Nationality Cuban Religion Roman Catholic | Alma mater University of Miami Name Ramon Rasco | |
Employer Rasco Klock Perez & Nieto, P.L. Title Managing Partner of Rasco Klock Perez & Nieto, P.L. (1985-Present)
Chairman (2002-2013) of U.S. Century Bank Education University of Miami School of Law, University of Miami | ||
Ramon E. Rasco is a founder and managing partner of the Coral Gables Florida law firm of Rasco Klock Perez & Nieto, P.L. where he practices in the areas of corporate, real estate, banking and government law. He served as counsel and organizer of Ready State Bank at its inception in 1983 and served as a director and secretary until 1998. His professional career includes being Chairman of U.S. Century Bank from 2002 to 2013, and serving on the South Florida board of Union Planters Bank from 1999 to 2002.
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Early life
Rasco was born in Havana, Cuba and grew up in Miami, Florida. He received his law degree from the University of Miami School of Law in 1976. He graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami in 1973, and graduated summa cum laude from Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in 1969.
Professional career
Rasco has more than 30 years experience in the practice of business, real estate, and banking law, as well as nearly two decades of service on the boards of commercial banks, including chairmanship of U.S. Century Bank.
Rasco was an organizer and founder of Ready State Bank in 1983 and of U.S. Century Bank in 2002. He served as board secretary of Ready State Bank from 1983 until its merger with Union Planters Bank in 1998, and he has served as Chairman of U.S. Century Bank from its opening in 2002 to 2013. He also served as an advisory board member of Union Planters Bank (now Regions Bank) from 1999 to 2001.
Rasco's firsthand knowledge of local real estate markets includes serving on the board of Century Partners Group, one of the largest homebuilders in Miami-Dade County, and related companies. He currently serves on the board of Neighborhood Planning Company, a large-scale landowner in Miami-Dade County.
Rasco has also served as an arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association, and he has lectured on real estate and commercial leasing law before the Third and Sixth Conferences of Lawyers of the Americas; the 1989, 1991, and 1994 University of Miami Conferences for Latin American Jurists, and before various Florida Bar groups.
Rasco is admitted to practice in the State of Florida, the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida and the United States Tax Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Inter-American Bar Association, the Cuban-American Bar Association and the Dade County Bar Association.
Representative Experience
Ramon Rasco has testified before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on the credit crunch and real estate markets and before the U.S. House of Representatives Sub-Committee on International Economic Policy and Trade regarding Fast-Tracking NAFTA and a Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Area of Practice
-Litigation
-Business law- including complex real estate purchase and sale agreements, financing, leasing and syndication transactions and workouts
-Real Estate
-Corporate and banking transactions
-Litigation strategy
-Workouts and receiverships
-Corporate governance issues and stockholder disputes
-Commercial and government leases, public/private projects
-Organization of de novo banking institutions
-Bank regulatory and compliance issues
-The representation of foreign banks
-Corporations and persons doing business in the United States and general business law matters
Awards & Rankings
-Appointed by former Governor Jeb Bush as a Commissioner on the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission in 2000.
-Financiero del Ano by CAMACOL in 2007.
-Named one of Top Florida Lawyers by Superlawyers.com in 2006, 2007, 2008.
Memberships
-American Bar Association
-Inter-American Bar Association
-Cuban-American Bar Association
-Dade County Bar Association
-Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association
-Former board member and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bertha Abess Children’s Center
-Former secretary and director of Ready State Bank
-Served on the Board of Directors of the Latin Builders Association and the Beacon Council
-Served as treasurer of the Baptist Hospital Foundation
-Chaired the Baptist Children’s Hospital Development Board Committee
-Chairman of US Century Bank
-Director on Doctors Hospital’s board.