF executive officer
of Greenberg Traurig since 1997; helped
lead the firm from 325 lawyers in eight
offices in 1997 to 1,584 lawyers in 32
national and international offices; led firm
to form strategic alliances with Olswang,
a law firm with offices in London and
Brussels; first Hispanic managing partner
of a major firm; member of the board of
directors for Equal Justice Works; chairman
of Florida International University
College of Law; trustee for the National
Foundation for the Advancement of
the Arts; prior to becoming CEO of the
firm, practiced securities, corporate and
international law. NLJ
PROFILES IN
POWER
THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS IN AMERICA
Patricia Menendez-Cambo
39, Greenberg Traurig,
Miami, Fla.
CHAIRWOMAN OF her firm’s international
practice group, she helped to steer
Spanish telecommunications powerhouse
Telefonica S.A. toward two $1 billion
deals that helped to consolidate its digital
empire; was U.S. general counsel for the
company from 2000 until 2002; advises
clients throughout Latin America and
Europe; helped to organize one of the
first privatization transfers in Poland;
a first-generation Cuban-American, she
completed her undergraduate degree at 19
and her law degree at 22. NLJ
Barry Richard
64, Greenberg Traurig,
Tallahassee, Fla.
ONE OF FLORIDA’S top constitutional
lawyers, Richard specializes in complex
litigation, appellate, constitutional and
government law, mostly in federal court;
has argued 200 appellate cases and has
been general counsel to the Florida
Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Florida
Bar in cases before the Florida Supreme
Court; cemented national reputation after
representing George W. Bush in 46
lawsuits following the 2000 election and in
televised arguments before the state high
court; in 1998 served as campaign legal
counsel to Governor Jeb Bush. Corporate
clients include Anheuser-Busch Inc.,
Caesar’s Palace, Ford Motor Co. and
Lehman Brothers. NLJ
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