Cuban American Bar Association Hosts Annual Fundraiser to Benefit CABA Pro Bono Legal Services
MIAMI — December 10, 2025 – The Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) raised more than $55,000 at the 20th anniversary of its annual Art in the Tropics fundraiser on Saturday, November 15 at HistoryMiami Museum. More than 200 guests enjoyed the event, Noche de Fortuna, that featured a casino night and CABA’s traditional auction. Art in the Tropics founder, Vivian De Las Cuevas, was honored with special recognition at the event.
Funds raised will benefit CABA Pro Bono Legal Services, a nonprofit founded by CABA in 1984 with the mission of changing the lives of children, individuals, and families in need through legal advocacy by providing free legal services.
“It takes a community to make this mission possible,” said Amanda Fernandez, president of CABA. “We’re deeply thankful to our donors and to the lawyers who give of their time and expertise to ensure that people without the means for legal representation still have a path to justice.”
The sponsors included Akerman LLP, Beacon Hill Legal, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Holland & Knight LLP, Kozyak Tropin Throckmorton, Shutts & Bowen LLP, St. Thomas University College of Law, The Law Office of Liudmila A. Marcelo, P.A., Bilzin Sumberg, Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A., Fors Attorneys at Law, Heise Suarez Melville, P.A., Kaufman Rossin, Office of Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, PAAST, Sidley Austin LLP and Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, P.L.
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Photo captions from left to right:
Photo 1032 – Menline Lu, Daniel Buigas, Javier Ley-Soto, Jennifer Ley-Soto, Judge Abby Cynamon, Lesley Mendoza, Ibis Valdes, Amanda Fernandez, Vivian De Las Cuevas-Diaz
Photo 1196 – Amanda Fernandez, Vivian De Las Cuevas-Diaz
Photo 1226 – Amanda Fernandez, L.E.A.D. with CABA – Class III Fellows
Photo 0849 – Catalina Santaella, Clerk of Courts Juan Fernandez-Barquin, Amanda Fernandez
About the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA)
Founded in 1974, CABA is one of the largest bar associations in the state of Florida. Its membership is comprised of lawyers, law students, and paralegals from various backgrounds whose interests include not only those affecting the Cuban community, but human and legal rights issues impacting minority communities. CABA also founded CABA Pro Bono Legal Services and the CABA Foundation, both created on the association’s fundamental values to aid those in need through legal advocacy as well as offering scholarships to law students.
