Attorneys
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Cristina Alonso
Shareholder
Miami
ph : 305.539.7339
fax : 305.530.0055
Practice Experience
- Cristina Alonso is a member of the Firm’s Appellate Practice and Trial Support Practice Group and serves as the group’s Continuing Legal Education Training Director. She is also a member of the Products and Toxic Tort Liability Practice Group.
- Ms. Alonso handles all aspects of appellate litigation in state and federal court, including brief writing and oral argument. She also provides litigation support, including drafting and arguing complex pre-trial motions, case dispositive motions, jury instructions and post-trial motions.
- Ms. Alonso also provides legal assistance at trial. Her areas of concentration are products liability, complex commercial litigation and personal injury defense.
- She was listed as an "Up-and-Comer" in Florida Trend's 2007 Florida Legal Elite, as well as in the South Florida Business Journal for the legal category 2008.
Professional and Civic Activities
The Florida Bar
Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors,
11th Circuit Representative (2005-present)
Affiliate Outreach Conference, Chair (2008-2009)
Continuing Legal Education Committee, Chair (2007-2008)
Governmental Affairs Committee, Co-Chair (2006-2007)
Editor of Across the Bar Newsletter (2006-2007)
Diversity Committee, Chair (2005-2006)
Parliamentarian (2004-2005) Florida Legal Services Inc., Board of Directors (2004-present), President-Elect (2008-2009), Secretary (2007-2008), Treasurer (2006-2007) American Bar Association
Florida Delegate to Young Lawyers Division Assembly (2005-2008), Litigation Section, Appellate Practice Committee, Co-Chair of Young Lawyers Subcommittee (2004-2005) Leadership Miami, Class of 2007-2008 Defense Research Institute
Appellate Advocacy Committee (2002-2006)
Diversity Liaison (2002-2006) Hispanic National Bar Association
Delegate to the ABA Young Lawyers Division (2004)
Law Student Division, Regional President (1998-1999) Dade County Bar Association
Appellate Court Committee (2002-2006)
Young Lawyers Section Pro Bono Services Committee (2002-2007) Cuban American Bar Association American Cancer Society, Relay for Life Key Biscayne, Firm's Team Co-Captain (2004) Hands on Miami, Firm's Team Leader (2003 & 2005) Florida International University College of Law Mentor (2003-2006) University of Florida Spanish American Law Student Association, President (1999)
Professional Recognition
Listed as an "Up-and-Comer" in Florida Trend's 2007 Florida Legal Elite Named as an "Up-and-Comer" Finalist by South Florida Business Journal in 2008 The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors' Most Productive Board Member of the Year (2007) Pro Bono Service Award from Legal Services of Greater Miami (2008) University of Florida Academic and Leadership Award (2000) University of Florida, College of Law, Council of Ten, Criminal Law Teaching Fellow (1998) University of Florida, College of Law, Pro Bono Award Certificate (1998) University of Florida Spanish American Law Student Association
Cuadro de Honor (Hall of Fame) (2000) University of North Carolina at Asheville Leader of the Year (1997) Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society Circle Leader of the Year (1997)
COURT ADMISSIONS
- Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Middle and Southern District of Florida
Background
- Staff Attorney, Judge Fred Hazouri, Fourth District Court of Appeal, State of Florida (2000-2002)
- Certified Legal Intern, Office of the State Attorney, 5th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Ocala, Florida (January 2000-May 2000)
- Judicial Law Clerk, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida, Miami, FL (May 1999-August 1999)
Education
- University of Florida College of Law (J.D., with honors, 2000)
- University of North Carolina at Asheville (B.A., with distinction, 1997)
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