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About Christina Martinez
Christina H. Martinez specializes in appellate litigation while maintaining a broad trial practice across civil cases of diverse industries. She has authored or co-authored over 30 appellate briefs before the Florida District Courts of Appeal, the Florida Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court, and has presented oral arguments in multiple state appellate courts. She obtained her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review and was part of the winning team in the Ames Moot Court Competition. She earned her B.A. in English from Amherst College, where she captained the women's tennis team.
Before joining Podhurst Orseck, Christina clerked for the Honorable Adalberto Jordan on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and for the Honorable Cecilia M. Altonaga, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She is a member of the Florida and New York Bars and is fluent in English and Spanish. She is listed in the Chambers USA Guide for Litigation: Appellate (2026).
Proven verdicts and settlements at Podhurst Orseck PA
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Court-appointed Chair Lead Counsel Peter Prieto of Podhurst Orseck coordinated the nation's largest automotive defect MDL, securing more than $1.5 billion in settlements from seven automakers for tens of millions of vehicle owners harmed by defective Takata airbag inflators.
The families of 98 people killed in the June 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida, recovered over $1 billion through a class settlement run by a court-appointed Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, with final approval reached in under a year.
Steven Marks and Kristina Infante of Podhurst Orseck secured a combined $844 million in wrongful-death judgments for 43 families of passengers killed when LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellin, Colombia, in November 2016, killing 71 of the 77 people aboard.
Steven Marks and Ricardo Martinez-Cid of Podhurst Orseck served on the NFL Concussion Litigation Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, helping negotiate an uncapped settlement projected to exceed $1 billion for more than 20,000 retired players suffering traumatic brain injuries.
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