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MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach
1700 Convention Center Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139,
www.miamibeachfl.gov
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CityClerk @miamibeachfl.gov
Telephone: 305.673.7411 Fax: 305.673.7254
Acknowledgement of fines/suspension for Board/Committee Members for failure to comply with Miami-
Dade County Financial Disclosure Code Provision Code Section 2-11.1(i) (2)
Board Member's Name:
I understand that no later than July 1, of each year all members of Boards and Committees of the City of
Miami Beach, including those of a purely advisory nature, are required to comply with Miami-Dade County
Financial Disclosure Requirements. This means that the members of City Advisory Boards, whose sole or
primary responsibility. is to recommend legislation or give advice to the City Commission, must file, even
though they may have been recently appointed.
One of the following forms must be filed with the City Clerk of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida, no later than 12:00 noon of July 1, of each year.
1. A "Source of Income Statement"
2. A "Statement of Financial Interests (Form 1)"
3. A Copy of your latest Federal Income Tax Return
Failure to file one of these forms, pursuant to the Miami-Dade County Code, may subject the person to a fine
of no more than 500, 60 days in jail or both.
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BRUCE BENNETT
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Attorney/Strategic Business Adviser
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Bruce @thevictorialawgroup.com
305-987-0208
Currently working as a business attorney and strategic business adviser to several
banking and business clients in Miami and throughout South Florida. Advising
several teams of technical experts in the development of health, education and
security Apps for corporate and personal use. Advises African-American ministers
and community business leaders as part of the Black Ministerial Alliance, led by
the pastor of the Church of the Open Door in Liberty City, as well as with Bishops
in Overtown. Advises Miami Beach security firm, DECO International Security
Corporation, for over two years. Located on Lincoln Road, the company works on
behalf of several high-end stores. As an attorney at the Victoria Law Group on
Brickell Avenue, I work with a number of clients from South America on E-B5
issues as well as settle their corporate and residential Real Estate Transactions.
Collaborate with several of the largest construction companies to ensure fair
community development initiatives. Active as part of the Beacon Council, Miami
Beach Pillars, the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce as well as the Miami
Chamber of Commerce. As a board member with the Latin Builders Association, I
worked on projects related to Haiti after the earthquake. I also served on the
board of Our Kids Inc. in an effort to assist Foster Care families. Serve as a Captain
with the Posse Foundation, one of the nation's largest education foundations.
Serve as a liaison on behalf of UCLA and Georgetown Law School as an alumni
representative. Currently, serve on the board of the Frost Miami Science
Museum.
Pathman Lewis LLP: Law Firm:
Attorney: May 2008-December 30, 2013:
Served as the lead attorney on all matters related to State and Federal
Government client matters. Secured large government contracts and local
banking contracts for the firm. Traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with
representatives of the FDIC and House and Senate members regarding
opportunities in South Florida. Led an effort for local community development by
assembling stakeholders in an effort to ensure balanced development in African-
American communities. Transferred to the Victoria Law Group to embark upon
strategic business and community matters in Overtown and Liberty City as well as
with emerging technology groups such as e-Merge America on Miami Beach.
Acxiom Corporation: 2001 to April 2008:
A Global Fortune 500 Company based in Little Rock, Arkansas. Served as Senior
Director of Policy and Chief Legislative Affairs Director on matters on Capitol Hill.
Led strategic efforts to ensure the security of data integration and provide proper
policy frameworks. In this capacity, I organized and led meetings all over the
country meeting with legislators and business leaders in an effort to promote
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for some of the largest banks and
financial institutions in the country. Served as a thought leader in Washington,
DC with Members of Congress and some of the largest law firms in Washington as
we developed strategies to secure consumer Internet privacy when doing private
and business transactions. Worked closely with the State Attorney Generals and
well as Federal regulators in Washington.
Bennett Law Office: Washington, DC/Largo, Maryland: 1996 through January
2001
Practiced law and developed legislative strategies for large companies such as
Chevron Oil Corporation as well as small, minority owned businesses doing
legislative work on Capitol Hill. Also advised companies doing business in Africa
and Asia as well as international business transactions for commercial enterprises
in the Washington, DC area. As a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, I was
hired to work with Congress in an effort to secure the Congressional authorization
needed to allow supporters to build the Martin Luther King Memorial on
designated land in Washington, D.C. near the Jefferson Memorial. After
Congressional Authorization was granted, funds where then secured to build the
MLK Memorial. Dr. King was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha.
Department of State/US Development Agency 1992-1996
Served as Strategic Advisor to the Chief of Staff and Administrator of US
Development (USAID). Worked in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and South
America on a broad range of political and disaster emergencies. Top Secret
Security Clearance; responsibilities included giving major presentations at the
United Nations and on panels in Rome, Brazil and Africa. Business discussions in
China. (During this same period: volunteer teacher in an inner city DC public
school as well as volunteer teacher in Lorton Prison, Virginia). A senior official
and part of a team of diplomats that assessed food and water security threats in
Ethiopia and throughout the Horn of Africa. Detailed our finding in Rome, Italy to
the World Food Program in an effort to avert a refugee crises brought on by an
on-going regional war. Secured additional assistance via European partnerships in
Brussels, Belgium. Strategic meeting also in Paris, France and Nairobi, Kenya. Also
served as West Bank/Gaza Desk Officer. Responsibilities included attending
security briefings and determining the needs of American diplomatic personnel
and responding to diplomatic events on the ground. Assigned to a State
Department/USAID PrepCom to the United Nations in New York to work on an
international conference, held in Copenhagen, which was assembled to address
social and economic developments in countries after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
City of New York Washington Office: 1983-1992.
Strategic Legislative Advisor on Capitol Hill representing the interests of the City
of New York. In this capacity served as legislative representative on Capitol Hill
for all international business, criminal justice and banking matters that emerged
as legislative proposal on Capitol Hill. Worked as a key policy adviser with the US
Conference of Mayors, National League of Cities and National Association of
Counties (NACO). Worked on joint efforts to respond to international terrorism
(after first bombing of World Trade Center in New York), racketeering via (RICO);
international narcotics control, as well as working with officials at the U.S.
{ Pentago n�in".Virginia zto.work on a task force designed to address threats to major
cities Worked closely with`Jim and Sarah Brady, as well as Senator Kennedy and
key Democratic`and'Republican Members ofCongress in the House, to pass the
Brady Brill Legislation.designed to keep gunsout of the hands of menta l:yy'ill
•people
Education ;{
Georgetown Law School: Juris Doctorate 1983
University of California at Los Angeles,'(UCLA) 1980: Middle East,Studies/Political,;'
Science. � . - • ,: �
Harvard Kennedy School of Government:„Strategic and Policy Negotiation: 1995
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