St. Thomas University (STU) has announced the appointment of the Honorable Tarlika Nunez-Navarro as the Dean of The College of Law. She will begin her new role on August 7, 2023. Judge Nunez-Navarro currently serves as a Circuit Court Judge for the Ninth Judicial Circuit and presides in the Felony Criminal Division in Orange County, […]
John Schmidt has put a new twist on the phrase “graduating senior.” Schmidt, who was born before World War II began, was 79 years old when he told his wife, Maryann: “There’s no excuse anymore. I’m going to graduate college.” Schmidt, who has worked most of his life in sales and served for two years in the U.S. Army, has lived […]
Annie Carrera had been studying at St. Thomas University for nearly two years, but she had not quite found her true major. Instead, Carrera’s major found her. Carrera, a Miami native who is on STU’s Women Tennis team, was majoring in Biology in the summer of 2021 when she overheard a Bobcat soccer coach telling […]
BY WALTER VILLA – Special to St. Thomas University Public speaking? No. Please, no. Anything but that. “Talking in front of people was my worst nightmare,” St. Thomas University College of Law student Michael Rizo said. “I hated it.” Everything changed for Rizo this past summer when he served as an intern for Judge William […]
Ricky K. Patel, a St. Thomas University College of Law graduate, is such a prominent attorney that – at age 26 – he was appointed to President Barack Obama’s National Finance Committee. Patel, 40, and his law partner Wesley Farrell, also handled the largest class-action suit in U.S. history – the BP oil spill of […]
Judge Tarlika Nunez-Navarro’s first name means “little tree” in Hindu. It fits. Judge Nunez-Navarro is deeply rooted in the law and her compassion for everyday people. After graduating from St. Thomas University’s College of Law, she moved to Santa Marta, a beach city which is part of Colombia’s Caribbean region. “I took a break after […]
Blake James made a startling prediction three decades ago. James was just 22 years old, and he had just graduated from Minnesota State Mankato, earning a Bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1992. He then traveled to Miami with the hopes of joining St. Thomas University’s famed Sports Administration program. “I knew I wanted to be […]
Many law students struggle to find a job in their field — even long after graduation. Not Judge Diana Vizcaino. She landed a coveted position as a prosecutor for the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office even before she graduated from St. Thomas University’s College of Law. “That job I was able to get because of on-campus […]
When others zigged, Patrick L. Cordero zagged. When lesser lawyers struggled, Cordero flourished. When less-creative lawyers saw failure, Cordero smelled opportunity. It all started in the Bronx, New York, where Cordero was born to a Chilean father and a Colombian mother. He was raised in Miami, however, and he went to Killian High School before […]
Darin Harris is a study in perseverance. Looking for both a job and information on his thesis for his Master’s degree from St. Thomas University, Harris once called a Pizza Hut executive every week for four straight months. To be precise, Harris called this boss every Friday at 2 p.m. Harris left voice mails, but […]