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Annasofia Roig

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Annasofia Roig is an associate in Baker McKenzie's Miami office. Prior to joining the Firm, she clerked for the Honorable Adalberto Jordan of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the Honorable Monica Gordo of the Third District Court of Appeal. Annasofia regularly lectures at the University of Miami School of Law and coaches the Trial Advocacy Team at Florida International University College of Law. While in law school, she interned for the Honorable Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. She also served as the President of the Trial Advocacy Team and as the Executive Managing Editor for the FIU Law Review. Annasofia practices in the Firm’s Litigation & Government Enforcement Practice Group. She focuses her practice on complex civil litigation and compliance matters.

In brief In 2018, following an investigation, the FTC filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Simple Health Plans LLC and several related companies (collectively, “Simple Health”), as well as the companies’ then-CEO and founder. Then, in 2022, the DOJ indicted three former Simple Health executives — again the then-CEO, its VP of Sales, and its Chief Compliance Officer — in the Southern District of Illinois. The…

For nearly a decade, plaintiffs have been filing lawsuits over the alleged environmental and health consequences associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — sometimes called forever chemicals. Initially, these lawsuits were largely against early manufacturers of Teflon and other common household products. But this landscape is rapidly changing. Recently, the range of lawsuits and companies targeted has expanded to include not only manufacturers but also other companies in the chain of commerce — including those…