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Prestigious Women Awards Honorees: Marta Colomar

Qualified in Florida, New York, District of Colombia, and Spain, Colomar is the Administrative Managing Partner of the global law firm Diaz Reus International Law Firm and Alliance (also known as Diaz Reus or DRT). As administrative managing partner of the firm, Colomar is responsible for overseeing compliance with firm’s policies and procedures, overseeing the firm’s foreign offices, and monitoring the firm’s financial performance both on the revenue and the expense side. Colomar is a partner in the international commercial litigation and arbitration department of DRT, where she handles cases involving complex issues of international law. Her extensive knowledge of the common law and civil law systems has helped her to advise international clients on litigation matters in both US and foreign courts. During her career she has represented and continues to represent foreign sovereign governments, sovereign entities, multinational corporations, and individuals.

Favorite quote: Work as if the money did not matter.

Fun fact: People randomly tell me their life story.

How do you unwind after a long day of work? Hang out with my friends and family.

What challenges have you faced in your career, and how did you overcome them? Being the first woman in my firm to have a position of authority and being a foreigner.

What has been the most monumental moment of your career thus far? When I argued in front of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and won.

Who are your role models? My father. My boss.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten? Let your work speak for itself.

What advice would you give a young woman at the start of her career? Do not be afraid and don’t feel compelled to smile. And please do not say “sorry” when you start typing and/or speaking.

How does being a woman has impacted your career? It has impacted it tremendously and it still does, because I want to make sure that all my women colleagues have the same opportunities that I had and that their gender is not an impediment to that.

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Drew Limsky

Drew Limsky

Editor-in-Chief

BIOGRAPHY

Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.