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.

05/29/2026

Boats. Parties. Unpaid taxes. Unpaid salaries.

Someone decided the company's money was their money.

That's when the receiver walks in.

A receiver doesn't answer to the owners. Doesn't answer to management. Doesn't answer to the board.

A receiver answers to the court.

And sometimes the solution isn't saving the company. It's shutting it down.

Which can come as quite a surprise to the person who asked for the receiver in the first place.

Be careful what you wish for.

Then there's the story nobody saw coming: a receiver appointed by courts for decades. Trusted. Respected. Experienced.

And allegedly running a fraud the entire time.

This week's episode dives into the power, pitfalls, and real-world drama of receiverships.

Featuring Maia Aron.

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

🏆 We are incredibly proud to announce that our Chief Operating Officer, Michelle "Mish" Pelaez, has been named a 2026 Hi...
05/29/2026

🏆 We are incredibly proud to announce that our Chief Operating Officer, Michelle "Mish" Pelaez, has been named a 2026 Hispanic Woman of Distinction by Latin Business Today.

⚖️ Mish is the heart and operational engine behind Mark Ferrer & Hayden. As a Cuban American female COO in a traditionally male-dominated industry, she leads with authenticity, strategic clarity, and a genuine commitment to bringing others up alongside her. This recognition reflects not just her professional excellence, but her decades of community service, mentorship, and advocacy across South Florida.

We could not be more proud to call her a partner, a leader, and a colleague.
👏👏👏👏👏 Congratulations, Mish. The honor is well-deserved — and long overdue. 🎉🥂
📖 Read the full feature: https://loom.ly/dEj500I

👏👏 Desiree Fernandez 👏👏 Eight years on the Branches gala committee, six years on the board. That kind of dedication spea...
05/26/2026

👏👏 Desiree Fernandez 👏👏 Eight years on the Branches gala committee, six years on the board. That kind of dedication speaks for itself — and last Saturday (May 16), it paid off in the most extraordinary way.

This year, the gala made history — raising $1.08 million, the first-ever million-dollar gala for the organization doing life-changing work for 15,000+ families across South Florida.

Congratulations to Desiree and her fellow committee members on an unforgettable night:
Erbi Blanco True • Jorge Borges • Maria Comellas • Noel Daluise • Desiree Fernandez • Isabel Fernandez • Kayla Hernandez • Raluca C. Kotowski • Blanca Langer • Carl Lee • Lina Lopez • Angeliki Marakas • Cristina Miller • Lucy Núñez • Audrey Otero • Karla Richey • Nidia Ruiz • Hanai Sablich • Melanie Sanchez • David Smith • Tara Templeton • TJ Villamil • Rev. Dr. Audrey Warren

From after-school enrichment and college prep to financial coaching, free tax preparation, and emergency assistance — this is what community investment looks like. 🌙💚

Thank you to everyone who joined us to support Judge Spencer Eig's campaign— it was a wonderful evening of colleagues, c...
05/22/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us to support Judge Spencer Eig's campaign— it was a wonderful evening of colleagues, conversation, and commitment to the bench. 🤝

Co-hosts: Brown, P.A. | & Associates, P.A. | Law Firm | Law Firm, P.A. | Law Office, P.L.L.C.

05/22/2026

The law created privilege for a reason.

Attorney client. Spousal. Priest penitent. Therapist. All of it exists because society decided certain conversations need to be protected to happen honestly at all.

The linchpin is the expectation of confidentiality.

And that's exactly what's missing with AI chatbots. Talking to ChatGPT is not like talking to your therapist. It's closer to taking advice from a stranger at a coffee shop who happens to be really good at listening.

The expectation of privacy isn't there. And legally, that changes everything.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4eDJX3Mm4

05/20/2026

From the moment you wake up, you're generating discoverable evidence.

Social media. Email. Text. WhatsApp. Every message across every platform is fair game in litigation.

Now add AI chatbots to that list. People are using them for parenting advice, health record analysis, things they'd never say out loud in a deposition. Sam Altman said it himself: he doesn't understand why people are oversharing with chatbots. None of it is guaranteed to be private.

Where does discovery end and personal diary begin? That line is being drawn right now.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4eDJX3Mm4

05/18/2026

Every episode finds its way back to AI. That's not a coincidence. It's a signal.

Legal has the biggest gap of any industry between what AI is capable of and how much it's actually being used. The technology is there. The adoption isn't.

One firm built bespoke AI tools in house. The partner who was skeptical at first now can't imagine practicing without it.

The takeaway is simple: if you're running a law firm and not thinking about how AI fits into your practice over the next few years, you might not be running a law firm for long.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4eDJX3Mm4

05/15/2026

Judges are human. They bring bias, experience, and prior judgment into the courtroom. That's not a criticism. That's just true.

The system already knows this. That's why there are two levels of appeal. It was built to account for human imperfection, not eliminate it.

The real question is whether we actually want to take that humanity out of the courtroom. And the answer might be no.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4eDJX3Mm4

05/14/2026

Not using AI as a lawyer is becoming a malpractice question.

If a client finds out their lawyer is skipping tools that would save time and sharpen the work, that's not a preference. That's a problem.

The comparison says it all: one day certifying you used AI will be like certifying you used a computer to draft the brief. Nobody questions it. Everyone does it. It's just the standard.

The lawyers treating it as optional right now are the ones who are going to have to answer for it later.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4eDJX3Mm4

05/13/2026

In 1933, a man named Giuseppe Zangara tried to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt in Miami.

He was 5 feet tall. Couldn't see over the crowd. So he stood on a chair to get his shot. Fired every round. Missed Roosevelt entirely. Hit everyone else. The mayor of Chicago, the wife of the President of Florida Power and Light, a retired police officer.

He was brought into this exact courtroom. Pled guilty. No trial needed.

Within five weeks he was executed. His last words: "push the button."

One of the swiftest executions of the 20th century. Judge Scott Silverman tells the story from the room where it happened.

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

05/12/2026

Courts are being handed an impossible task.

Laws written at the turn of the last century, designed for technology that no longer exists, are now being applied to things that couldn't have been imagined by the brightest minds of that era.

And the new laws being written to close that gap? Those come with their own set of concerns.

The legal system is catching up in real time. Whether it's catching up fast enough is another question entirely.

Catch the full episode at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4eDJX3Mm4

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