User:Ncfrench/Raquel Regalado

Raquel Regalado (born July 16, 1973 in Miami, Florida, USA) is the current Miami-Dade Public Schools Board Member for District 6. Regalado was elected School Board Member during the August 24, 2010 Primary Election in a field of five candidates.

Raquel Regalado is a lifelong resident of her District which encompasses the areas of Key Biscayne, the Roads, East Little Havana, Shenandoah, Silver Bluff, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, South Miami and East Kendall.

Ms. Regalado is the Chair of the Miami-Dade County School Board’s Innovation, Efficiency and Governmental Relations Committee and is a member of the Miami-Dade County School Board’s Instructional Excellence and Community Engagement Committee. She serves as an alternate for the Miami-Dade County School Board’s Facilities and Construction Reform Committee.

Education
A proud graduate of Coral Gables Senior High, Ms. Regalado attended Miami-Dade Community College and then Florida International University where she earned a degree in Liberal Studies with honors. Ms. Regalado then went on to earn a Juris Doctorate degree from St. Thomas University School of Law. While at St. Thomas, she was the recipient of the Florida Bar’s Young Lawyers Division Scholarship and winner of St. Thomas University School of Law C. Clyde Atkins Memorial Moot Court Competition and American Trial Lawyers Association Open/Close Competition. While in law school Ms. Regalado was a member of the St. Thomas Law Review and the Moot Court Team. In the summer of her first year, Ms. Regalado was a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Shelly Kravitz. In the summer of her second year, she was hired as a law clerk by Holland & Knight LLP and later became an associate at said national firm. In the years that followed Ms. Regalado worked as a commercial litigator at Holland & Knight’s Miami office.

Law Firm Malloy & Malloy PA
Currently Ms. Regalado is an attorney specializing in patent and trademark litigation with the law firm of Malloy & Malloy PA. Ms. Regalado is admitted to practice law in State of Florida courts, as well as in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She is an active member of several bar associations, including the American Bar Association, the Cuban American Bar Association, and the Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida. Ms. Regalado was named a Rising Star in Intellectual Property Litigation by Florida Trend and was a recipient of the 2009 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 40 outstanding attorneys in Miami-Dade County under 40.

Civic Involvement
Since 2008, Ms. Regalado has conducted a daily Spanish language radio program on La Poderosa, 670 AM, dedicated to informing listeners about local politics, education and social services. Ms. Regalado has also been very active in the local community and serves on the board of El Centro Mater and the Hispanic Food & Beverage Association.

Personal Life
Ms. Regalado is the proud mother of two children and the daughter of Tomás Regalado, the Mayor of the City of Miami.

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