About ELP Global and Our Legal Team
Meet the attorneys of ELP Global, PLLC in Orlando, Florida: real estate, business, litigation, family, tax, international, and immigration lawyers. Hablamos Español.
Our legal team
CARLOS BONILLA, Esq. – Managing Attorney
Carlos J. Bonilla practices real estate law and has been heavily involved in a broad range of legal issues affecting large scale projects. Mr. Bonilla managed an international real estate company doing business throughout Latin America and Asia. Mr. Bonilla represents large real estate investment groups doing business in Canada, Brazil, Costa Rica and the United States, drafting contracts, legal due diligence for large investment transactions and real estate closings. Mr. Bonilla has worked on acquisition and rezoning of large tracts of land in Florida; acquisition, entitlements and design of large hotel projects, condominium documentation, and management issues. Mr. Bonilla is a graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, and obtained an advanced degree (LL.M.) in Real Property Development in 2005. He is a member of The Florida Bar and is a Fellow of the Florida Bar Foundation. He is also a member of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity. He actively supports philanthropic associations. Mr. Bonilla is a Florida Real Estate Licensee, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus, St. Jude Council, in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Bonilla is fluent in English and Spanish.
ILEANA RIVERA, Esq. – Of Counsel
Ileana Rivera has eleven years of experience, specializing exclusively in immigration matters. Her philosophy is to provide you with an honest assessment and the best options for your immigration process. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Puerto Rico in 1993. After years of working as a manager in both the private and government sectors and witnessing injustices during those years, she decided to study law with the hope of helping others navigate the judicial system. In 2013, she earned her Juris Doctor from Interamerican University, passed the bar exam, and became a member of the Puerto Rican Bar and the U.S. District Court. The attorney's legal experience is diverse. She has practiced criminal defense with the Public Defender's Office of Puerto Rico, clerked for a U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge, interned at the Interamerican University Legal Clinic, and worked pro bono for the Puerto Rico Bar Association. Most notably, she spent two years working for the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, where she created and implemented an educational program to inform visitors about the judicial system and the history of the Supreme Court. In 2014, Ileana co-founded a law firm in partnership with an experienced immigration attorney. Since then, Ileana has managed and owned several law firms. She currently works at Immigration Universe Attorneys, where she provides counsel to immigrants in the United States and worldwide. She is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and provides CLE courses for the members. In 2024, Ileana founded LawAlly, an organization with two missions: provide immigration courses and virtual legal assistant services to law firms. Ileana is fluent in English and Spanish.
EZEKIEL RODRIGUEZ, Esq. – Of Counsel
Ezekiel Rodriguez is a Florida Licensed attorney practicing primarily in family law and personal injury, with litigation experience in various other areas of civil practice. Ezekiel grew up in Central Florida and joined the U.S. Air Force shortly after graduating high school. Following four years of active-duty military service, Ezekiel earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Central Florida before attending and graduating from Barry Law School in Orlando, Florida. Since starting his own law firm in 2015, Ezekiel Rodriguez has consistently worked directly with his clients in providing personal attention that is specifically tailored to the unique goals, rights and interests of each client in order to help strategize the best outcome for each individual case. Ezekiel continues to deliver compassionate, principled, dedicated, professional and aggressive legal representation while advocating for every client's unique and personal legal needs.
BRIAN HORWITZ, Esq. – Of Counsel
Brian Horwitz is an experienced attorney with a diverse legal background spanning multiple practice areas. He brings extensive expertise in both transactional law and litigation, providing clients with comprehensive legal solutions. With a commitment to client advocacy and attention to detail, Brian approaches each case with thorough analysis and strategic planning to achieve optimal results.
ANGELICA JONES, Esq. – Of Counsel
Attorney Angelica Jones grew up in Miami, Florida and Freeport, Bahamas. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2013 and has been working in the field of litigation for the past 7 years. Attorney Jones specializes in Family Law, and has litigated dependency cases, grandparent's rights, dissolution of marriage (with and without children), modification of time sharing and child support, paternity, and relocation cases. She also has experience in Criminal Law, including both jury trials and plea negotiations for clients charged with drug trafficking, possession of cannabis, armed robbery of dwelling, and DUI's. Mrs. Jones also practices civil litigation, having litigated claims for breach of contracts, landlord/ tenant, lemon law, breach of warranty, constructive trust in real estate, various types of negligence, premises liability, personal injury, and fraudulent wills. Attorney Jones helps her clients identify objectives in their best interest and assists them to focus on accomplishing realistic goals. She is known for her honesty and work ethic, and her ability to effectively communicate the strengths and weaknesses of her client's case. She works with clients to achieve their litigation goals in a realistic and expeditious manner. Attorney Jones provides competent, attentive, and affordable services. She advocates zealously for her clients and works in their best interests throughout the litigation process.
ARTHUR JONES, Esq. – Of Counsel
Arthur J Jones, Esq., is a graduate from University of Florida's Levin College of Law (2003) as well as the Eugene Dupuch Law School of The Bahamas (2005). He is licensed to practice in the state of Florida, the Southern District of Florida for the Federal Courts, and eligible to appear pro hac vice in the rest of the United States. He is also eligible to offer legal services in The Bahamas as a "registered agent". Arthur Jones practices criminal defense, small business and contract law. As criminal defense attorney, Arthur's passion is to weaponize the rights of the accused in the judicial process for use in battles against government agents and agencies who would otherwise overstep their powers of investigation and prosecution. As a business and contact practitioner, he utilizes his litigation experience to direct clients towards their most profitable course of conduct in their business affairs so that the money spent on legal fees safeguards the bottom line instead of simply adding to business costs. Arthur began his career as a public defender in Gainesville, Florida, and then in Miami. His jury trial experience is extensive and he has been featured in the New York Times, and appeared in The Miami Herald and on the Fox News Channel. He is actively involved with the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Miami chapter) as a board member, and with the Puerto Rican Bar Association as a member of the Judiciary Committee and now chairman of its popular Moot Court Competition (Southeast Region). Arthur is also a member of the Dade County Defense Bar Association, Dade County Bar Association (Rainmaker's Committee), American Bar Association, Caribbean Bar Association, and the Wilkie D. Ferguson Bar Association.
BRAD PATRICK, Esq. – Of Counsel
Brad Patrick is a civil litigator specializing in technology, although his experience reflects a wide range of other types of matters. Mr. Patrick served as interim Executive Director and the first General Counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization which runs Wikipedia, one of the top websites in the world. Mr. Patrick has a wealth of experience handling civil litigation matters in the fields of intellectual property, internet law, software and computer issues, technology licensing, complex tort litigation, construction defect defense, long-term care facility defense, and many other areas. His prior employment includes AV-rated law firms in Seattle, Washington and Tampa, Florida. He held positions in state government and with a publicly traded international software company. Mr. Patrick graduated from Boston College Law School and Colgate University, cum laude with Honors in Political Science. He is admitted to the Florida Bar, all United States District Courts in Florida, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. He has served on The Florida Bar Media and Communications Law Committee. He is also active in the American Inns of Court movement, and is affiliated with the Ferguson White and Tampa Bay Inns of Court in downtown Tampa.
VINCENT B. LYNCH, Esq. – Of Counsel
VINCENT B. LYNCH has over 29 years of state and federal court complex civil litigation and trial experience. Mr. Lynch has successfully represented a diverse clientele in broad based individual, multi-plaintiff and class action matters including major corporations such as AT&T, Blockbuster, CVS, GTE, HCA Healthcare, Home Depot, Publix Supermarkets, Outback Steakhouse International, Raymond James, Ryder, Tyco and Walgreens. Mr. Lynch also has substantial recent corporate and transactional experience including real estate, commercial and residential owners’ associations, non-profit, corporate organization/reorganization, and mergers. Mr. Lynch began his legal career in the venerable position as both a state and federal court law clerk for the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida (The Honorable Henry Lee Adams, Jr.). Mr. Lynch has over ten years of large law firm experience including the 100 lawyer prominent Tampa, Florida firm of Trenam Kemker, the 220 lawyer statewide law firm based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida formerly as Ruden McClosky and the now 850+ lawyer national law firm, Jackson Lewis. Mr. Lynch holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Florida in Telecommunications where he was a member of the Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society and earned his law degree at the University of Florida in 1991. Mr. Lynch was admitted to the Florida Bar in January of 1992, is only admitted to practice law in the State of Florida and is admitted to Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the Florida Supreme Court and the U.S. District Courts for the M.D. Fla., S.D. Fla., N.D. Fla., N.D. Ga., and E.D. Mich.
JAMES LAVIGNE, Esq. – Of Counsel
Mr. James R. LaVigne is an international attorney and part of the management team. Mr. LaVigne holds his first law degree from the University of Florida, as well as, a Master of Law Degree in International Law from the University of Notre Dame London Law Center. Mr. LaVigne is past chairman of the Orlando World Trade Association. He has had a number of articles published on international law, U.S. immigration law, and European Community law. Mr. LaVigne has served as an adjunct professor of International Business for Webster University, Orlando Campuses, where he taught International Business, International law in Business, and Global Competition. He has served as an international business consultant for the Export Legal Assistance Network and the University of Central Florida, Small Business Development Center. Mr. LaVigne handles all aspects of international business law, immigration law, contracts, joint ventures, foreign investments in the United States and international tax advising. He served as the President of the British American Chamber of Commerce and also as a member of the Economic Development Commission of mid-Florida. Mr. LaVigne is currently admitted to practice in all the courts of Florida as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal in Atlanta and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. LaVigne graduated from the University of South Florida in 1972 with honors in both political science and public address and rhetoric. Mr. LaVigne received his L.L.M. in International Law with honors from Notre Dame University London Law Center. Mr. LaVigne is past chairman of the Orange County Bar Association International Law Committee. Mr. LaVigne is a Florida Bar Board Certified International Lawyer (less than 40 lawyers of the 65,000 members of the Florida Bar are so certified) and served as Chairman of the Florida Bar International Law Certification Committee in 2010-2011. He continued as a committee member for 2012-2013. He is among Florida Super Lawyers in International Law for 2014.
JAVIER BAÑOS, Esq. – Of Counsel
Javier Baños is a tax attorney that represents clients on IRS tax matters. Mr. Baños has extensive experience in audit compliance. He specializes in international corporate tax matters, including advising clients about tax compliance issues and filing of tax returns. Mr. Baños has represented clients in tax deficiency payment plans, collection due process hearings, offers in compromise, and other collection negotiation procedures. Mr. Baños also drafts corporate, LLC and partnership agreements, and is well versed in estate planning and asset protection documents. Recently, Mr. Baños worked on the review of the Charter of the City of South Miami and conducted hearings and drafted proposals for the Update and Changes to the City Charter. He helped to implement the changes to the City Charter. Mr. Baños is a graduate of the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where he was member of the Florida Journal of International Law. He obtained his undergraduate degrees in Political Science, cum laude, and Business Administration, cum laude, from Florida International University. Mr. Baños’ professional memberships include The Florida Bar, the Miami-Dade County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Mr. Baños also practices in the United States Tax Court and all Florida Federal District Courts. Mr. Baños is proficient in English and Spanish.