The Leesburg office of McLin Burnsed adds to its practice Loren M. Vasquez, who joined the office in April of 2021. A South Florida native, Loren garnered his Bachelor of Arts in English, with honors, from Florida State University in 2010. Following graduation, he moved to Lake County, Florida, where he worked as an English teacher at Leesburg High School before moving on to obtain his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando in 2015.
During his time in law school, Loren served as Editor-in-Chief of the FAMU Law Review. He also worked as a Certified Legal Intern at the State Attorney’s Office in Orlando, interned with the Public Defender’s Office in Tavares, Florida, externed for the Honorable Gregory A. Presnell of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando, and was a Law and Policy Fellow for the NOAA Environmental Cooperative Science Center.
After earning his law degree, Loren worked as a Law Clerk for the Honorable F. Rand Wallis of the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he analyzed briefs and records, drafted comprehensive legal memoranda, and assisted with the authoring of opinions in a wide variety of both civil and criminal cases around Central Florida. After departing from the Fifth DCA, he spent several years working at a mid-sized Orlando-based law firm, where he practiced commercial, fiduciary and general civil litigation.
Today, Loren practices Civil Litigation at the firm’s Legacy Plaza office in Leesburg, alongside Managing Partner, Phillip Smith. His areas of practice include Commercial Litigation, Class Action Litigation, Construction Litigation, LLC Member Disputes, Partner Disputes, Guardianship, Trust, and Probate Litigation, Real Property Litigation and Appellate Practice. “McLin Burnsed is pleased to benefit from Loren’s experience and talent,” says Phil. “He is an outstanding addition to our litigation team.”
Loren is a member of the Lake County Bar Association and the Orange County Bar Association, as well as the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, the Appellate Practice Section, and the Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar. In his free time, he enjoys movies, live music, rooting for the Florida State Seminoles, and spending time with his wife and their two daughters.