April 9, 2025
ShareKelley Kronenberg Adds Strategic Powerhouse Vanessa Rousso as Partner and Business Unit Leader
[FORT LAUDERDALE, FL] – Kelley Kronenberg, a full-service business law firm, announces the addition of Vanessa Rousso as Partner and Business Unit Leader. Vanessa brings a formidable combination of legal expertise and strategic thinking to the firm’s business litigation practice and consulting services.
Vanessa’s hiring represents a significant advantage for the firm’s clients facing high-stakes legal challenges. Her practice spans complex commercial disputes, sophisticated transactional matters, and strategic advisory engagements for companies, developers, contractors, brokerage firms, entrepreneurs, and ultra-high net worth individuals.
Vanessa has extensive experience managing complicated matters through all phases of litigation and resolution. Her practice encompasses complex business disputes, sophisticated breach of contract actions, Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA) claims, construction defect claims, real estate, contractor, and broker commission disputes, as well as defending high net worth individuals and their entities from attempts to pierce the corporate veil.
On the transactional side, Vanessa combines big-picture strategic vision with meticulous command of business nuances to devise innovative approaches to sophisticated legal challenges across several industries, including construction, real estate development, and healthcare. Her strategic legal approach was cultivated not only in the courtroom and boardroom—but also on the global stage as an internationally acclaimed professional poker player with more than $4.5 million in tournament winnings.
Vanessa earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law, graduating magna cum laude and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Duke University, graduating cum laude, with studies focused on game theory and strategic decision-making. She is fluent in French and proficient in Spanish.