RAQUEL A. RODRIGUEZ
CHAIR, FLORIDA OFFICES, BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY, MIAMI
Buchanan is a national full-service law firm. More than 70 of the firm’s 449 lawyers and government relations professionals are based in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Tallahassee. They serve as advisors to local, national and international clients across a range of industries, including life sciences, health care, finance, real estate, energy, technology and manufacturing. Rodriguez has more than 35 years of experience in law, business and government and from 2002 to 2007 was general counsel to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
EDUCATION: University of Miami (BA, JD)
SOMETHING SURPRISING: I own a Thoroughbred racehorse. His name is Rocky’s Express — named after me by his breeder, a dear friend and client. Rocky’s Express raced over a three-year period until his retirement earlier this year.
NONPROFIT PASSION: I have a passion for scientific research, especially Alzheimer’s, due to my mother’s illness in the mid-’90s, when we knew little about the condition. I support the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and fund the Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award.
