Background
Cata, Ricardo J. was born on April 3, 1947 in Havana, Cuba.
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Ricardo J. Cata
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Long Island University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1972). Saint John"s University (Juris Doctor, 1975). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Worked at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker (Miami, Florida) specializing in General Insurance and Reinsurance Practice and Litigation. Commercial, Corporate and Securities Law. Domestic and International Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance.
Products and Professional Liability, Toxic Tort Defense, Environmental Impairment Liability, Medical and Hospital Malpractice, Municipal and Public Officials Liability, Trusts and Estates.
Aviation, Marine and Inland Marine. Securities and Fiduciary Liability and General Subrogation.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Florida, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1979, United States. Supreme Court. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
1989, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida.
1990, United States. District Court, Northern District of Florida. 1991, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Author: "Procedural Aspects of Franchise Litigation," The Florida Bar"s Manual of Franchise Law and Practice, 1985.
"Uniform Foreign Money Judgements Recognition Acting -- An Idea Whose Time Has Come in Florida?" Florida Bar Journal, June 1992. "Novedades Legales en el Reaseguro de Estados Unidos," Mercado Asegurador, Buenos Aires, April/March 1993. "Mediation and Hurricane Andrew," Mercado Aseguador, Buenos Aires, (Spanish/English), August 1993.
"Seguros Claims-Made En Los Estados Unidos.
Fundamentos Judiciales," Mercado Asegurador, Buenos Aires, November/December 1994. "Opportunities for Insurers and Reinsurers," Latin America Law and Business Report, March 31, 1995.
Lecturer: "Fiduciary Relationships," Trust Accounts and Professional Liability Insurance," the Globalization of Legal Services, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 21, 1991. "Property and General Insurance," The Florida Bar"s Post-Castro Cuba: Dealing with the Transition, Miami 7, 1992.
"Reinsurance Business In The United States: Recent Legal Developments," Inter-American Bar association"s Conference XXX, Santiago, Chile, April 21, 1993.
"Recent Legal Trends On Insurance Claims," International Insurance Round Table On Latin American Insurance Conditions, New York City, March 1, 1995. "International Dispute Settlement," American Commerce Institute"s International Business Transactions, Miami, March 7, 1995. "Latin American Insurance Market -- New Opportunities for Insurers and Reinsurers," The Florida Bar"s Eight Doing Business in Latin America, Miami, March 16, 1995.
Director, Florida-Argentine Chamber of Commerce.
Member: The Florida Bar (Chairman Legislative Committee, International Law Section, 1994). American and Inter-American Bar Associations.
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker is a full service international law firm, ranking among the largest law firms in the United States with offices in twelve major cities in the United States. We have provided our clients with a full range of expert and innovative legal services for more than a quarter of a century.
Our dramatic growth during this period has been a response to the emerging needs of existing clients and addition of new ones.
Initially, ours was an insurance-related practice and we maintain a preeminent position with regard to all aspects of insurance law and theinsurance/reinsurance industry serving insureds, brokers, insurers and reinsurers. As our clients have matured and broadened in scope, so have our services and expertise and we have expanded into the general corporate law, including creditors" rights and bankruptcy, trusts and estates and real estate transactions and regulatory work.
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Membership
Member: The Florida Bar (Chairman Legislative Committee, International Law Section, 1994). American and Inter-American Bar Associations.
