The Lawlor Winston Team
Serving South Florida including Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties
Lesly Arevalo, Receptionist
Lesly Arevalo was born in Lima, Peru and is currently attending Broward College. She will graduate with an AA in 2010. Thereafter, she plans to attend Florida Atlantic University to work towards her B.A. in Business Administration. Lesly has worked as a law firm receptionist since 2008, and joined Lawlor Winston in January, 2010.
Rebecca Castanon, Legal Assistant
rcastanon@lawlorwinston.com Rebecca Castanon, originally from Houston, Texas, received her B.A. in Sociology from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio in 1992. Upon graduation, she worked as a probation officer for six years, handling a specialized case load of severe alcohol/drug offenders. In 2001, Ms. Castanon went back to school to obtain a paralegal certificate from the Center for Advanced Legal Studies, graduating with honors. She became instrumental in the development of the litigation support division in a medical research company. Ms. Castanon relocated in 2004 to Florida, working for two personal injury firms before joining Lawlor Winston in 2009.
rcastanon@lawlorwinston.com Rebecca Castanon, originally from Houston, Texas, received her B.A. in Sociology from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio in 1992. Upon graduation, she worked as a probation officer for six years, handling a specialized case load of severe alcohol/drug offenders. In 2001, Ms. Castanon went back to school to obtain a paralegal certificate from the Center for Advanced Legal Studies, graduating with honors. She became instrumental in the development of the litigation support division in a medical research company. Ms. Castanon relocated in 2004 to Florida, working for two personal injury firms before joining Lawlor Winston in 2009.
Kirsten Heath, Administrative Assistant
Kirsten joined the firm in 2011. She is Administrative Assistant to the firm's Administrator, M. Carolina Perdomo.
Andrea Osio was born in Columbia, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Kentucky and then worked as an office manager/tax preparer and within accounts payable for Lexington based corporations. In 2006, Ms. Osio moved to Florida and began working as a distribution manager for Lawlor Winston in 2008. Ms. Osio is currently enrolled in Broward College to pursue a career as a paralegal.
Carol Parente, Chief Financial Officer
Carol Parente obtained an AA Degree in accounting from Broward Community College. She has been providing accounting services for over 30 years and has been with Lawlor and Winston since 2002. Carol manages all aspects of Lawlor Winston, LLP's financial matters, including supervision and oversight of the firm's Distribution Manager, insurance procurement, employee payroll, credit applications, banking, accounting and accounts payable.
Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Ms. Perdomo attended the Universidad Tecnologica del Centro where she obtained her B.A. in Business Administration. After graduation, she moved to Lexington, Kentucky where she began working as a financial analyst. Ms. Perdomo then worked as a senior legal intellectual property assistant for a prestige law firm. In 2005, she moved to Ft. Lauderdale to work with Andrew Winston as his legal administrative assistant.
Mercedes Perez, Paralegal
Mercedes Perez is originally from Washington, D.C. and relocated to Miami, Florida where she attended Florida International University and earned an Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies. Ms. Perez has worked in the personal injury and medical malpractice field since 1991. She has previously held positions with three personal injury law firms before joining Lawlor Winston in 2010 as Ben Murphey's litigation Paralegal.
Raquel Perez, Case Manager
Raquel joined the firm in 2011 as a case manager in the Pre-litigation division.
Lisa Peterson, Paralegal
Lisa Peterson is from Charleston, South Carolina, where she attended Trident Technical College with an Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies. Ms. Peterson remotely attended the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale from the Charleston Air Force Base, where she earned a B.S. in Workforce Education and Development. Ms. Peterson has worked to help injured persons since the beginning of her legal career in 1991. For the past eighteen years, she has worked on cases in many jurisdictions, including South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2007, Ms. Peterson relocated from Charleston, South Carolina to the South Florida area to continue to pursue her passion for helping people in personal injury law. She joined Lawlor Winston in 2008.
Maria Elena Valdes, File Clerk
Maria is a native of Miami, Florida and currently attends Broward College, where she is scheduled to graduate with an Associate in Arts Degree in the of Summer 2010. Thereafter, she plans to obtaina B.S. in Health Science and continue on to graduate school and become a Speech Pathologist. She has 2 years experience working at a litigation law firm as a file clerk and started working with Lawlor Winston in 2009.
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