As a partner for DGIM Law and an adjunct professor for the University of Miami School of Law, Monique Hayes is known as an experienced business attorney with the benefit of experience in both private and public practice. She also has a reputation as a tough litigator.

As Hayes recently told ThinkAdvisor, this background provides her with a broad understanding of the business and economic landscape. She has been called on by clients to handle some of the most complex matters involved in business ownership transitions, legacy planning and family inheritance conflicts.

Today, Hayes centers her practice on wealth preservation and protection—including corporate restructuring, business succession and estate planning. She says a balanced approach and an innovative mindset are essential to success in this domain, and she regularly provides results-driven counsel to principals, fiduciaries, and for-profit and non-profit corporations involved in commercial transactions, litigation and succession planning.