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 and the Health Care 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.
• She also provides legal assistance at trial. Her areas of concentration are products liability, complex commercial litigation and personal injury defense.
• Cristina Alonso was listed as an “Up-and-Comer” in Florida Trend’s 2008 and 2007 Florida Legal Elite, as well as in the South Florida Business Journal 2008 and 2009.

Professional and Civic Activities

• The Florida Bar
  • Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors
    • 11th Circuit Representative (2005-2011)
    • Pro Bono and Community Involvement Committee, Chair (2009-2010)
    • 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)
  • Appellate Practice Section, Pro Bono Committee (2004-present)
• The Florida Bar Foundation, Board of Directors (2009-2010)
• Florida Legal Services Inc., Board of Directors (2004-2010)
  President (2009-2010), President-Elect (2008-2009), Secretary (2007-2008), Treasurer (2006-2007)
• American Bar Association
  Litigation Section, Appellate Practice Committee, Co-Chair of Young Lawyers Subcommittee (2004-present)
  Florida Delegate to Young Lawyers Division Assembly (2005-2008)
• National Center for State Courts, Lawyers Committee, Founding Member and Co-Chair of Young Lawyers Section (2008-present)
• Leadership Miami, Class of 2007-2008
• Defense Research Institute
  Appellate Advocacy Committee
  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-present)
• 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)

Professional Recognition

• Recognized as one of “The Most Effective Lawyers” in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties by Daily Business Review
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Listed as an “Up-and-Comer” in Florida Trend’s 2008 and 2007 Florida Legal Elite
• Named as an “Up-and-Comer” by South Florida Business Journal in 2008 and 2009 
• Listed in South Florida Legal Guide, "Up-and-Comer" (2010)
• 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)

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Florida

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Florida State Courts
• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle 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)

LANGUAGES

• Spanish