Frank Angones
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Frank Angones is the first Cuban born head of the Florida Bar. Mr. Angones is also the first Hispanic
to be elected president of the Dade County
Bar Association and the youngest attorney to be elected president of the Cuban-American Bar Association
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Mr. Angones came to the United States by way of the Operation Peter Pan
when he was 10 years old. He later studied at Immaculata-Lasalle High School
, graduating in 1968 and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami
(B.A.) (1972). He later graduated from the University of Miami School of Law
in 1976.
He mainly focuses on Tort defense and commercial litigation. He is best known for human-rights cases, which include a 1994 case against the US government for holding Cuban migrants picked up at sea at Guantanamo Bay and representing the families of those shot down in the Brothers to the Rescue
mission in 1996. He is a partner at law firm of Angones, McClure & Garcia. He became the head of the Florida Bar, which is the third-largest state bar in country, in 2007. He and his wife, Georgina Alfonsin, have one son, Francisco R. Angones Jr. His great-great-grandfather was Pedro Figueredo who was the author of the Cuban national anthem.
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
to be elected president of the Dade County
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Miami-Dade County is a county located in the southeastern part of the state of Florida. As of 2010 U.S. Census, the county had a population of 2,496,435, making it the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States...
Bar Association and the youngest attorney to be elected president of the Cuban-American Bar Association
Cuban-American Bar Association
Cuban American Bar Association was established in Miami in 1974 by a group of 20 or so Cuban attorneys adapting in a different culture. CABA is a non-profit voluntary bar association in the State of Florida...
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Mr. Angones came to the United States by way of the Operation Peter Pan
Operation Peter Pan
Operation Peter Pan , was an operation coordinated by the United States government , the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, and certain Cubans. Between 1960 and 1962, over 14,000 children were sent from Cuba to Miami by their parents...
when he was 10 years old. He later studied at Immaculata-Lasalle High School
Immaculata-Lasalle High School
Immaculata-LaSalle High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami and located between Mercy Hospital and Vizcaya on South Bayshore Drive....
, graduating in 1968 and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
(B.A.) (1972). He later graduated from the University of Miami School of Law
University of Miami School of Law
The University of Miami School of Law, founded in 1926, is the law school of the University of Miami, located in Coral Gables, Florida, in the United States. The school graduated its first class of 13 students in 1929.- Academics :...
in 1976.
He mainly focuses on Tort defense and commercial litigation. He is best known for human-rights cases, which include a 1994 case against the US government for holding Cuban migrants picked up at sea at Guantanamo Bay and representing the families of those shot down in the Brothers to the Rescue
Brothers to the Rescue
Brothers to the Rescue is a Miami-based activist organization headed by José Basulto. Formed by Cuban exiles, the group is widely known for its opposition to the Cuban government and, then President, Fidel Castro...
mission in 1996. He is a partner at law firm of Angones, McClure & Garcia. He became the head of the Florida Bar, which is the third-largest state bar in country, in 2007. He and his wife, Georgina Alfonsin, have one son, Francisco R. Angones Jr. His great-great-grandfather was Pedro Figueredo who was the author of the Cuban national anthem.