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Marlon A.
Hill
Partner
Miami
(305) 854-0800
mhill@wsh-law.com
Marlon A. Hill represents businesses, entrepreneurs, and local and international governments in corporate, intellectual property, and government matters, with a focus on creative entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, family-owned businesses, and small-to-middle market companies.
Marlon serves as outside general counsel to various companies, advising business owners on all aspects of structuring and growing their organizations. He has a passion for assisting Caribbean-based, family-owned businesses and multi-national corporations, as well as international companies with U.S. interests, property, or immigration challenges. His practice includes business immigration services, particularly for international companies relocating employees, multi-national executives, managers, artistic talent, and investor entrepreneurs.
With deep experience in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate governance, Marlon also guides clients in the tourism, hospitality, and media and entertainment industries on strategic development, contracts, and intellectual property protection.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Marlon is a dedicated civic leader in South Florida’s African-American and Caribbean-American communities. He has been recognized as one of the “outstanding members of the emerging generation of South Florida business and professional leaders” by the Daily Business Review and has received numerous accolades, including the Philanthropy Miami Hank Raattama Community Champion Award, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Bill Colson Leadership Award, the M. Athalie Range Foundation Bridge Builder Award, and the inaugural Miami Foundation Ruth Shack Community Leadership Award.
Marlon currently serves as a board member of the Orange Bowl Committee, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, and BMe Community. He has previously served on the boards of The Miami Foundation, Miami Book Fair International, and the Caribbean Bar Association, where he was also past president. He is an Inaugural Fellow of the Miami Foundation’s Miami Fellows Initiative, a signature local leadership development program.
Engaging with the community, Marlon shares weekly civic commentary, The People’s Politics, on Caribbean Riddims, CaneRadio.com, every Saturday at 4 p.m. His op-eds have appeared in the Miami Herald and Sun-Sentinel, addressing civic, legal, and cultural issues, and served as a recurring contributor to WPLG Local 10’s This Week in South Florida Roundtable.
Beyond his legal practice, Marlon is a sought-after MC for bar associations and community events, as well as a frequent wedding host for colleagues. He also volunteers with the Brownsville Middle School Law Academy and the Emmaus Ministry of St. Louis Catholic Church.
Professional & Community Involvement
- Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, Board Member, 2022
- Miami-Dade County, Office of New Americans Task Force, 2021-present
- Miami Dade County Charter Review Task Force, District 9 Appointee, 2017-2018
- Miami Parking Authority, Board member, 2003-present
- Orange Bowl Committee, Active Member and Board of Directors, 2009-present
- Florida Caribbean Student Association, Advisor, 1995-present
- The Miami Foundation, Board of Trustees, 2010-2016
- Florida Bar (Entertainment, Arts & Sports and Business Law Sections)
- Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association
- Kappa Alpha Psi Richmond-Perrine Alumni Chapter
- Caribbean Bar Association, President, 2001-2003
- Jamaican Diaspora Advisory Board Member, Southern United States, 2006-2011
Awards & Recognition
- Rootz Foundation Inc., Marcus Garvey Community Service Award, 2024
- Daily Business Review Florida Legal Awards, Innovators category – RTWC2026 Focus Group, 2024
- Hank Raattama Community Champion Award by PhilanthropyMiami, 2023
- Recognized as a Community Leader by the The Miami Foundation’s 8th Annual State of Black Philanthropy, 2023
- Black Professionals Network, Black Men in Excellence, 2023
- Unique CAHM & CULTURE Award, June 2022
- Florida Panthers, 28 Days of Black Excellence Award, 2022
- Caribbean Media Exchange #CMEx Leadership Award, 2019
- Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association, Community Champion Award, 2018
- Florida Super Lawyer, Law & Politics, 2015-2018
- Catholic Legal Services, New Americans Award for Pro-Bono Service, 2016
- American Friends of Jamaica, Vanguard Leadership Award for Service, 2016
- Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Bill Colson Leadership Award, 2016
- Caribbean Bar Association, President’s Award for Service, 2013
- Athalie Range Foundation, Bridge Builder Award, 2012
- Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Young Leader Award, 2010
- Leave A Legacy/Miami Foundation, Ruth Shack Community Leadership Award, 2010
- Miami Herald Top 20 Under 40 Business Leaders, 2010
- ICABA Most Accomplished Blacks in Law, 2009
- SUCCESS South Florida Magazine, 50 Most Influential Black Professionals, 2005
- Miami Herald’s Black History Profiles, 2002
- Daily Business Review’s “Leaders 2000 – Faces to Watch” Issue Miami Foundation’s Miami Fellows Initiative, 1999-2001
- National Philanthropy Day Outstanding Young Leader Award, 2000
- United Way Essie Silva Community Builder Award, 1999
Admissions
Florida, 1995
Education
Florida State University College of Law, J.D., with honors
University of the West Indies, Faculty of Law, Barbados, Summer Program
Florida State University, B.S., International Business & Finance, cum laude
Universidad de Costa Rica, Colegio del Comercio, San Jose, Exchange Program
Languages
Spanish
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