From what I can find, Shohat is most commonly an Israeli/Jewish surname.
There is a Gil Shohat who is a German Composer from Israel and a present/former(?)Israel Finance Minister named Avraham Shohat.
Not wanting to get into stereotypes but this would not be out of kind for a lawyer from Miami.
If it is any indication of how pliable the man's morals are, check the following:
Chicago Tribune May 14, 1988 Saturday, NATIONAL EDITION
LEHDER COCAINE SMUGGLING CASE GOES TO U.S. JURY
A jury began deliberating the case of Carlos Lehder on Friday after the prosecution said the defense had contradicted itself by arguing the alleged cocaine lord was both a legitimate businessman and victim of a frame-up.
U.S. Atty. Robert Merkle said attorney Edward Shohat began the trial by saying Lehder, 38, was a businessman who wanted to develop a resort on Norman's Cay in the Bahamas. "Now he is saying, 'My client may be a bad boy, but he is not a part of this indictment,' " Merkle said. Lehder is charged with being a leader of the infamous Colombian Medellin cartel, which investigators say is responsible for about 80 percent of the U.S. cocaine supply. If convicted of the 11 counts in his indictment, Lehder, who was extradited to the United States from his native Colombia, could be sentenced to a maximum of life in prison and millions of dollars in fines and property forfeitures.