Ricardo M. Martinez-Cid
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death Litigation
Product Liability
Aviation Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Ricardo was born June 13, 1976, in Miami, Florida. He earned his undergraduate degree in only three years at the University of Miami (B.A. cum laude 1997) and his Juris Doctorate at Yale
Law School (J.D. 2000) where he was the William S. Beinecke Scholar. While a law student, Ricardo was a director of Yale′s renowned clinical program. He served on the Board of
Directors of the Latino Law Students Association, and was an editor of the Yale Journal of International Law. Before joining the firm, Ricardo served as a law clerk to the Honorable
James Lawrence King on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He joined the firm in 2002 and was named a partner in 2006.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, Member Aviation and Space Law Committee, 2004-present, Co-Chair Aviation and Space Law Committee, 2006-2007, American Association for Justice, Member, Aviation Law Section, 2002-present, Secretary, Aviation Law Section, 2008-2009, Vice-Chair, Aviation Law Section, 2009- present.
Although much of Ricardo′s practice involves personal injury, wrongful death, and product liability cases with a focus on aviation litigation, he also handles admiralty and
commercial matters. Ricardo has represented victims of many commercial aviation disasters including TACA Airlines, Flight 390, Honduras, 2008; Santa Barbara Airlines, S.A.,
Flight 518, near Merida, Venezuela (2008); TAM Airlines, Flight 3054, Congonhas Airport, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2007; GOL Flight 1906, Brazil, 2006; Comair Flight 5191,
Lexington, Kentucky, 2006; Chalk′s Ocean Airways Flight 101, Miami Beach, Florida, 2005; Helios Airways Flight 2U522, Cyprus, 2005; Tropical Air Flight 1301,
Haiti, 2003; Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686, Milan, Italy, 2001; TAESA Airlines Flight 725, Mexico, 1999; and Silk Air Flight MI 185, between Jakarta and Singapore,
1997. He also handles numerous general aviation cases including fixed wing and rotary aircraft.
Ricardo has authored and published work for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and has given lectures on aviation law at the SMU Air Law Symposium,
the ABA TIPS Aviation & Space Law Litigation Program, and many other organizations . The Miami Herald, the Sun–Sentinel, and the Daily Business Review have interviewed
and quoted him with reference to aviation law and his trial successes. Currently, he is Co–Chair of the Aviation and Space Law Committee of the American Bar Association.
He has lectured for various bar organizations and on the faculty of the Al J. Cone Trial Advocacy Institute for the past two years.
Ricardo M. Martinez-Cid has a Florida Bar Board Certification in Aviation Law, thereby accrediting him as an expert within the field of practice. According to the Bar, certification is the highest level of evaluation by The Florida Bar of competency and experience within an area of law, and professionalism and ethics in practice.
Ricardo speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Recent speaking engagements:
• AAJ Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA Lecture: Recent Developments in Aviation Cases Involving the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens, 7/25-7/29/2009;
• ABA Publication for ABA Tips–published in The Brief Transferring a Forum Non Conveniens Case: Practical Consideration, Spring/Summer 2009;
• ABA NYC Bar Association, Litigation Section/Program: Aviation on Trial Lecture: Tips for Effective Opening Statements, 6/4/2009;
• AAJ, Aviation Law Section–2009 Annual Convention, Lecture Topic: International Air Carrier Disasters, 7/27/2009;
• SMU, Lecture: Handling Foreign Aviation Cases–From the Plaintiffs' Perspective (Representing Victims of Aviation Disasters), 2/21-2/22/2008;
• AviCON, Panel Discussion Member: Aviation Disasters–Investigating the Causes, Resolving the Claims, 5/12-5/13/2009;
• ABA, Lecture: Other Act Evidence in Aviation Cases, 10/16-10/17/2008;
• ABA, Panel Moderator: Aviation & Space Law Committee, Topic: Plaintiff's Marketing Strategies in the New Millennium: Solicitation and other 500 lb Gorillas, 10/26-10/27/2006;
• AviCON/London, Lecture: Handling Foreign Aviation Cases in the United States and Abroad, 10/9/2008;
• “Federal Evidence Law on Admissibility of Prior and Subsequent Incidents Involving the Same Products in Product Liability Cases”, Tort and Trial Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association, October 2008.
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