Stephanie Vazquez

How Stephanie Helps Clients

Stephanie is an associate in Buchanan’s litigation group, specializing in complex commercial litigation and intellectual property matters. 

Stephanie is an experienced litigator who skillfully represents individuals and businesses in a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters, including commercial disputes based on claims of breach of contract, unfair competition, tortious interference, conversion, breach of fiduciary duties, personal injury, and defamation. Her expertise also encompasses construction-related disputes, including construction defects, lien foreclosure, complex contract claims, and surety litigation. 

As a registered patent attorney, Stephanie has ample experience litigating patent, copyright, trademark, and trade secret disputes across various U.S. District Courts. Beyond the courtroom, Stephanie also counsels clients in technology-related transactional matters, including structuring, negotiating, drafting, implementing, and providing strategic legal advice regarding technology licensing, development, consulting, and service agreements. 

Drawing from her diverse background and legal acumen, Stephanie has a unique ability to view legal issues from multiple perspectives, enabling her to anticipate potential challenges and develop robust strategic solutions for her clients. 

My experience litigating both commercial and intellectual property disputes has allowed me to leverage my legal expertise and my technology background to deliver comprehensive, tailored solutions addressing the legal needs of a diverse range of clients.

What Clients Can Expect

Clients value Stephanie’s attention to detail, responsiveness, and client-centric approach to problem-solving. Stephanie takes pride in getting to know her clients and their businesses to understand their operations and goals allowing her to deliver more creative, effective, and efficient legal strategies tailored to their distinct needs and objectives.

Outside the Office

Outside of the office, Stephanie enjoys cooking, gardening, traveling, and spending time with her family and her dogs, Teddy and Luna. Stephanie also enjoys volunteering and giving back to the South Florida community as a member of the Junior League of Miami, a volunteer association focused on making significant impact within the areas of food insecurity, homelessness, family violence, child and women’s health, and childhood education.

Proof Points

• Served as part of defense team that represented various industry-leading telecommunication companies in high-stakes patent infringement actions concerning telecommunications and networking technologies.
• Served as part of litigation team that secured a $2.6 million award and a permanent injunction on behalf of EV battery manufacturer client in trademark infringement and unfair competition action.
• Represented owner of Miami commercial complex in dispute against general contractor involving claims of breach of contract and construction defects.
• Successfully represented notable author and public figure in defamation action against Colombia-based television and news network.
• Named to Best Lawyers "Ones to Watch," Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, 2021-2025
• Named to Florida Super Lawyers “Rising Stars,” Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, 2021-2024