#EthicsMatters | Issue 2025-01

Happy New Year Friends, Clients, and Colleagues, This edition of #EthicsMatters highlights key updates and reminders to ensure your compliance: Annual Lobbyist Registration Deadline – January 15 All lobbyists must renew their registration by January 15, 2025. The annual registration fee is $490, payable online through the Miami-Dade County Lobbyist Registration System. Updated Definitions and …

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✨From Lopez Family to You & Yours: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14

Greetings Friends, Clients & Colleagues, We pray our Christmas reflections finds you and yours well. This Noche Buena, as we gather with our family, our prayers will include special thanks for each of you who has been part of our lives. Your friendship, support, and partnership have made every milestone more meaningful, every challenge more manageable, …

Congratulations Madam Mayor Levine Cava; Reflections on 24th Annual Mayor’s Ball benefiting United Way Miami

Greetings Friends, Clients & Colleagues, Marile and I hope our #GivingTuesday reflection finds you and yours well. Please join Marile and me in congratulating Madam Mayor Daniella Levine Cava for a very successful and unforgettable $1 million dollar night for our community—the 24th Annual Mayor’s Ball, on June 7, 2025, at the Alfred I. duPont …

#ThankfulThursday: Honoring Excellence in Public Education; Celebrating Marile’s Public School Alumni Achievement Award

Greetings Friends, Clients & Colleagues, This #ThankfulThursday we are thrilled to share some special news. On May 20th, my incredible wife, Marile, was honored with the Public School Alumni Achievement Award by The Education Fund during the 40th Annual For the Love of ArtCharity Auction & Honoree Celebration at Jungle Island.   This prestigious award recognizes alumni from Miami-Dade County Public Schools who …

🙏Forward in Faith, Fellowship Together

Dear Friends, Clients & Colleagues, We hope our #ThankfulThursday finds you and yours well. Today, we reflect as our universal Catholic Church enters a historic moment of discernment. Habemus Papam Earlier today, from the central loggia of Saint Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti pronounced the formula “Habemus Papam,” proclaiming to the city of Rome and to …

Another Date Night For A Cause…Supporting God’s Work at Branches FL

Greetings Friends, Clients & Colleagues, We hope our latest note finds you and yours well. Last Saturday, Marile and I celebrated another “Date Night For A Cause” with 500+ of our closest friends. The cause–Branches: seeking “to serve, educate and inspire people through student, family and financial stability services in partnership with our communities“. Standing on …

#ThankfulThursday: Clean Water is Life: Join Us in Supporting BLUE Missions

Greetings, We hope our #ThankfulThursday finds you and yours well. On Saturday, Marile and I had another of our “Date Night For A Cause” with 500 of our closest friends.  The cause: 15th BLUE Missions Gala, a non-profit changing lives across Latin America—by building sanitation systems and providing clean water in rural communities. Their mission is simple yet powerful: “Clean …

Unite for Miami: Join Mayor Levine Cava at the 24th Annual Mayor’s Ball

Happy Sunday Friends, Clients & Colleagues, Marile and I hope this message finds you and your loved ones well. We’re on a tight deadline—Monday at 2 PM—to confirm sponsors for the prestigious 24th Annual Mayor’s Ball on June 7, 2025, hosted by our esteemed Madam Mayor Daniella Levine Cava at the iconic Alfred I. duPont Building in Miami. Honoring …

#GivingTuesday: Women of Tomorrow Gala: The Power of Mentorship: Changing Lives, Building Opportunities, and Engaging Community

Last night, Jorge Luis and I witnessed firsthand the transformative power of mentorship, philanthropy, and kindness. One moment that stood out was watching a young woman, now a college graduate and successful professional, take the stage to share how her mentor had changed the course of her life through the Women of Tomorrow Mentor & …

#ThankfulThursday: Honoring Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s Leadership & Service

Greetings Friends, Clients, and Colleagues, On this #ThankfulThursday, we take a moment from our visit with Sarameli and Annia in Paris to reflect and celebrate Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s leadership and service on the occasion of her Investiture Ceremony as Miami-Dade State Attorney on February 18, 2025. Making Miami-Dade Safer Thanks to Kathy’s tireless efforts, close …

Reflections from Paris: Honoring Presidential Legacy

Dear Friends, Clients, and Colleagues, Happy Presidents’ Day from Paris, the beautiful City of Lights.  Marile, our daughters Annia and Saramelia, and I find ourselves surrounded by the rich history of America’s role as a beacon of hope, freedom, and leadership in an ever-changing world. As a nation under God, we are called to uphold …

Be United by Unique | World Cancer Day

Greetings Friends, Clients & Colleagues, Marile and I hope our annual World Cancer Day reflections and appeal finds you and yours well. Appropriately, this year’s theme: “United by Unique“, captures the importance of placing people at the center of cancer care. As well as, recognizing that behind every diagnosis lies a personal story of hope, …