Attorney Profiles

Diana L. Martin provides the firm's trial and appellate support. She is also retained by attorneys outside the firm to provide trial and appellate support in all areas of civil trial law. Ms. Martin is admitted to practice in Florida State Courts; the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Martin served for three years as Staff Attorney to the Honorable Martha C. Warner in the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida. She is a 2002 High Honors graduate from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Ms. Martin received her Bachelor’s Degree from Flagler College after graduating summa cum laude, being awarded Departmental Honors in Philosophy/Religion, and being inducted into the Alpha Chi and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies.

Ms. Martin was appointed by the Florida Bar to sit on the Board of Directors of Florida Legal Services and she serves as Audit Committee Chair of Families First of Palm Beach County. She is also a co-author of Florida Insurance Law and Practice, an annual publication by Thomson/West.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate Practice
• Managed Care Negligence
• Automotive Crashworthiness
• Civil Trial Practice
• Class Action Litigation
• Mass Torts

Litigation Percentage

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 2003

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 2002
  J.D.
  Honors: High Honors
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  
• Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida, 1999
  B.A.
  Honors: Summa Cum Laude
  Honors: Dean's List - Departmental Honors in Philosophy & Religion
  Major: Philosophy & Religion
  
  

Published Works

• Florida Insurance Law and Practice, West’s Florida Practice Series (Co-Author), Vol. 17 (Thomson/West)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Florida Legal Services
  Board of Directors
  
  
• Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 2006 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Families First of Palm Beach County
  Audit Committee Chair
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• American Association for Justice
  Member
  
  
• Florida Association of Women Lawyers
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association, 2006 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Florida Justice Association
  Member
  
  
• Palm Beach County Bar Association
  Member, Appellate Practice Committee
  
  
• Palm Beach County Justice Association
  Member
  
  

Birth Information

• 1974, Great Lakes, Illinois, United States of America