Sheyla Mesa is a partner in the firm’s Miami office. She concentrates her practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation, personal injury and insurance defense, admiralty and maritime matters, and corporate and commercial transactions. Sheyla represents individual and corporate clients in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels and advises clients on pre-litigation matters, business transactions, and regulatory compliance. Her depth of knowledge across a range of practice areas has aided in obtaining favorable results for her clients.
Sheyla brings substantial litigation experience handling complex commercial disputes involving shareholder and contract disputes, business torts and fraud, financial institutions and commercial payment mechanisms, consumer financial law, insurance claims and coverage, commercial leases, commercial real estate foreclosures, loan transactions, and internal corporate investigations. Her litigation practice also includes personal injury, premises liability, general liability, third-party insurance defense, and defamation claims.
Sheyla earned her B.A. in International Relations, magna cum laude, from Florida International University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her J.D. from Florida International University College of Law.
Sheyla is admitted to The Florida Bar and the District of Columbia Bar, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida. She is a member of the American Bar Association.
J.D., Florida International University College of Law
B.A., magna cum laude, Florida International University
Certificate in Latin American Studies
