It’s one of several jobs he's had in addition to his part-time role as Miami Mayor.
As he seeks America’s most powerful job, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is taking an unpaid leave of absence from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, a litigation firm for which he served as counsel since May 2021.
Suarez’s leave from the firm, where he’s worked since May 2021, was effective July 1, two weeks after he announced his candidacy for President.
The move is solely due to his seeking the Republican nomination, a spokesperson told Bloomberg Law, which in June quoted the Mayor saying he was considering a pause in his work there while vying for national office.
“The firm and Francis agreed that he should focus on his presidential campaign,” the Quinn Emanuel spokesperson said. “His unpaid leave was motivated by no other consideration.”
A real estate lawyer by trade, Suarez saw his net worth grow fivefold in his first term as Mayor, according to financial disclosures he filed with the city.
During that time, he took numerous private sector jobs to supplement his part-time role as Mayor, a largely symbolic position that pays roughly $130,000 yearly. In addition to Quinn Emanuel, he receives income from DaGrosa Capital Partners, a private equity firm where he is partner, and as a paid board member of eMerge Americas, a local technology conference.
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