Daniel Balmori’s Post

The New York Times featured Gotham Park and it's fearless founder Rosa Chang this weekend! Alongside my colleague, Madison Kirton, we're proud to advise New York City's next iconic neighborhood park space, situated below the Brooklyn Bridge, and to do it pro bono. "What kind of person looks at a dusty construction site, shoved under a bridge and controlled by a seemingly impregnable bureaucracy, and thinks: This is a perfect space for a park?" https://lnkd.in/eUDVydHG

Our Hogan Lovells Miami team volunteered to help provide dinner service to more than 250 vulnerable and homeless people in Miami-Dade County. Each year, Camillus House serves more than such 33,000 individuals and families in our hometown. If you would like to get involved with this first class organization, visit: https://lnkd.in/er_2j2y4 Allen Pegg, Tim DeKeyser, Natalie G., Nicole Azarian, Robert Leitner, Alyson (Aly) Diaz, Joshua Schulster, Ileana Cobas

I was delighted to serve as guest chairperson of the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization's Citizens' Transportation Advisory Committee in the place of our fearless leader Joseph A. Ruiz, Esq. during this month's meeting. It was a full agenda. We received updates and gave feedback on Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization's 2050 Long Range Transportation Plan, which I was pleased to see emphasized technology innovation, climate resilience, and safe bicycle and pedestrian mobility more than any plans before it. https://lnkd.in/dk4cTj66 We also received updates and gave meaningful feedback on the design and progress of other near-trillion dollar projects like the iconic I-395 corridor bridge and beleaguered Golden Glades Interchange. Among other topics, we talked about the impact of local workforce development, mitigating local neighborhood impacts, and improving traffic flow. You can stay informed about those here: https://i395-miami.com/ https://go-ggi.com/

For a decade I've practiced law at the crossroads of business and government. That's why it was so enriching to step back for a week and focus on innovations in cross-sector collaboration at the Young American Leaders Program at Harvard Business School. I learned from 140 "do-ers" and leaders from around the United States including my inspiring Miami cohort pictured below: Cassandra Arnold, Ed.D, MBA, Cristal J. Cole, Cathy Dos Santos, Alejandro D. González, Johanna Mikkola, Brittany G. Morgan, Brandon A. Okpalobi, Rebecca Sharpe, Danielle Villoch. Special thanks to The Knight Foundation, Professors Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Mitchell Weiss, Jan Rivkin, and Manjari Raman.

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Hogan Lovells Miami was delighted to sponsor the Wilkie D.Ferguson Jr Bar Association Annual Scholarship and Installation Gala-- for one of the largest minority bar associations in Florida. Aside from supporting one of the core institutions advancing equal opportunity and equal access to justice, the event was especially meaningful because we honored the installation of my good friend and mentor, Dwayne Robinson, as president. I know he'll do great things with the platform. Alvin Lindsay, Mayra Lindsay, Tim DeKeyser, Darnesha Carter Foli, Sarah Cohen, Hans Hertell, Ileana Cobas, Natalie G.

I very much look forward to celebrating the Wilkie D.Ferguson Jr Bar Association's 43rd Annual Scholarship and Installation Gala, celebrating Miami's Bahamian roots. Among many other reasons, I am excited to honor my good friend, Dwayne Robinson, in his installation as President of this historic bar association that has so long been committed to equal access, equal opportunity, and equal justice in our legal system. https://lnkd.in/eHvB5Hca