Katherine W. Ezell
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Professional Malpractice
Kathy was educated at Stetson University, where she obtained a B.A. degree and her J.D. degree. Kathy is admitted to the Florida Bar.
Despite the demands of an active practice in commercial litigation, business torts, securities arbitrations, professional liability and personal injury cases as a partner of Podhurst Orseck, P.A.,
in Miami, Kathy has been involved in a variety of community activities. These include: four years′ service on the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, which she
chaired in 1999–2000. In her work with the Dade County Bar Association, Kathy chaired its Committee on Legal Aid and Public Service from 1998–2005 and ‘06–‘07, and spent
multiple terms as Director and a member of its Executive Committee. Formerly a member of the Florida Governor′s Commission on the Status of Women, she currently is President–elect of Foster Care
Review, Inc. and serves on the Boards of Directors of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (Miami–Dade Chapter), the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Historical Society and the Two Hundred Club,
an organization which raises money for scholarships and aid to children of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Recently, Kathy was appointed by the Governor to the Judicial Nominating
Commission for the Florida Supreme Court.
Kathy has been a volunteer attorney since 1990 in the State of Florida′s Guardian Ad Litem Program and Lawyers for Children America, through which she has represented guardians, parents and children in
foster care dependency cases. She has received numerous awards for her efforts as a child advocate, including the “Children First” pro bono award by the Put Something Back Project,
the Dade County Bar Association′s Richard C. Milstein Award for Excellence in the area of Public Interest Law and as a co–recipient of the John Edward Smith Award given by Lawyers
for Children America. In 2004, she was one of two lawyers appointed by the Administrative Judge of the Juvenile Division of Miami–Dade Circuit Court to conduct a review of and report on the status
of case files of approximately 85 children aging out of the foster care system in a pilot program designed to discover and fill the gaps in the Florida Department of Children and Family′s preparation
of such youth for their transition to independent living. In 2006, Kathy received the Tobias Simon Award, the highest honor bestowed annually by the Florida Supreme Court on a member of the Florida
Bar for outstanding contributions in pro bono service. Her community service in the field of legal advocacy for children was recognized by the Junior League of Miami–Inc. when she was named one of
its “Women Who Make a Difference”.
Kathy is a member of the Miami Dade Justice Association, the Florida Justice Association, the Florida Association of Women Lawyers, the Cuban American Bar Association, the American Justice
Association and the American Bar Association of which she is also a Fellow. She is a member of the National Arbitration Forum′s Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators and is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell.
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