This past Thursday, the Summer Associates and I joined the Real Estate Practice Group for a Cuban Cocktail Mixing Class with Miami Culinary Tours. Armed with mint, soda, and, most importantly, rum, and guided by our host, Grace, we embarked on our virtual tour of the two most famous cócteles cubanos— the
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Zoom In: The Summer Program, Work-from-Home Edition
This week, my fellow Summer Associates and I started our much-anticipated positions at Bilzin Sumberg. While the coronavirus is keeping us away from the office and out of the Courthouse, Jessica and Betsi have planned an engaging and robust, albeit untraditional, Summer Program. On our opening Zoom call, Jessica and Jay welcomed the six…
(Sold on a) Monday Book Club
A few weeks ago, the other Summer Associates and I went to lunch with Michelle Weber. We all listened intently as Brian described his interest in space photography and Kayla confessed her love of horror films. This summer, one of my goals was to read more books. After mentioning a few books I recently…
A Summer of Many Mentors
At Bilzin Sumberg, each Summer Associate is assigned a mentor. On our first day at the firm, we gathered in the lobby to wait for our mentors to pick us up for lunch. Unsure who I was looking for, I looked around nervously until my mentor, Anthony Sirven, introduced himself. We went to…
Rolling Sushi for Common Threads

On Tuesday evening, the Tax Department at Bilzin Sumberg invited the Summer Associates to a “Sushi Rolling & Sake” event to benefit Common Threads. Common Threads is a charity devoted to educating children and families about nutrition and healthy eating, and Jennifer Einersen, one of the…
A Quick Visit to New Orleans
On Saturday evening, Michael Kreitzer invited the attorneys and secretaries from the Litigation department to his home in Aventura for the Summer Associate Litigation Group Party. My officemate Jordan and I were the first to arrive. Michael and his partner, Chris, warmly welcomed us into their home, leading us to the backyard decorated to evoke…