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Alexandra Bach Lagos, Esq.

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Alexandra Bach Lagos, Esq. is a mediator, arbitrator and special magistrate with a deep background across a broad spectrum of complex civil disputes, including products liability, personal injury, wrongful death, insurance coverage, class actions, multidistrict litigation, professional negligence, and real estate. She has particular experience in the resolution of complex business disputes and is widely recognized for her ability to mediate sensitive matters involving partner separations, business dissolutions and other high-stakes conflicts.

Before devoting her practice exclusively to ADR, Ms. Lagos was a litigation shareholder with two Am Law 100 firms in South Florida, where she represented several Fortune 500 companies in products liability, insurance, and class action matters. She served as national coordinating counsel in multiple multidistrict litigations (MDLs), experience that gives her an insider's understanding of MDL dynamics. At the mediation table, she draws on that background to craft practical, creative settlement strategies tailored to the unique pressures and coordination challenges of large-scale, multi-party disputes.

Ms. Lagos is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit and County Mediator, a Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator, and a certified mediator for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Ms. Lagos is fluent in Spanish.

In addition to her ADR practice, Ms. Lagos also serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, where she teaches Toxic Torts, an advanced seminar addressing class actions, multidistrict litigation and environmental disputes. Her ongoing engagement in the classroom ensures she remains at the forefront of evolving caselaw and procedural developments. A dedicated bar leader and community contributor, Ms. Lagos has served for several years as chair of the Miami-Dade Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution committee and is a past president of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (Miami-Dade Chapter).

Her combination of sophisticated litigation experience and a collaborative, thoughtful approach to dispute resolution enables her to help parties evaluate risk, narrow issues, and resolve the most challenging cases.

Representative Matters

Business Commercial

  • Mediated complex commercial dispute involving cryptocurrency tokens, including issues related to digital asset transactions, ownership, valuation, and contractual obligations.
  • Mediated law firm partnership disputes
  • Mediated disputes arising from food distribution and sales agreements
  • Mediated several subrogation claims against a major electronics manufacturer for alleged defect in a kitchen device
  • Mediated breach of contract claim by financing companies against borrowers
  • Mediated pageant industry dispute between a participant and a pageant agency

Class Action

  • Mediated class action involving disputed municipal fees
  • As an advocate, defended numerous Fortune 100 companies in consumer fraud and class action litigation involving complex commercial and statutory claims
  • As an advocate, managed nationwide multidistrict litigation involving coordinated discovery, motion practice and settlement negotiations

Construction

  • Mediated claims by a large group of condominium homeowners against a builder for construction defects
  • Mediated property damage claim alleging complete structural collapse of a residence due to builder negligence

Employment Law

  • Mediated employment disputes involving wage and compensation claims
  • Mediated whistleblower and retaliation disputes
  • Mediated disputes involving allegations of fraud and financial misconduct

Personal Injury

  • Mediated multiple injury claims arising from incidents aboard cruise ships
  • Mediated claims involving personal injuries arising from boating collision
  • Mediated numerous personal injury disputes arising from trip and falls, dog bite injuries, and motor vehicle accidents
  • As an advocate, represented businesses and insurers in personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability and insurance coverage disputes
  • As an advocate, litigated matters involving professional negligence and other complex civil claims from inception through trial and appeal
  • As an advocate, represented manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices and consumer products in high-exposure personal injury litigation in state and federal courts

Product Liability

  • As an advocate, served as national coordinating counsel in multidistrict litigation involving thousands of product liability claims, overseeing litigation strategy, discovery and trial preparation across multiple jurisdictions
  • As an advocate, defended consumer product manufacturers in claims involving alleged design defects, failure-to-warn allegations and product safety issues
  • As an advocate, defended manufacturers in complex toxic tort and asbestos litigation involving allegations of catastrophic injury and wrongful death

Real Property

Mediated various real estate and real property disputes, including:

  • Broker commission disputes involving multiple parties and complex fee arrangements
  • First-party property insurance disputes
  • Partition of jointly held real property
  • Real estate partnership dispute with a claimed valuation in excess of $50 million
  • Commercial property partnership dispute involving multiple parcels with a claimed valuation in excess of $25 million
  • Partnership dispute involving commercial property and claims for wage and hour compensation
  • Boat slip property transaction dispute
  • Landlord-tenant disputes across a range of residential and commercial matters

Honors, Memberships & Professional Activities

Honors

  • Chambers USA Guide, Litigation: General Commercial, 2022–2023; Products Liability, 2022–2024
  • Circle of Excellence Award (Civil Litigation), Miami-Dade Bar, 2024
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Defendants), The Best Lawyers in America®, 2023–2025
  • Legal Elite (Civil Trial), Florida Trend, 2022
  • Team Member, Law360 “Product Liability Practice Group of the Year”, 2021–2022
  • Listed, The Legal 500 United States
    • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense (Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices), 2021, 2023
    • Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense (Consumer Products, Including Tobacco), 2021
  • Top Up and Comer, South Florida Legal Guide, 2021
  • Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers, 2012–2020
  • Legal Luminary, Dade County Bar Association, 2016
  • Rising Star, Daily Business Review, 2015
  • 40 Under 40 Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2012
  • Celebrating Women in Law Award, Florida International University College of Law, 2012

Memberships & Professional Activities

  • Cuban American Bar Association, 2006–2026
  • Miami-Dade County Bar Association, 2006–2026
    • Former Chair, ADR Committee
  • American Bar Association, 2026
  • Member, The Florida Bar Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, 2014–2017
  • Fellow, The Florida Bar Leadership Academy, 2013–2014
  • President, Florida Association for Women Lawyers (Miami-Dade Chapter) 2011–2012
  • Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, Stanford Law School, 2010

Select Speaking Engagements

  • Presenter, “Considerations and Practices in ADR,” Miami-Dade Trial Lawyers Association, 2026
  • Presenter, “From Exile to Advocacy: Jewban Journeys in Law,” Cuban American Bar Association, 2026
  • Presenter, “A Roadmap to Growing Your Mediation Practice,” Miami-Dade Bar Association (ADR Committee), 2025
  • Presenter, “Beyond the Courtroom: Effective Approaches to Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution,” Cuban American Bar Association, 2025
  • Faculty, University of Miami School of Law, Class Action & Complex Litigation Forum, 2024
  • Instructor, Miami-Dade FAWL Trial Skills Workshop, 2022 & 2023
  • “Negotiation Ethics: Winning Without Selling Your Soul,” The Florida Bar, 2023
  • Faculty, FIU Healthcare Symposium, Innovation, Regulation & Litigation, 2023
  • Presenter, “Artificial Intelligence: Torts of the Future,” 2023
  • Presenter, “Issues Facing In-House Sports and Entertainment Lawyers”, Association of Corporate Counsel (Miami Chapter) and the Miami Heat, 2023
  • Circuit Court Bootcamp: A Litigation Skills Seminar, Miami-Dade Bar Association, 2022

Bar Admissions

  • The Florida Bar
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida

Additional or Unique Skills

  • Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit and County Mediator and Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator; also, a certified mediator for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • Extensive experience managing multidistrict litigation and coordinated nationwide litigation
  • Significant experience resolving high-value, multi-party disputes through mediation and negotiated settlement
  • Fluent in Spanish

Languages

Spanish English

Background & Education

Background & Education

  • Mediator & Arbitrator, Alvarez Dispute Resolution Partners, LLC 2025–2026
  • Adjunct Professor, University of Miami School of Law, 2023-2026
  • Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., 2021-2025
  • Partner, Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, 2014-2020
    • Associate, 2006-2013
  • J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 2006
  • B.A., Smith College, 2003

Locations

Home Office

  • Miami, FL

Available to Travel To

  • Atlanta, GA
  • Austin, TX
  • Boca Raton, FL
  • Boston, MA
  • Century City, CA
  • Chicago, IL
  • Dallas, TX
  • Houston, TX
  • Inland Empire, CA
  • Las Vegas, NV
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • New York, NY
  • Orange County, CA
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Sacramento, CA
  • San Diego, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Santa Rosa, CA
  • Seattle, WA
  • Silicon Valley, CA
  • St. Louis, MO
  • Walnut Creek, CA
  • Washington, DC

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