We are very proud of our attorneys and their reputation in the legal community. Our multicultural and multilingual team possesses both the breadth of talent necessary to cover our practice areas and the depth of experience that allows us to provide efficient and effective representation. We work closely together to maintain a positive and constructive working environment.
Prof. Eduardo “Ed” R. Arista, CPA, Esq.
Ed Arista is the managing attorney of Arista Law where he regularly advises closely held companies, family businesses and high net worth individuals. He assists foreign and domestic clients with business, tax, real estate, asset protection and trust and estate planning, as well as defending them against the IRS. Ed also has extensive experience in a broad range of business matters including commercial agreements, business operations and corporate and real estate transactions and disputes. First as an accountant and then as an attorney, Ed has been a trusted advisor to individuals and businesses for almost twenty years.
As a Senior Consultant with Ernst & Young’s (E&Y) International Tax Services department, Ed advised multinational corporations and high net worth individuals regarding international transactions and coordinated foreign tax and legal services for U.S. clients with E&Y professionals in affiliated offices throughout Latin America. Prior to founding Arista Law, Mr. Arista worked at large and small firms and as General Counsel and CFO of a start-up where he helped raise $15 million in venture capital and ramp up operations in preparation for acquisition by a public company. During law school, he clerked for a U.S. Tax Court Judge in Washington, D.C. and interned with a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Florida.
Ed publishes numerous articles and lectures regularly at professional seminars for attorneys, CPAs and business people, and has been an adjunct professor at the Florida International University (FIU) College of Business since 2003. Ed is also licensed as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Florida and a fully bilingual and bicultural Spanish speaker who routinely handles sophisticated business and legal matters for those clients and professionals who prefer to communicate in Spanish. Click here for a full biography.
Andrea L. Mirabito
Andrea represents clients in a broad range of matters including domestic and international taxation and estate planning, wealth preservation, real property and commercial matters. Andrea has various years of prior experience focusing on taxation and estate planning with law firms in South Florida. Prior to becoming an attorney, Andrea worked as an associate financial advisor for a large New York global investment and wealth management firm.
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- New Jersey
- New York
Education
- LLM, New York School of Law, Taxation, New York, NY
- Juris Doctor, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY; Journal of International
- and Comparative Law, Member; Dean’s Merit Scholarship, Recipient
- Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, Major in Economics, Hamilton, NY
- Judicial Intern, Honorable William H. Walls, U.S. District Court, Newark, NJ, 2001
Robert J. Hanreck
Robert J. Hanreck, P.A., is Of Counsel at Arista Law. Robert practices in the areas of products liability, personal injury, consumer law, family law, professional malpractice and commercial litigation. He was previously an attorney for over six years at one of Florida’s most prestigious law firms, Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A. Robert has been recognized by his peers in Florida Trend’s Magazine as one of Florida’s “Up and Coming Legal Elite” and as a “Rising Star” in Florida Super Lawyers Magazine.
Bar Admissions
- Florida
Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Miami, 2000; magna cum laude
A. Antonio Tomas
Tony Tomas is Of Counsel at Arista Law focusing on resolving civil and criminal IRS disputes. He has successfully represented clients against the Internal Revenue Service at the field and appeals level, as well as before the United States Tax Court. In criminal matters, Mr. Tomas has defended clients charged with various white-collar crimes at the state and federal level litigating all phases of a criminal case. Mr. Tomas is a Board Certified Tax Lawyer and a Certified Public Accountant.
Bar Admissions
- Florida
Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Miami School of Law, with honors; Editor for the Inter-American Law Review
- L.L.M. in Taxation, University of Miami School of Law
- Master in Taxation, Florida International University
- Bachelor of Accounting, Florida International University
