Fourth Lawsuit Filed, First Non-Certified, In Florida Federal Court Seeking Class-Action Status; Melia Of Spain Is Target
/Case: 1:19-cv-22025-JAL
Marisela Mata and Bibiana Hernandez, as individuals and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
v.
GRUPO HOTELERO GRAN CARIBE, CORPORACION DE COMERCIO Y TURISMO INTERNACIONAL CUBANACAN S.A., GRUPO DE TURISMO GAVIOTA S.A., CORPORACION CIMEX S.A., RAUL DOE 1-5, and MARIELA DOE 1-5,
Defendants
LINK To Court Filings On 20 May 2019
Judge: Lenard, Joan A.
Born 1952 in Amityville, NYFederal Judicial Service:Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Nominated by William J. Clinton on September 29, 1995, to a seat vacated by James Lawrence King. Confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 1995, and received commission on December 26, 1995. Assumed senior status on July 1, 2017.
Education: Rockland Community College, A.A., 1972 Roger Williams College, B.A., 1973 Antioch Sch. of Law (now Univ. of the District of Columbia, Clarke Sch. of Law), J.D., 1976
Professional Career: Assistant state attorney, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Florida, 1976-1982; chief, Consumer Fraud Division, 1978-1980; chief, Consumer and Economic Crime Division, 1980-1982 Judge, Dade County [Florida] Court, 1982-1993 Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Family Division, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 1993-1995.
