Kayla M. Hernandez
Associate
305-350-2360
khernandez@bilzin.com
Hablo Español
Area of Focus:
Trial & Litigation
Kayla M. Hernandez
Associate
305-350-2360
GET TO KNOW
KAYLA
Kayla Hernandez is an Associate in Bilzin Sumberg's Trial & Litigation Group, where she handles commercial litigation, antitrust, and arbitration matters. As part of the firm’s Antitrust Team, Kayla has worked on high profile, nationally recognized opt-out cases involving price-fixing schemes in violation of antitrust laws.
Q & A
What do you enjoy most about your practice?
The thing I enjoy most about my practice is using my creativity. Whether I am researching and analyzing legal issues, developing and refining arguments in written memorandum, or crafting discovery responses, I have to be creative and strategic. This ultimately requires understanding each clients’ specific interests and goals and considering how to further them.
What kinds of challenges get you most excited?
All cases present their own unique challenges and that is what makes the practice of law exciting. The law is seldom black and white even for seemingly straightforward issues. As a lawyer, you have to be prepared—and excited—to tackle all challenges that come your way.
EXPERIENCE
Representation ofan international hotel company, as defendant, in multiple lawsuits brought by a competitorseeking to prevent client from developing an ultra-luxury oceanfront hotelin South Florida.
Obtained dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a national engineering firm in a putative class action brought by residents seeking millions of dollars in alleged damages in connection with the city's water treatment.
Served as trial counsel to Hyundai Motor America Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and obtained final summary judgment on its behalf in high-stakes termination action brought by two large Hyundai dealerships based in West Palm Beach, who alleged that Hyundai...
Representation of Hyundai Motor America Corporation and Hyundai Motor Company in a federal court action against one of their auto dealers, alleging fraud and damages, and involving a counterclaim by the dealer for over $20 million. The jury found that the dealership had committed fraud against Hyund...
Successful representation of a film industry investor in a civil suit against a movie producer, alleging that the producer fraudulently induced client to invest in a series of film and reality TV projects. Secured $6.5 million in compensatory damages and $13 million in punitive damages for client in...
Representation of the managing member of a real estate investment fund in connection with a personal limited recourse guaranty associated with a $190 million commercial loan on a 400,000 square foot Class-A office building. Successfully defended client by obtaining final summary judgment in Miami-Da...
INSIGHTS
Adrian K. Felix and Kayla Hernandez led a discussion on the availability and use of arbitration as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism in complex business disputes.
On November 5, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) that implemented a “vaccinate-or-test” mandate for large, private employers. The ETS spurred a flurry of lawsuits in federal courts natio...
After the avalanche of lawsuits in 2019 and 2020 targeting products marketed as containing vanilla-flavoring were largely dismissed by federal courts nationwide, many predicted that vanilla product labeling lawsuits would have ceased, or at least decreased. But, these lawsuits continue to flood the ...
CREDENTIALS
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University of Florida, J.D., cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2020Florida State University, B.S., Political Science, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2017
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Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
Pathfinder, 2023
BranchesBlack Tie & Blue Jeans Gala Committee, 2022 - presentFlorida Association for Women LawyersMDFAWL, Judiciary Liaison Committee, 2022 - 2024
MDFAWL, Stakeholder Education and Recognition Committee, 2022Miami-Dade BarYoung Lawyer Section, Board Member, 2023-2025 -
Florida
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Lawyers of Color, Hot List, 2023
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Spanish
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