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Lissette Gonzalez

Partner

Overview

Overview

Lissette Gonzalez is a Partner in the firm's Miami office who concentrates her practice on appeals and litigation support.  She has appellate experience at the state and federal level in a wide-range of areas, including but not limited to construction, landlord-tenant, first party and third party property, association law, premises liability, medical malpractice, professional malpractice, liquor liability defense, workers’ compensation, slip and fall, nursing home healthcare, personal injury protection, general insurance defense, and family law.

Ms. Gonzalez earned her Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University School of Law in 2012, graduating cum laude. While in law school, she served as Executive Editor of the St. Thomas Law Review and her article published in the Spring 2011 Edition was chosen to participate in the 2010-2011 Scribes Law-Review-Award Competition.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Gonzalez practiced as an appellate attorney in the area of family law and was an active member of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar, where she served on several committees and authored several articles for the Section’s publication. 

Associations

  • The Florida Bar Association
  • Miami-Dade Bar
  • American Bar Association
  • Appellate Law Section of The Florida Bar

Awards & Recognitions

  • Best Lawyers 2025

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Publications

“The Art of Storytelling: The Importance of an Effective Statement of the Case and Facts”, The Florida Bar Family Law Section Commentator, Winter 2015

Co-Authored, “In Recognition of Marital and Family Law Equality: The Family Law Section’s Brief Amicus Curiae in Shaw v. Shaw”, The Florida Bar Family Law Section Commentator, Fall 2014

Co-Authored, Briefs Amicus Curiae in support of marital and family equality filed on behalf of the AAML, Fla. Chap., in State v. Pareto, and on behalf of the AAML, Fla. Chap. & Family Law Section, Florida Bar, in Shaw v. Shaw 

"With Liberty and Justice for All [Families]–The Modern American Same-Sex Family”, 23, St. Thomas Law Review, 293, 2011

Education

  • St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump School of Law, J.D., cum laude
  • Florida International University, B.A.

Admissions

  • Florida, 10/5/2012
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
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