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Alexandra Rengel is a native of Madrid Spain. She moved to the United States at age of 18.

  • She graduated in 1996 from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, MA. She earned degrees in Pre-Med and Political Science.
  • She went on to Law School at Boston University, earning a JD in 1999.
  • She also holds an LL. M. in Human Rights, which she obtained in 2004, graduating summa cum laude and Valedictorian of her class at Saint Thomas University School of Law in Miami, FL.
  • She is currently a doctoral candidate working on her J.S.D. at Saint Thomas University School of Law writing her thesis on Privacy issues.

Ms. Rengel began her legal career with the law firm Keefe & Mercado in Boston, practicing criminal law. Ms. Rengel then cofounded the law firm Mercado & Rengel in February 2000. Ms. Rengel focuses her practice in the areas of criminal and immigration law. She has litigated cases in both state and federal court in numerous jurisdictions, including Massachusetts, Florida, New Jersey, Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New York, working on hundreds of cases throughout her career. Ms. Rengel has also handled appellate matters before the appeals and the Supreme Judicial Courts of Massachusetts as well as the 11° Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, GA. She has a demonstrated history of obtaining very favorable results for her clients as a product of her vast experience and superior talents as an advocate.

 

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Ivan Mercado was born in the Dominican Republic and grew up in the United States.

  • Mr. Mercado is a graduate of Brandeis University in Waltham, MA.
  • He went to law school at Northeastern University School of Law, in Boston, MA. 
  • He too has an LL. M. in Human Rights, which he received in 2005, graduating summa cum laude and Valedictorian of his class at Saint Thomas University School of Law in Miami, FL.

Mr. Mercado began his legal career in 1996, as a law clerk to the Justices of the Superior Court of Massachusetts. After completing his one year clerkship with the Superior Court, Mr. Mercado began working in the law firm McBride & Associates, in Boston, Massachusetts, a law office specializing in criminal cases. In 1998, Mr. Mercado became a partner of Keefe & Mercado, working on criminal and personal injury cases. In 2000, Mr. Mercado partnered with Ms. Rengel to work on criminal, immigration, civil litigation and “high end” personal injury cases.

Mercado & Rengel, P.A. relocated to Miami, Florida in October 2001 with Mr. Mercado continuing to focus on criminal and civil litigation. Mr. Mercado has experience practicing in various jurisdictions of the United States including Massachusetts, Florida, New Jersey, Maine, Puerto Rico, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and New York. He has handled cases in state courts, federal courts, appeals courts, and state supreme courts. Mr. Mercado has represented clients in hundreds of major felonies in his career.