Maria L. Rubio, a founding shareholder of Ratzan & Rubio, has about 20 years of experience representing and counseling clients on professional malpractice, nursing home, unfair insurance and bad faith, personal injury, maritime and aviation accidents and product liability claims. Ms. Rubio is a summa cum laude graduate of Biscayne College and received a master’s degree, cum laude, from Florida International University. She received her J.D., cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law.

Ms. Rubio has been named to the South Florida Legal Guide’s Top Attorneys and to Florida Legal Elite as one of Florida’s Legal Leaders. She is listed in Who’s Who among practicing attorneys and has an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the legal guide’s highest rating. A former board member of the The Florida Justice Association (FJA), formerly the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, she has served the FJA by chairing the CLE Committee, co-chairing the Insurance Task Force and served as a FLAG Trustee. The FJAhas acknowledged her legislative efforts on behalf of consumers by awarding her the “Hogan’s Heroes” and “Shoe Leather” awards. She has also received the FJA’s “Outstanding Membership Recognition” and “Talon” awards. She is a member of the Cuban-American Bar Association’s board of directors and is an active member of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers, the American Association for Justice and  other bar associations.

An active lecturer, Ms. Rubio has presented on numerous legal topics for professional groups. Some of her most recent speaking engagements focused on medical malpractice, nursing homes, laying ground work for motion, abuse and neglect in assisted living- a look at legal remedies, caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases, rainmaking secrets of the pros and under the microscope: nursing home department staffing. She has been published in Trial Magazine.

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