Roberto F. Fleitas is a native of La Havana Cuba. He moved to the United States during the 1960's. He received his bachelor's degree at William Paterson State College in 1974, a master's degree at the University of Miami in 1976, and a jurist doctor's degree from Nova University in 1979. Fleitas was admitted to the Florida Bar and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1979 and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 1981. In 1984 he founded the law firm of Fleitas & Bujan, offering legal services to national and international clients, in a number of high profile areas. Mr. Fleitas is a member of the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the American Arbitration Association and the Cuban American Bar Association where he has served as director, vice president and president and received the association's service award for his contribution to the association and the community at large. He has been an adjunct professor at Florida International University since 1987. Fleitas has served as officer and director of various U.S. corporation and has acted as legal advisor to numerous U.S., Latin American and European nationals and corporations doing business in the United States. During his career Fleitas has been involved in complex transactional and litigation matters. In the last several years, Fleitas has specialized in the U.S. tobacco legislation and the impact of this legislation in the tobacco industry.