Ana Romes

Senior Counsel

Ana Romes

Senior Counsel

Ana Romes is a senior counsel and litigation lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice and practices in all areas of complex commercial litigation in the state and federal courts. Her experience includes litigating fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, defamation, voting rights, False Claims Act, and franchise actions.

Before joining the firm, Ana clerked for The Honorable Robert N. Scola, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and served as an appellate judicial clerk to The Honorable Dorian K. Damoorgian of the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ana worked for the City of Miami Police Department as a victim advocate and for several non-governmental development organizations in Nicaragua and El Salvador.

Representative Experience

  • Represented major not-for-profit healthcare system in False Claims Act and Title VII litigations.
  • Defended regional distributor in contractual and statutory dispute with sub-distributor.
  • Represented a well-known insurance broker in multimillion-dollar contract and tort actions in federal court.
  • Represented a national corporation in various labor and employment litigations in federal court.
  • Represented an international insurer in a multimillion-dollar fraud and FDUTPA action.
  • Developed an internal investigation strategy for a regional corporation and conducted investigation interviews.
  • Represented parents in actions under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction as part of the United States Department of State Hague Convention Attorneys Network.
  • Represented a provider of emergency ambulance services in a public bid protest.
  • Defended a large public health provider in several high-profile litigations.
  • Represented an international entity in arbitration before the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce.
  • Defended a nonprofit organization in aggressive litigation alleging defamation and voting rights violations.
  • Represented a Puerto Rican corporation in pre-litigation efforts to recover monies improperly retained by an Ecuadorian corporation.

Awards and Recognition

  • Received, “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” recognition for Commercial Litigation (2021-2024)
  • Featured in The Daily Business Review, Profiles in Law section (September 6, 2019)
  • Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, 2019 Pathfinder
  • Selected to the “Florida Rising Stars” list in the field of class action and mass torts (2016)

Affiliations

  • Member, Federal Bar Association, South Florida Chapter (active in volunteer programming of the Civics and Outreach Committee)
  • Member, National LGBT Bar Association
  • Member, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Miami, a joint program of the Arts & Business Council of Miami and Dade Legal Aid
  • Board member, Theatre for Young Audiences USA/ASSITEJ, serving on governance, strategic planning, and board recruitment committees
  • Pathfinder alumna and member, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
  • Leadership Miami Cohort 42 participant, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
  • Graduate and fellowship coach, Posse Foundation

Presentations and Publications

Languages

  • Fluent in Spanish
17 August 2023 Honors and Awards

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2024 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP proudly announced today that 236 of the firm’s attorneys across 20 U.S. offices have received recognition in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
18 August 2022 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2023 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP proudly announced that 250 of our attorneys across 20 offices have received recognition in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
22 July 2022 The Path & The Practice

Podcast Episode 87: Special Episode-Foley attorneys talk being diverse in Big Law

This special edition of The Path & The Practice features the audio from a summer 2022 law school recruiting event featuring a candid discussion between diverse Foley attorneys.
24 June 2022 Honors and Awards

Foley Attorneys Named to 2022 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists

Foley & Lardner LLP is pleased to announce that 18 of its attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2022 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.
19 August 2021 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Recognized in 2022 Best Lawyers in America

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that 236 of the firm’s attorneys from 18 U.S. offices have been recognized in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, and 46 lawyers from 13 offices were included in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list. Additionally, 14 of the firm’s attorneys received the special designation of “Lawyer of the Year,” an honor earned by only one lawyer in each practice area and metropolitan region.
24 June 2021 Press Releases

Foley Attorneys Named 2021 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars

Foley & Lardner announced that 10 of its attorneys have been named 2021 Florida Super Lawyers. In addition, eight attorneys have been named 2021 Florida Rising Stars.