An avid traveler and former NCAA football scholarship athlete, Shawn Hairston came to Miami to launch his legal career — and brought two educations with him: the discipline of the football field, and a Capitol Hill staffer's understanding of how power actually moves. As a former defense attorney, he brings firsthand knowledge from the other side of the courtroom. That experience shapes how he defends: he knows how cases are built, because he has built them — and he knows where they come apart. Today his private practice runs through Lawyer With Locs: criminal defense in Washington, D.C. and Florida, and NIL and agent advisory work for athletes who are living the scholarship life he once lived. The Capitol Hill years still inform how he reads power, process, and leverage in every room he walks into. The locs are not a costume, and neither is the advocacy. It is the same person in every room: prepared, direct, and on your side.

Lawyer Juan Cordero is a graduate of St. Thomas University School of Law, and he holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University. He has been practicing law for 26 years and serves as a Professor of Law at Indian River State College. He has been a Victim Practitioner (Crime Victim Advocate) for almost 20 years and has helped residents of Florida, Georgia, and throughout the United States by representing injured victims and their families when a commercial establishment or housing/apartment complex lacks appropriate security to deter crime. He is certified in Crime Prevention through Environmental Design and has been recognized as one of the Top Attorneys in Personal Injury and other areas of the law by numerous nationally recognized associations. Furthermore, Attorney Juan Cordero is a 2-time Combat Veteran. He was a member of the 3d Infantry Division and part of the famous Berlin Wall / East West German Border Patrol. In addition, he was part of Task Force 118 – Joint Task Force Middle East, where he served in an Aviation Special Operations Unit working alongside Navy SEAL Teams 1 and 2 protecting Navy and cargo ships in the Persian Gulf from terrorist attacks by the Iranian government. He also worked with Task Force 118 as part of Joint Task Force Middle East and Naval Special War Unit during Operation Prime Chance. Finally, Juan Cordero was part of the 101st Airborne and participated in the Liberation of Kuwait during Desert Storm.