BEATRICE A. BRICKELL pursued a career as an international trade lawyer in Washington, D.C. She earned a juris doctorate from American University’s Washington College of Law and an LLM in International Law from Georgetown University. With a lifelong passion for the law, she also loves to travel and swim. Brickell has also enjoyed restoring old properties and recounting tales of Miami and old Florida learned from her Kellum and Brickell families.