Peter Prieto

Partner & Head of Class Action and Complex Litigation, Podhurst Orseck, Miami

Podhurst Orseck is a litigation boutique that focuses on commercial, class action and personal injury litigation mainly on behalf of plaintiffs. Prieto, a former federal prosecutor, has led the firm’s class action and commercial litigation practice for more than a decade. He immigrated to Florida from Cuba when he was 7 with his parents.

EDUCATION: Biscayne College (BA), University of Miami (JD)

IF I WERE GOVERNOR: To unite, and not divide, Floridians by focusing on what all families want: good schools for their children, adequate health care, a clean and safe environment, and the economic opportunity to earn a living so that everyone can provide for themselves and their families. And I would stop using labels. Floridians are not ‘left’ or ‘right’ or ‘woke.’ We are all just Floridians.

MENTORS: My parents have been my most influential mentors. While neither of them received much of a formal education, they taught me the importance of an education and of hard work.

READING: Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl, or the Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius