Rachel received her A.B. degree magna cum laude from Princeton University. She then received her J.D. from the University of Florida, where she served as an editor of the Florida Law Review and graduated magna cum laude, with admission to the Order of the Coif. Before joining Maderal Byrne & Furst PLLC, Rachel clerked for the Honorable Ursula Ungaro, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida. She also practiced for five years in the commercial litigation department of the international law firm, White & Case, where she defended corporations against complex claims, including consumer class actions and professional malpractice.
Rachel litigates class actions and individual claims of personal injury, wrongful death, professional malpractice, deceptive consumer practices, product liability, and breach of fiduciary duty. She represents plaintiffs in state and federal courts and handles appeals.
Rachel has taken a leading role in high-profile class actions and multi-district litigation. She served as Co-Chair Lead Counsel of the Champlain Towers South Collapse Litigation, in Florida Circuit Court, which resulted in a record-setting $1.2 billion settlement, as Liaison Counsel in the January 2021 Short Squeeze Trading Litigation, and on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee of the FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Collapse Litigation. She presently serves on the Steering Committee of the Takata Airbag Products Liability Litigation, multi-district litigations pending in the Southern District of Florida. She is also putative class counsel in a case against the City of Miami for the imposition of an unconstitutional taxing scheme and in class action against the manufacturer of a defective stroller.
Rachel is a respected member of the local and Florida bar, serving on the executive board of the Federal Bar Association and having been appointed to consecutive terms on the federal court practice committee of the Florida Bar by its president. Rachel has also been appointed by the Chief Judge in the Southern District of Florida to serve on numerous Magistrate Judge Selection and Retention Committees for the Miami Division.
