Board, Members & Past PresidentsOur Organization

Karina Rodrigues is an Associate at Kelley|Uustal, where she represents catastrophically injured clients. She focuses her practice on matters involving negligence, products liability, medical malpractice, construction defects and wrongful death. She graduated cum laude from University of Florida Levin College of Law. Karina was born in Brazil and moved to the United States while in elementary school. She speaks semi-fluent Spanish and fluent Portuguese.

Kristen Palacio is an attorney with Kim Vaughan Lerner LLP in Fort Lauderdale, FL.  Kristen focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters and insurance-related matters, involving property damage and premises liability. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Kristen spent nearly eight years in the real estate world, where she had overall responsibility for sales and leasing operations for over 1,000 units in multiple communities.  Kristen received her J.D. from Nova Southeastern University.

Aron “A.J.” Gibson was born and raised in South Florida and is of Cuban, Puerto Rican and Irish descent. Mr. Gibson obtained his law degree from St. Thomas University School of Law. Mr. Gibson previously worked as an Assistant State Attorney in Broward County. He currently works at Montero Law Center and focuses his practice on personal injury and wrongful death law.

Alicia Gonzalez is an Associate in the Fort Lauderdale office of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.A.  She handles eminent domain actions, Bert Harris Act claims, and other land use litigation matters.   Alicia received her J.D. from the George Washington University College of Law., is a South Florida native, and is fluent in Spanish.

Nazarena Rosales Hauser earned her law degree at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center. She worked as an Assistant State Attorney for the Office of the State Attorney in Broward County from graduation until joining Family Matters Law Group, P.A. in the summer of 2014. In 2017, she became partner. She is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator and is also regularly appointed by the Courts as a Guardian ad Litem to represent children’s best interests.

Yineth S. Aslan works as staff counsel for GEICO General Insurance Company at the Law Office of George L. Cimballa III in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Prior to joining GEICO staff counsel, Yineth worked as an assistant state attorney at the Broward State Attorney’s Office handling hundreds of misdemeanor and felony criminal cases.

Yineth received her bachelor’s degrees in Legal Studies and Philosophy from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and her law degree from NSU Shepard Broad College of Law. Presently, Yineth is a member of the Broward County Bar Association, the Broward County Young Lawyers Section, and a mock trial instructor at NSU Shepard Broad College of Law. Yineth heads the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association’s annual Bilingual High School Conference hosted in partnership with Broward County Public Schools.

Jessica Marra is an Attorney at Kelley Kronenberg in Fort Lauderdale and focuses her practice on General Liability and Third Party Insurance Defense Litigation with a background in Criminal Law, Workers’ Compensation, Contract Disputes, and Administrative Matters. Jessica is also a former Assistant State Attorney for the Office of the State Attorney, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. Jessica received her J.D., cum laude, from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad School of Law and is fluent in Spanish.

Michelle Rodriguez was born in Queens, NY. Both of her parents immigrated to the United States from Colombia. She attended Florida International University where she earned her Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology. She went on to earn her Masters of Science in Higher Education Administration also from Florida International University. Ms. Rodriguez earned her Juris Doctorate from St. Thomas University in Miami, FL where she graduated Cum Laude. Ms. Rodriguez is currently in-house litigation counsel for an insurance carrier.

Nicole Avila obtained her law degree from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law. She practices immigration law at Avila Law PLLC.

Marc Marra is a partner in Kelley Kronenberg’s Fort Lauderdale office, focusing his practice on assisting banks and other financial service providers with regulatory, enforcement, transactional, bankruptcy, and litigation matters. Marc earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law; and his Master of Laws Degree in Real Property Development, from the University of Miami School of Law.

Carla Lowry practices marital and criminal law. She has owned Lowry at Law, P.A. since 2008. Ms. Lowry is a former prosecutor and public defender. She attended Stetson University Law School.