About Raquel Regalado

Raquel Regalado is a lifelong resident of School Board District 6, which encompasses the areas of Key Biscayne, the Roads, East Little Havana, Shenandoah, Silver Bluff, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, South Miami and East Kendall. Mrs. Regalado is the Chair of the Miami-Dade County School Board’s Innovation, Efficiency and Governmental Relations Committee and is a member of the Miami-Dade County School Board’s Instructional Excellence and Community Engagement Committee. In June, 2011 she was named to the Board of Directors of NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials).

A proud graduate of Coral Gables Senior High, Ms. Regalado attended Miami-Dade Community College and then Florida International University where she earned a degree in Liberal Studies with honors. Ms. Regalado then went on to earn a Juris Doctorate degree from St. Thomas University School of Law. While at St. Thomas, she was the recipient of the Florida Bar’s Young Lawyers Division Scholarship and winner of St. Thomas University School of Law C. Clyde Atkins Memorial Moot Court Competition and American Trial Lawyers Association Open/Close Competition. While in law school, Ms. Regalado was a member of the St. Thomas Law Review and the Moot Court Team. In the summer of her first year, Ms. Regalado was a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Shelly Kravitz. In the summer of her second year, she was hired as a law clerk by Holland & Knight LLP and later became an associate at said national firm. In the years that followed, Ms. Regalado worked as a commercial litigator at Holland & Knight’s Miami office and as an attorney specializing in patent and trademark litigation with the law firm of Malloy & Malloy PA. Currently, she is Of Counsel for the nationwide intellectual property law firm of Feldman Gale.

Ms. Regalado is admitted to practice law in Florida state courts, as well as in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She is an active member of several bar associations, including the American Bar Association, the Cuban American Bar Association, and the Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida. She’s also an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus. Ms. Regalado was named a Rising Star in Intellectual Property Litigation by Florida Trend and was a recipient of the 2009 Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 40 outstanding attorneys in Miami-Dade County under 40.

Since 2009, Ms. Regalado has conducted a daily Spanish language radio program on La Poderosa, 670 AM, dedicated to informing listeners about local politics, education and social services. Her latest project, “Esta Semana con Raquel”, a weekly television show with political and news analysis, airs on Telemiami throughout the state of Florida. She was recently named to the Community Advisory Board of WLRN, Channel 17 in Miami, FL. Currently, she is of Counsel for the nationwide intellectual property law firm of Feldman Gale, focusing her practice on patent and trademark litigation. Ms. Regalado has also been very active in the local community and serves on the boards of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and the Miami Children's Initiative.

Ms. Regalado is the proud mother of two children and the daughter of Tomas Regalado, the Mayor of the City of Miami.