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About Ricardo Martinez-Cid
Ricardo M. Martinez-Cid earned his B.A. cum laude in only three years from the University of Miami (1997) and his J.D. from Yale Law School (2000), where he was the William S. Beinecke Scholar. He is Board Certified in both Aviation Law and Civil Trial by the Florida Bar, its highest level of evaluation of competency and experience in a specialty area. Ricardo is a member of the International Society of Barristers and the American Board of Trial Advocates, both invitation-only organizations. He was appointed court-appointed lead counsel for all wrongful death and personal injury victims of the Champlain Towers building collapse in Surfside, Florida, and has served in leadership roles in MDLs for Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Zantac litigation. The Florida Supreme Court appointed him to the Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity, and the Chief Justice appointed him to the Pro Bono Advisory Committee.
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Court-appointed co-chair lead counsel Ricardo Martinez-Cid of Podhurst Orseck helped secure over $1 billion for the families of 98 people killed in the June 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida, with final approval reached in under a year.
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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