MIAMI, January 23, 2025 – Pathman Law, LLC is pleased to announce that Tara E. Faenza has joined the Miami-based firm as a partner.
Faenza focuses her practice on commercial litigation with a special focus on employment, construction, and complex commercial matters. Among them are first-and third-party claims, which includes property damage and bodily injury, construction defects, premises liability, products liability, employment liability, and professional liability.
“We are thrilled to have Tara on our team,” said the firm’s managing partner, Wayne Pathman.
Faenza also provides legal counsel for residential, commercial, machine breakdown, and other complex litigation matters. She represents insurance carriers, construction companies, contractors, property owners, subcontractors, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and corporations in state and federal courts in Florida. Her employment practice focuses primarily on defending claims involving the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and other bias and wage-related claims.
Before joining Pathman Law, Faenza was an assistant state attorney at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, taking more than 20 cases to jury trial and more than 80 to bench trials. A highly skilled litigator, Faenza has represented both plaintiffs and defendants and has first-chair trial and arbitration experience.
Faenza received her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, cum laude, and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in business management from the University of Phoenix. She is a member of the Bar in Florida and Illinois, where she’s also licensed to practice law.
Faenza is consistently recognized for her outstanding legal work, named as a “Rising Star” by the Florida Super Lawyers directory and receiving the Florida Trend Legal Elite Award. She also received a Dade Legal Aid award for the “Put Something Back Pro Bono Project.”
Faenza is admitted to practice in the Southern, Middle, and Northern U.S. District Courts of Florida. She also is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court of the Central District of Illinois.
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Pathman Law, LLC is a Miami-based law firm with practice areas in real estate; complex commercial litigation; land use and zoning; water and environmental law; construction law; corporate and business transactions; labor and discrimination claims; appellate law; employment law, and automotive law. Pathman Law, LLC is located online at www.pathmanlaw.com and can be reached at (305) 379-2425.