Mark Ferrer & Hayden

Mark Ferrer & Hayden Mark Ferrer & Hayden (formerly Mark Migdal & Hayden). We are Florida’s litigation team. We know Florida. We know law. We see the future and it is bright and humid.

06/18/2026

A bank in Brazil won a judgment. Then used Brazilian law to go after the debtor's son, who had nothing to do with the original case, and froze his Miami apartment. No notice. No hearing. No opportunity to respond.

They brought that order to Miami and a judge signed off on it.

Then US due process kicked in.

Valid under Brazilian law. Irrelevant. The standard here is notice and a fair opportunity to be heard. The injunction did not come close. The judge threw it out.

This episode gets into how foreign judgments travel and where they hit a wall in US courts.

Featuring Maia Aron.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3ytx_rDKw

06/17/2026

You do not need to steal a single document to destroy a company.

Everything learned over five or six years is already in your head. The relationships, the strategy, the clients. And the people who are loyal to you, not the company, are one conversation away from following you out the door.

Stephanie Turk has seen companies completely dissolve after exactly that scenario plays out.

Non-competes feel restrictive. But this is the reason they exist.

This episode gets into where the line is between protecting a business and trapping an employee.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct5Yv2jYmMA

06/12/2026

AI is about to trigger a wave of employment litigation nobody is fully prepared for.

Wrongful termination. Non-competes used as employee retention traps. Scorned employees who can do real damage on the way out the door.

The rules are shifting and most employers are still playing by the old ones.

This week's episode gets into what the future of employment law actually looks like, why non-competes are abused every single day, and what it takes to protect a business before it becomes a case.

Featuring Stephanie Turk.

Catch the full episode at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct5Yv2jYmMA

06/11/2026

The easy case is a manager stealing money. Walk into court, show the theft, get a receiver appointed.

The harder case is deadlock.

Two managers. Equal control. Cannot agree on anything. Company frozen. And underneath it all, someone is probably using company money to fund litigation against their own partner.

This episode gets into how courts evaluate deadlock and what it actually takes to cross the threshold.

Featuring Maia Aron.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3ytx_rDKw

06/10/2026

Most people think receivership only happens when someone did something wrong.

Not necessarily.

Two 50-50 partners who cannot agree on a decision that matters for the business. No fraud. No theft. Just deadlock. That can be enough for a court to appoint a receiver.

In practice there is almost always something deeper driving it. But the legal threshold does not require bad behavior. It just requires that the company cannot move forward.

That is the part most business owners never know until they are already in it.

This episode gets into where the line actually is.

Featuring Maia Aron.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3ytx_rDKw

06/09/2026

The receiver does not work for free. But who actually pays them depends on what is left.

If the company has money, it pays. If it does not, the receiver can get court authorization to take out a loan on the company's behalf. The court can also compel the owners or shareholders to infuse capital. If the company is still operating, the receiver gets paid from revenue.

And receivership is not just a tool for business disputes between partners. The SEC uses it too. When a company or CEO is accused of fraud, the court can appoint an equity receiver, usually at the federal level, to step in and take control.

This week's episode gets into how receivership actually works from the inside.

Featuring Maia Aron.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3ytx_rDKw

06/05/2026

Serving a lawsuit on someone who lives abroad used to mean months of waiting, foreign bureaucracy, and zero control over the outcome.

Florida changed that.

Show the court the defendant uses social media, email, or WhatsApp. That is now valid service under Florida law. No Hague Convention. No central authority. No waiting two years for a country to cooperate.

It does not make headlines. But for anyone litigating against non-resident defendants, it changes everything.

This week's episode gets into the procedural shifts quietly reshaping international litigation in South Florida.

Featuring Maia Aron.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3ytx_rDKw

MAIA ARON After three consecutive years recognized by Chambers USA as Up and Coming, ⚖️ 2026 marks the year Maia Aron ...
06/04/2026

MAIA ARON After three consecutive years recognized by Chambers USA as Up and Coming, ⚖️ 2026 marks the year Maia Aron earns her first full ranking.

👏👏👏 👏 Congratulations to Maia on her place in Chambers USA's Litigation: General Commercial | Florida — four years of recognition, and this one is extra special.

Clients say it best: "Amazing legal acumen and exceedingly strong written work." "Exceedingly talented, smart and a really good negotiator." "Outstanding work product."

We'd add: she's exactly the kind of lawyer this firm is built around. Congratulations, Maia!!

TWO FIRSTS! ⭐ MF&H. First year ranked. Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite | USA. ⭐For the first time, Mark Ferrer...
06/04/2026

TWO FIRSTS! ⭐ MF&H. First year ranked. Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite | USA. ⭐
For the first time, Mark Ferrer & Hayden enters The Elite, one of the most competitive litigation tables in the country — with four ranked attorneys behind it:
→ Donald J. Hayden — 16 years ranked
→ Etan Mark — 11 years ranked
→ José M. Ferrer — 6 years ranked
→ Maia Aron — 4 years ranked, and fully ranked for the first time ⭐
And the extraordinary team alongside them: Yaniv Adar, Jordan Nadel, Daija Lifsh*tz, Ashley Saul, Annie Rosenthal, Charles Garabedian, Victor Sanabria, Desiree Fernandez, Jason Jones, Pedro Velazquez, and Stephanie Turk.

🙏 Grateful to the clients who made this possible.

06/04/2026

A receiver is not a lawyer. They are a CEO.

Same person. Completely different job. The moment the appointment order is signed, advocacy stops.
There is no positioning, no angling for one side or the other. There is only the company, the court, and the decision that needs to be made.

For Maia, the first time required a real mental shift. Lawyer hat off. Business manager hat on. Now it is second nature. Two distinct modes, and knowing exactly when to switch.

This week's episode gets into what it actually looks like to step out of the courtroom and into the boardroom in the middle of a case.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB3ytx_rDKw

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