About Daivelis Garcia

Daivelis Garcia is a Partner at Rubenstein Law focusing on personal injury matters. Born in Havana, Cuba and raised in Miami, Florida, Daivelis earned her B.S. magna cum laude from Florida International University in 2005 (Criminal Justice major, Political Science minor), her M.B.A. from FIU in 2011, and her J.D. from FIU College of Law in December 2014. During law school she completed two internships with the City of Coral Gables City Attorney's Office, served as a Teaching Assistant for Legal Research and Writing, and participated in the Small Business Clinic. Her practice covers traumatic brain injury, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle and trucking accidents, premises liability, and negligent security.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers

These results are credited to Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Massachusetts jury returned a $1 billion punitive verdict against Philip Morris in 2022 over the lung cancer death of Barbara Fontaine, a case handled in part by Rubenstein Law attorney Kevin Donovan; the punitive award was later reduced to $56 million, a figure the state Supreme Judicial Court upheld in April 2026.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$20.7 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #16

A Middlesex County jury awarded Joseph Reppucci and his wife $20.7 million after finding that R.J. Reynolds and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. bore responsibility for the oropharyngeal cancer he developed following decades of smoking their cigarettes.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$6 millionVerdict

A Miami-Dade jury awarded $6 million to the widow of Oscar Cabrera, a construction worker killed in February 2017 when a remotely operated Metromover train struck a boom lift near the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. station while he was working on the Brightline terminal project.

Miami-Dade County, Florida · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$4.8 millionVerdict

A Miami-Dade jury returned a $4,877,775 verdict for Juan Del Valle, who slipped on water from a leaking produce refrigeration unit at a Winn-Dixie in Miami Lakes and underwent three spinal surgeries, leaving him with permanent hardware in his spine.

Miami-Dade County, Florida · 2018Slip & FallRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Florida International University College of Law
J.D.; M.B.A. (FIU 2011); B.S. magna cum laude (FIU 2005), 2014
Florida International University
Undergraduate, 2005

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida
Florida Justice Association
Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
Tau Sigma Honor Society
Golden Key Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

Awards & recognition

Magna cum laude - FIU
Dean's List - FIU
Dean's List - FIU College of Law
C.A.L.I. Excellence for the Future Award - Products Liability
C.A.L.I. Excellence for the Future Award - Law & Procedure

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Miami firms

Leesfield & Partners
Leesfield & Partners
$95 Million Verdict After Drunk Driver Overserved at Miami Bar Killed a Woman and Injured Her Brother
Goldberg & Rosen
Goldberg & Rosen
$1.02 billion · Champlain Towers Collapse: $1.021 Billion for 98 Victims in Under a Year
Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers
Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers
~$24.8 million · $37.5 Million Verdict for Miami Lawyer Who Lost His Tongue to Tobacco Cancer
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
$43 Million Broward Verdict for Couple Left in Comas by Drunk Driver
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
$3 Million Verdict for Handyman Who Lost Use of Dominant Hand After Tripping Over Hidden Wire Mesh

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.