2023 Prestigious Women Awards Honoree: Marbet Lewis

Marbet Lewis focuses her practice on the laws governing the alcohol industry and the production, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverage products. She represents clients in all aspects of alcohol and business licensing and regulatory compliance. Lewis represents domestic and foreign alcohol manufacturers and retailers wholistically in all alcohol licensing and regulatory permitting needs. A former big-law attorney, Lewis launched her own law firm, Spiritus Law, with her husband, Robert F. Lewis, in 2017, where she has further developed her niche practice and the representation of private equity funds, large box retailers, entertainment venues, sports venues, restaurants, hotels and other hospitality venues. She is a first-generation Cuban-American and a native Floridian. Lewis is also an active leader in addressing tackling barriers for women in law and the alcohol industry. She is an active member of the Cuban American Bar Association and of Women of the Vine & Spirits, an organization dedicated to the empowerment of women in the alcohol industry. Lewis has worked with various global leaders in the entertainment and alcohol industries. Her firm is nationally recognized as a leading law firm, and she has been featured in various trade and legal publications for her thought-provoking industry insight.