Joanna Garcia
Associate
Tampa
ph : 813.229.4137
fax : 813.229.4133
Practice Experience
- Joanna Garcia is a member of the Firm’s Business Litigation & Trade Regulation and Real Property Litigation Practice Groups.
- Ms. Garcia practices primarily in the areas of class action defense, commercial contract litigation, real property litigation, and other general business disputes.
Professional and Civic Activities
- American Bar Association
Antitrust and Business Law Section - The Florida Bar
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Tampa Connection Class of 2005
- Tampa Bay Hispanic Bar Association, Board of Directors
Professional Recognition
- Recipient of the Cecil C. and Augusta M. Bailey Endowed Scholarship for demonstrating character, academic achievement and the capacity for meritorious leadership in the field of law.
- Oralist, Florida Workers Compensation Moot Court Competition (Fall 2000)
- Southeast Regional Semifinalist, Oralist, Jessup International Moot Court Competition (Fall 1999-Spring 2000)
- Runner-up Best Oralist, Annis Mitchell Appellate Advocacy Competition (Spring 1999)
COURT ADMISSIONS
- Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Background
- The Honorable Magistrate Judge Mary S. Scriven, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Judicial Law Clerk (January 2001 - December 2002)
Education
- Stetson University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000)
Barney Masterson Inn of Court (Fall 1999)
Florida Association for Women Lawyers at Stetson (1999-2000)
Hispanic Bar Association, Stetson Chapter (1998-2000) - Stetson University (M.B.A., 2000)
- American International College (B.A., highest honors, 1996)
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