1. RAMON E. RASCO, ESQ.
2555 Ponce De Leon Blvd #600
Coral Gables 33134
Tel. 305-476-7100; Fax. 305-476-7102
E-mail: rrasco@rascoklock.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
PROFESSIONAL / BUSINESS
U.S. Century Bank, Miami, Florida 2002 to 12/31/13
- Chairman of the Board
Rasco Klock Reininger Pérez Esquenazi Vigil & Nieto, Coral Gables, Florida 1985 to Present
- Managing Partner, Commercial Law Firm
Century Partners Group, Ltd. and Affiliates, Miami, Florida 1997 to Present
- Director and General Counsel, Residential Development
Clear Property Investments, LLC, Miami, Florida 2004 to Present
- Member/Managing Director, Real Estate Investments
Neighborhood Planning Company, LLC, Miami, Florida 2004 to Present
- Member/Managing Director, Land Investments
San Marino Center, LLC, Miami, Florida 2002 to 2005
- Real Estate Investments
Ready State Bank, Hialeah, Florida 1983 to 1998
- Director and Secretary
Union Planters Bank, Miami, Florida 1999 to 2001
- Director - Local Board
Royal Palm Gardens, Inc., Miami, Florida 1993 to 2003
- Director – Vice President – Secretary – Res. Development
Rio Palma Homes, Inc., Miami, Florida 1998 to 2000
- Director and Vice President, Residential Development
LBA Workers Compensation Fund, Miami, Florida 1991 to Present
- Trustee
Holland &Knight, Miami, Florida 1979 to 1985
- Associate/Partner, Law Firm
Adams & Ward, Miami, Florida 1977 to 1978
- Associate Attorney, Law Firm
Coopers & Lybrand, Miami, Florida 1975 to 1977
- Tax Accountant/Attorney, Certified Public Accountants
EDUCATION
University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida Class of 1976
- Juris Doctor
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida Class of 1973
- Bachelor in Business Administration - Cum Laude
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami, Florida Class of 1969
- Summa Cum Laude
2. AFFILIATIONS & RECOGNITIONS
Florida Bankers Association
The Florida Bar, 1976
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
American Bar Association
Cuban-American Bar Association
Dade County Bar Association
AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
Florida Bar Pro-Bono Service Award, 1996
Florida Trend Legal Elite
Miami Herald’s Top Florida Lawyers
Super Lawyer Magazine 2006, 2007, 2008
Latin Chamber of Commerce’s Financier of the Year Award, 2007
Daily Business Review’s “Best of the Best”, May 2008
Florida Trend's List of Legal Elite for 2010
Miami Today’s silver Medal for outstanding achievement, 2010
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Doctors Hospital, Miami, Florida 2003 to 2012
- Board of Directors
Baptist Children’s Hospital Development Board, Miami, Florida 1999 to 2004
- Chairman, Board Member
Baptist Hospital Foundation, Miami, Florida 1992 to 2012
- Board of Directors
Baptist Hospital Foundation, Miami, Florida 2001 to 2002
- Treasurer
Judicial Nominating Commission, Eleventh Circuit, Miami, Florida 2000 to 2002
- Member
Latin Builders Association, Miami, Florida 1988 to 1995
- Secretary and Director
Citizens for Better Dade, Miami, Florida 1990
Board of Governors, Republican Party of Dade County, Miami, Florida 1989 to 1990
Boy Scouts of America, Dade County, Miami, Florida 1993 to 1999
- Executive Council
Beacon Council, Miami, Florida 1993 to Present
- Member
Bertha Abess Children's Center, Miami, Florida 1983 to 1988
- Trustee and Chairman
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Real Estate Trends: Boom or Bust
- The South Florida Banking Institute September, 2005
Patriot Act/Sarbanes-Oxley
- Latin America Legal Council, GE Capital October 2 & 3, 2003
Foreign Investment in Real Estate
- Third and Sixth Conferences of Lawyers of the Americas
- 1989, 1991 and 1994 University of Miami Conferences for Latin American Jurists
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3. Congressional Testimony
Testified before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, April 1992 re the Credit Crunch and Real Estate
Markets and before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on International Economic Policy
and Trade of the House Committee on International Relations in July, 1997 re the Free Trade Area of the
Americas.
Commercial Leasing Seminar 1983
- The Florida Bar
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Fluent in English and Spanish
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