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Attorney Profile

Diana Santa Maria

Diana Santa Maria

Law Offices of Diana Santa Maria, P.A.
5220 South University Drive, Suite 205C
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328

Fort Lauderdale

Florida (FL)

Contact Contact Diana Santa Maria
T: 954-434-1077
F: 954-434-4462

Visit: www.santamarialaw.net
Practice Areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (70%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (20%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (10%)

Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice

Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Profile

Diana Santa Maria is the founding and managing partner of the Law Offices of Diana Santa Maria, P.A. in Fort Lauderdale. She is a graduate of the University of Miami (B.A., with honors, 1981; J.D.,1984). Since being admitted to The Florida Bar in 1985, she has devoted herself to representing persons injured as a result of the negligence of others. She handles catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases as well as medical malpractice and products liability claims. Diana is a member of ABOTA and presently serves as the President Elect  of its local Fort Lauderdale chapter. She is AV‑rated and listed in the Martindale‑Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers; she is also listed among the Best Lawyers in America. Diana is a frequent lecturer and author on topics within her field. She has also served as an Adjunct Professor at Nova University School of Law. In addition she is a Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator.

Selected To

Florida Super Lawyers 2011
Florida Super Lawyers 2010
Florida Super Lawyers 2009
Florida Super Lawyers 2008
Florida Super Lawyers 2007
Florida Super Lawyers 2006

About Diana Santa Maria

Admitted: 1985, Florida

Professional Webpage: www.santamarialaw.net/lawyer-attorney-1310972.html

Honors and Awards:

  • 2010 South Florida's Finest Couples ( on behalf of Cystic Fibrosis Organization)
  • Best Lawyers in America (2009-present)
  • Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, Florida Bar nomination & Gubernatorial appointment (2004)

Special Licenses/Certifications:

  • Licensed to practice in the Southern District of Florida, 1985
  • Licensed to practice in the Northern District of Florida, 2008
  • Licensed to Practice as a Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, 2009

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • 2011 Appointed to serve as Board member on the BSO Foundation
  • 2009- present- Board Member South Broward Bar Association
  • 2011 Sworn in as President Elect of the American Board of Trial Advocates ( ABOTA)

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • (2008- present )  Amerian Cancer Society Advisory Board

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  • Since starting the practice of law Diana Santa Maria has been committed to the representation of persons injured or killed as a result of the negligence of others. This area of the law has allowed her to seek and  obtain justice and compensation for persons injured or who have lost a loved one due to the negligence of others and has become her life's work. In addition, through her practice, Diana and her firm have called attention to dangerous situations, conditions and practices requiring correction so as to make these conditions or practices  safer in the future. They strive in their efforts to have dangerous conditions corrected to save others from going through needless loss, injury or death.  Through her years of practice and because of her efforts, she has obtained gratification from seeing  roadway defects corrected, unsafe and defective walkways repaired, medical practices and techniques perfected or eliminated, seeing business establishments made safer and more secure and seeing products and services improved. Practicing in this area of the law has allowed Diana Santa Maria and her firm to pursue justice and obtain compensation for victims' losses as well as in some measure help to make dangerous conditions safer and hence make the world a more secure place., Welcome to the Law Offices of Diana Santa Maria, P.A.

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Educational Background:

  • University of Miami ( B.A. with Honors 1981) University of Miami Law School ( J.D. with Honors 1984)
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