DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC. - Florida Company Profile
| Entity Name: | DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC. |
| Jurisdiction: | FLORIDA |
| Filing Type: | Foreign Profit |
| Status: |
Active
The business entity is active. This status indicates that the business is currently operating and compliant with state regulations, suggesting a lower risk profile for lenders and potentially better creditworthiness. |
| Date Filed: | 14 Feb 2005 (20 years ago) |
| Document Number: | F05000001368 |
| FEI/EIN Number |
521292246
Federal Employer Identification (FEI) Number assigned by the IRS. |
| Address: | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| Mail Address: | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| ZIP code: | 33024 |
| County: | Broward |
| Place of Formation: | MARYLAND |
| Name | Role | Address |
|---|---|---|
| FALIC JEROME | Director | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| FALIC JEROME | Chief Executive Officer | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| FALIC LEON | Director | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| FALIC LEON | President | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| FALIC LEON | Assistant Secretary | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| FALIC SIMON | Director | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| MCCLOSKEY TIMOTHY P | Chief Financial Officer | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| FALIC SIMON | Chief Operating Officer | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| FALIC SIMON | Secretary | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
| TANEY DAVID | Agent | 6100 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., 7TH FLOOR, HOLLYWOOD, FL, 33024 |
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| Maribel Bernal, Petitioner(s) v. Duty Free Americas Inc. et al, Respondent(s) | SC2024-1676 | 2024-11-25 | Closed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name | Maribel Bernal |
| Role | Petitioner |
| Status | Active |
| Name | DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC. |
| Role | Respondent |
| Status | Active |
| Representations | Glenn William Garcia, Leopoldo Garcia, Jr. |
| Name | PMA Insurance Company |
| Role | Respondent |
| Status | Active |
| Name | Walter J. Havers |
| Role | Judge/Judicial Officer |
| Status | Active |
| Name | 1DCA Clerk |
| Role | Lower Tribunal Clerk |
| Status | Active |
| Name | DOAH Agency Clerk |
| Role | Lower Tribunal Clerk |
| Status | Active |
Docket Entries
| Docket Date | 2024-12-03 |
| Type | Notice |
| Subtype | Invoke Discretionary Jurisdiction |
| Description | Notice to Invoke Discretionary Jurisdiction - Uncertified copy filed 11/22/2024 |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2024-12-03 |
| Type | Event |
| Subtype | Fee Paid in Full - $300 |
| Description | Fee Paid in Full - $300 |
| Docket Date | 2024-11-26 |
| Type | Disposition (SC) |
| Subtype | Rev/Appeal Dism No Juris Omnibus |
| Description | Petitioner's Notice to Invoke Discretionary Jurisdiction, seeking review of the order or opinion issued by the 1st District Court of Appeal on November 8, 2024, is hereby dismissed. This Court lacks jurisdiction to review an unelaborated decision from a district court of appeal that is issued without opinion or explanation or that merely cites to an authority that is not a case pending review in, or reversed or quashed by, this Court. See Wheeler v. State, 296 So. 3d 895 (Fla. 2020); Wells v. State, 132 So. 3d 1110 (Fla. 2014); Jackson v. State, 926 So. 2d 1262 (Fla. 2006); Gandy v. State, 846 So. 2d 1141 (Fla. 2003); Stallworth v. Moore, 827 So. 2d 974 (Fla. 2002); Harrison v. Hyster Co., 515 So. 2d 1279 (Fla. 1987); Dodi Publ'g Co. v. Editorial Am. S.A., 385 So. 2d 1369 (Fla. 1980); Jenkins v. State, 385 So. 2d 1356 (Fla. 1980). No motion for rehearing or reinstatement will be entertained by the Court. |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2024-11-25 |
| Type | Notice |
| Subtype | Invoke Discretionary Jurisdiction |
| Description | Filed as a "Notice of Appeal," and treated as a Notice to Invoke Discretionary Jurisdiction |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| View | View File |
| Classification | NOA Final - Workers Compensation - Workers Compensation |
| Court | 1st District Court of Appeal |
| Originating Court |
Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims 17-024589WJH |
Parties
| Name | Maribel Bernal |
| Role | Appellant |
| Status | Active |
| Name | DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC. |
| Role | Appellee |
| Status | Active |
| Representations | Leopoldo Garcia, Glenn William Garcia |
| Name | PMA Insurance Company |
| Role | Appellee |
| Status | Active |
| Representations | Leopoldo Garcia, Glenn William Garcia |
| Name | Walter J. Havers |
| Role | Judge/Judicial Officer |
| Status | Active |
| Name | David W. Langham |
| Role | Judge/Judicial Officer |
| Status | Active |
| Name | Julie Hunsaker WC |
| Role | Lower Tribunal Clerk |
| Status | Active |
Docket Entries
| Docket Date | 2024-12-02 |
| Type | Misc. Events |
| Subtype | West Publishing |
| Description | West Publishing |
| Docket Date | 2024-12-02 |
| Type | Mandate |
| Subtype | Mandate |
| Description | Mandate |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2024-11-26 |
| Type | Supreme Court |
| Subtype | Notice of Appeal FSC |
| Description | Amended Notice of Appeal FSC |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2024-11-26 |
| Type | Misc. Events |
| Subtype | Miscellaneous Docket Entry |
| Description | Exhibits filed with Notice of Appeal |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2023-10-18 |
| Type | Record |
| Subtype | Record on Appeal Redacted |
| Description | Record on Appeal Redacted - 691 pages |
| Docket Date | 2023-07-05 |
| Type | Misc. Events |
| Subtype | Determination of Indigency/LT Order Insolvency |
| Description | Determination of Indigency/LT Order Insolvency order denying relief from paying costs of prep. of record |
| On Behalf Of | Walter J. Havers |
| Docket Date | 2024-11-25 |
| Type | Supreme Court |
| Subtype | Review Sent to Supreme Court |
| Description | Review Sent to Supreme Court |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2024-11-22 |
| Type | Supreme Court |
| Subtype | Notice of Appeal FSC |
| Description | Notice of Appeal FSC |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2024-11-08 |
| Type | Disposition by PCA |
| Subtype | Affirmed |
| Description | Affirmed |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2024-03-07 |
| Type | Brief |
| Subtype | Reply Brief |
| Description | Reply Brief - copy of 12/26/23 RB but with dated COS |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2023-12-27 |
| Type | Brief |
| Subtype | Reply Brief |
| Description | Reply Brief |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2023-12-11 |
| Type | Brief |
| Subtype | Answer Brief |
| Description | Answer Brief |
| On Behalf Of | PMA Insurance Company |
| Docket Date | 2023-11-14 |
| Type | Brief |
| Subtype | Initial Brief |
| Description | Initial Brief |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2023-10-13 |
| Type | Misc. Events |
| Subtype | Miscellaneous Trial Court Order |
| Description | Miscellaneous Trial Court Order order granting ext. of time to pay cost of prep. of record |
| On Behalf Of | Walter J. Havers |
| Docket Date | 2023-10-09 |
| Type | Order |
| Subtype | Order |
| Description | Order |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2023-09-01 |
| Type | Motions Extensions |
| Subtype | Motion for Extension of Time |
| Description | Motion for Extension of Time |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2023-08-18 |
| Type | Order |
| Subtype | Show Cause for Brief or Record on Appeal |
| Description | Show Cause for Record on Appeal |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2023-08-04 |
| Type | Event |
| Subtype | Fee Satisfied |
| Description | Fee Satisfied |
| Docket Date | 2023-07-20 |
| Type | Notice |
| Subtype | Notice of Inability |
| Description | Notice of Inability |
| On Behalf Of | Julie Hunsaker WC |
| Docket Date | 2023-07-19 |
| Type | Order |
| Subtype | Order on Filing Fee |
| Description | Order on Filing Fee |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2023-06-23 |
| Type | Notice |
| Subtype | Notice of Appearance |
| Description | Notice of Appearance representing self |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2023-06-13 |
| Type | Order |
| Subtype | Order on Filing Fee |
| Description | Order on Filing Fee |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2023-06-13 |
| Type | Letter |
| Subtype | Acknowledgment Letter |
| Description | Acknowledgment Letter |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2024-12-31 |
| Type | Motions Other |
| Subtype | Miscellaneous Motion |
| Description | Motion of appeal motion to review case decision made December 19, 2024 |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2024-12-27 |
| Type | Motions Other |
| Subtype | Miscellaneous Motion |
| Description | Motion of appeal |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2024-12-19 |
| Type | Order |
| Subtype | Order on Motion for Reinstatement |
| Description | Order on Motion for Reinstatement |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2024-12-13 |
| Type | Notice |
| Subtype | Amended Notice of Appeal |
| Description | cert. of service of "motion for review case" on counsel |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2024-12-12 |
| Type | Order |
| Subtype | Order Directing Service of Filing |
| Description | Order Directing Service of Filing |
| View | View File |
| Docket Date | 2024-12-12 |
| Type | Post-Disposition Motions |
| Subtype | Motion For Reinstatement |
| Description | Motion For Review Case |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2024-12-04 |
| Type | Post-Disposition Motions |
| Subtype | Motion For Reinstatement |
| Description | Motion For Reinstatement |
| On Behalf Of | Maribel Bernal |
| Docket Date | 2023-06-13 |
| Type | Notice |
| Subtype | Notice of Appeal Transmittal Form |
| Description | Notice of Appeal Transmittal Form |
| Classification | NOA Non Final - Circuit Civil - Other |
| Court | 4th District Court of Appeal |
| Originating Court |
Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County 09-16449 11 |
Parties
| Name | MIRNA L. ROMERO |
| Role | Appellant |
| Status | Active |
| Name | MIGUEL A. GUARDADO |
| Role | Appellant |
| Status | Active |
| Name | MIRNA G. GUARDADO |
| Role | Appellant |
| Status | Active |
| Name | MICHEL D. LACHKAR |
| Role | Appellant |
| Status | Active |
| Representations | GREGORY S. GROSSMAN, ROLANDO J. SANTIAGO |
| Name | DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC. |
| Role | Appellee |
| Status | Active |
| Representations | Gabriel Groisman, Paul J. Schwiep |
| Name | UETA, INC. |
| Role | Appellee |
| Status | Active |
| Name | Hon. John J. Murphy , III |
| Role | Judge/Judicial Officer |
| Status | Active |
| Name | Clerk - Broward |
| Role | Lower Tribunal Clerk |
| Status | Active |
Docket Entries
| Docket Date | 2014-03-26 |
| Type | Misc. Events |
| Subtype | Case Closed |
| Description | Case Closed (No Record) |
| Docket Date | 2014-03-14 |
| Type | Misc. Events |
| Subtype | West Publishing |
| Description | West Publishing |
| Docket Date | 2014-03-14 |
| Type | Mandate |
| Subtype | Mandate |
| Description | Mandate |
| Docket Date | 2014-02-20 |
| Type | Disposition by Opinion |
| Subtype | Affirmed |
| Description | Affirmed - Per Curiam Affirmed |
| Docket Date | 2013-10-14 |
| Type | Misc. Events |
| Subtype | Certificate |
| Description | Certificate ~ OF SERVICE FOR REPLY BRIEF **AMENDED** AA Gregory S. Grossman 0044068 |
| Docket Date | 2013-10-14 |
| Type | Brief |
| Subtype | Amended Reply Brief |
| Description | Amended Appellant's Reply Brief ~ PER 10/10/13 ORDER - STILL DOESN'T SHOW NAMES OF ATTORNEY'S - CALLED ATTORNEY, WILL BE FILING A COMPLETE AMENDED CERT. OF SERVICE. |
| On Behalf Of | MICHEL D. LACHKAR |
| Docket Date | 2013-10-10 |
| Type | Order |
| Subtype | Amended/Additional Filing(s) Needed |
| Description | Order Requiring Amended Certificate Service ~ Upon receipt of the appellants' reply brief it is ordered that appellants shall file, within five (5) days of the date of this order, an amended certificate of service to the reply brief containing the name and physical address of every party in the certificate of service. The name and physical address of any attorney or party served with any pleading filed in this court must be provided along with any email address of that party used for service. |
| Docket Date | 2013-10-08 |
| Type | Brief |
| Subtype | Reply Brief |
| Description | Appellant's Reply Brief |
| On Behalf Of | MICHEL D. LACHKAR |
| Docket Date | 2013-09-18 |
| Type | Record |
| Subtype | Appendix |
| Description | Appendix to Brief |
| On Behalf Of | DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC. |
| Docket Date | 2013-09-18 |
| Type | Brief |
| Subtype | Answer Brief |
| Description | Appellee's Answer Brief |
| On Behalf Of | DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC. |
| Docket Date | 2013-08-26 |
| Type | Record |
| Subtype | Appendix |
| Description | Appendix ~ (AMENDED) TO INITIAL BRIEF ("NOTICE OF FILING") |
| On Behalf Of | MICHEL D. LACHKAR |
| Docket Date | 2013-08-21 |
| Type | Order |
| Subtype | Order Striking Filing |
| Description | ORD-Stricken ~ The appendices to the initial brief of appellant filed on July 10, 2013, are stricken as they are not bookmarked or hyperlinked, and they need to be sent as one (1) document pursuant to Administrative Order 2013-04. An amended appendix to the initial brief shall be filed within ten (10) days of the date of this order. The time for any responsive briefing shall be tolled until service of this amended appendix. |
| Docket Date | 2013-08-19 |
| Type | Order |
| Subtype | Order on Motion for Extension of Time to Serve Answer Brief |
| Description | Order Granting EOT for Answer Brief ~ ORDERED that appellees' motion filed August 12, 2013, for extension of time is granted, and appellees shall serve the answer brief on or before September 18, 2013. In addition, appellees are notified that the failure to serve the brief within the time provided herein may foreclose appellees' right to file a brief or otherwise participate in this appeal. |
| Docket Date | 2013-08-16 |
| Type | Letter |
| Subtype | Acknowledgment Letter |
| Description | Acknowledgment Letter |
| Docket Date | 2013-08-12 |
| Type | Notice |
| Subtype | Notice of Appeal |
| Description | Notice of Appeal Filed |
| On Behalf Of | MICHEL D. LACHKAR |
| Docket Date | 2013-08-12 |
| Type | Brief |
| Subtype | Initial Brief |
| Description | Initial Brief on Merits ~ REC'D 7/10/13 |
| On Behalf Of | MICHEL D. LACHKAR |
| Docket Date | 2013-08-12 |
| Type | Record |
| Subtype | Appendix |
| Description | Appendix to Brief ~ **STRICKEN SEE 8/21/13 ORDER** **VOL 2** REC'D 7/10/13 |
| On Behalf Of | MICHEL D. LACHKAR |
| Docket Date | 2013-08-12 |
| Type | Motions Extensions |
| Subtype | Motion for Extension of Time to Serve Answer Brief |
| Description | Mot. for Extension of time to file Answer Brief ~ (RECEIVED 7/31/13) |
| On Behalf Of | DUTY FREE AMERICAS, INC. |
| Docket Date | 2013-08-12 |
| Type | Misc. Events |
| Subtype | Fee Status |
| Description | A3:Paid In Full - $300 |
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2025-01-13 |
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2024-01-09 |
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2023-01-04 |
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2022-01-21 |
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2021-01-06 |
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2020-01-08 |
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2019-01-08 |
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2018-01-18 |
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2017-01-04 |
| ANNUAL REPORT | 2016-01-27 |
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Date of last update: 03 Jun 2025
Sources: Florida Department of State