Before graduating from FIU Law in 2009, Abraham “Abe” Ovadia hadn’t considered starting his own business, let alone a law practice. His ambitions were straightforward: graduate, pass the bar and join a law firm where he could learn from his peers and find a sense of community, similar to the one he had experienced at FIU Law.
But Ovadia graduated at the height of the Great Recession when law firms were hiring few new lawyers—if any at all. He quickly realized that if he wanted a place where he could belong, he would have to build it himself.
“I wanted to work at a place that valued me,” he said. “I fell into starting my own practice, but I love it because I get to create things the way that I think they should be to benefit my employees and clients.”