Aliette DelPozo Rodz

Aliette DelPozo Rodz is a partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where she is Co-Chair of the International Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group, and Chair of the Cuba Task Force. Aliette serves as lead trial counsel for companies involved in disputes in state and federal courts, in arbitration and before administrative agencies. She handles all aspects of litigation including preliminary and permanent injunction hearings, evidentiary hearings, bench trials, arbitrations and jury trials.

Aliette has been recognized by South Florida Business Leaders, is a recipient of the In the Company of Women Government & Law Award, the Women Extraordinaire award and a finalist of Businesswomen of the Year, and has received recognition from Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County, Chambers & Partners (2023 and 2024 years) Best Lawyers in America, South Florida Business & Wealth Prestigious Women Awards, Take a Walk in Her Shoes Honoree, Miami Today’s 2017 The Book of Leaders, Lawyers of Distinction, Businesswoman of the Year, Women Extraordinare, South Florida Business Leaders, Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County, and Florida Super Lawyers. Aliette has built a reputation as a tenacious commercial trial lawyer who advocates for U.S. and foreign companies, institutions in national and international disputes, and individuals in court, arbitration or through alternative resolutions.

Aliette has experience litigating across numerous industries, including real estate, banking, creditors' rights, power generation, aviation, election litigation, construction, insurance, gaming, equine law, and professional services. She has represented oil companies, aviation companies, energy companies, banks, casinos, brokerage firms, realtor firms, hedge funds, manufacturers/distributors, family offices, hospitals, polo associations, large land proprietors, developers and hoteliers in complex business disputes, commercial and residential foreclosures, bank and creditors' rights litigation, consumer credit, contract disputes, ERISA, landlord-tenant litigation, libel and negligence.

She also represents international businesses with claims in the U.S. as well as American clients with claims abroad. She has handled all forms of international discovery and Hague Convention procedures and has worked on International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Commercial Dispute Resolution (ICDR), FINRA, JAMS and American Arbitration Association (AAA) arbitrations, as well as National Association of Realtors Arbitrations (NARS). Aliette is a member of the Cuban-American Bar Association, the Miami International Arbitration Society (MIAS), heads the firm's Cuba Task Force and assists clients with their business prospects in Cuba based on the constant changes in U.S./Cuba regulations.  In the energy sector, she has represented power generation clients and service providers in multi-million-dollar international litigation and arbitration matters.

Aliette is the Interlaw ambassador for the firm. Interlaw is a long-established elite global network of pre-eminent independent law firms comprising of over 8,000 lawyers based in over 150 cities around the world.  She is also a part of the Shutts & Bowen LLP team leading the firm’s LLM clerkship program where law students participate in the firm as part of an externship program for credit.  Candidates originate from a wide range of countries, including, Ukraine, Brazil, Italy, Estonia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Germany, Bhutan, Argentina, Greece, United Kingdom, Nigeria and India.  The program contributes to the firm’s commitment to the international community by ensuring that the program attracts and supports candidates from a wide array of backgrounds, which is aligned with the firms’ ability to serve diverse clientele and address complex legal issues with a broad range of insights.

Outside of her practice, Aliette is dedicated to supporting women in business and numerous nonprofit organizations. She is a longtime supporter of The Commonwealth Institute for Women and Casa Valentina, as well as organizations such as Educate Tomorrow, which serves foster youth. She is a board member of the Ladies Empowerment and Action Program, Inc. (L.E.A.P.), a non-profit organization that empowers and educates women to make positive life changes transcending into the business community after prison. She served on the Executive Leadership Team of the American Heart Association for more than seven years and was nominated in 2024 as a “Woman of Impact”. Aliette served as Chair of the 11th Judicial Circuit's Florida Bar Grievance Committee, and was reengaged to continue her service on the Florida Bar Grievance Committee. Aliette also served over 17 years as a board member of the Zoological Society of South Florida for the benefit of ZooMiami.

While at the University of Florida, she was on the executive board of the John Marshall Bar Association and was an active member of the University of Florida's trial team.