Alexander Penalta is Chief Litigation Attorney and Counselor at Law at The Penalta Law Firm, an international law firm based in the United States, State of Florida. He brings more than 30 years of litigation experience across civil, criminal, and administrative law and is licensed to practice in Florida and Washington, D.C.
His practice focuses on complex disputes for individuals and businesses, including animal and agricultural matters, business and civil litigation, administrative and licensing proceedings, insurance disputes, aviation and drone issues, boating and maritime matters, and related trial advocacy. Results vary based on facts and circumstances; no outcome is guaranteed.
Background and education
He was raised in Oklahoma and earned his law degree at Washburn University School of Law in Kansas. He has taught business and aviation-adjacent subjects as Associate Professor at Florida Atlantic University and in adjunct and related university roles, presenting across Florida to legislators, government leaders, engineers, law enforcement, academia, first responders, and civic organizations.
In 2010, he served with the United States Naval Academy, Division of Professional Development, Offshore Sailing Training Squadron (OSTS) in Annapolis, Maryland, in Training Officer and Commanding Officer/Executive Officer in Training roles aboard Navy 44s. In 1991, he served as Legislative Aide to Republican Representative Nancy Brown, Kansas House 27th District, Kansas State Legislature.
Before private practice counseling, he served as a state officer with the Florida Department of Labor and Employment as an administrative hearings officer, experience that informs how the firm prepares clients for agency process.
In 2016, he delivered presentations throughout Florida on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and related security topics to mixed professional audiences across the state. Career speaking has reached groups ranging from small gatherings to large professional audiences; the firm describes that scale honestly without inventing a single-event headcount.
Representative corporate and business clients currently or previously represented in his practice have included national and regional enterprises across retail, hospitality, transportation, insurance, education, and related sectors. A fuller credentials list appears on the firm About page.
Experience that informs counseling
Documented professional background also includes university-level diving instruction and academic diving program work (including service connected with the University of Florida Academic Diving Program), boating and maritime experience, and motorsports and aviation-adjacent professional work. The firm uses that practical experience to counsel clients in regulated and technical disputes; it does not substitute for case-specific facts.
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