Diana L. Martin

Diana L. Martin handles appeals for the firm in a wide variety of practice areas, including tort liability, product liability, managed care liability, and consumer class actions. She also provides litigation support to the firm's attorneys by drafting and arguing complex and case dispositive motions and providing legal assistance at trial by handling motions for directed verdicts, complex evidentiary issues, and charge conferences. Ms. Martin is admitted to practice in the Florida State Courts; the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida; the U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; and the United States Supreme Court. Before joining the firm, Ms. Martin served for three years as Staff Attorney to the Honorable Martha C. Warner in the Fourth District Court of Appeal of Florida. She is a 2002 High Honors graduate from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Ms. Martin received her Bachelor's Degree from Flagler College after graduating summa cum laude, being awarded Departmental Honors in Philosophy/Religion, and being inducted into the Alpha Chi and Omicron Delta Kappa honor societies. Ms. Martin was appointed by the Florida Bar to sit on the Board of Directors of Florida Legal Services and she serves as Audit Committee Chair of Families First of Palm Beach County. She is also a co-author of Florida Insurance Law and Practice, an annual publication by Thomson/West. Published Works: Florida Insurance Law and Practice (Thomson/West), Contributing Author, West's Florida Practice Series, Vol. 17 Taking the Pathway of Discretionary Review Toward Florida's Highest Court, 83 Florida Bar Journal , 10th November, 2009 Guide to Important Local Rules of Florida's Appellate Courts, The Record, Journal of the Florida Bar Apellate Practice Section, Fall, 2009 Does Your Firm Have a Social Networking Policy?, Palm Beach Bar Bulletin, August, 2009 Why Lawyers Should Be @Twitter, Palm Beach Bar Bulletin, August, 2009 An Overview of the Selection of Florida's Judiciary, The Record, Journal of the Florida Bar Appellate Practice Section, Summer, 2009 Worker Compensation Carrier Abuse: Successfully Pleading Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress Under Aguilera, News & 440 Report, Journal of the Florida Bar Workers' Compensation, Summer , 2009 The Importance of D’Amario v. Ford and How It Protects Florida’s Consumers, The Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 85 No. 4, 2011 Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Diana L. Martin included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Diana L. Martin Included on the 2026Florida Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Florida Super Lawyers list 2014 Florida Super Lawyers list 2013 Florida Super Lawyers list 2012 Florida Super Lawyers list

• McKenzie v. Betts
• Citation: 2011 WL 309318
• Court: Fla. 4th DCA
• Year: 2011
• Bueno v. Workman
• Citation: 20 So. 3d 993
• Year: 2009
• McKenzie v. Reuter
• Citation: 9 So. 3d 770
• Curcio v. Sovereign Healthcare of Boynton Beach L.L.C.
• Citation: 8 So. 3d 449
• Graham v. Medtronic, Inc.
• Citation: 2006 WL 4764431
• Court: M.D. Fla.
• Year: 2006
• Wendy BETTS, Appellant, v. FASTFUNDING THE COMPANY, INC.
• Citation: So.3d, 2011 WL 917520
• Court: Fla.App. 5 Dist.

• Florida, 2003
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

• Florida Legal Services, 2007 - Present (Board of Directors)
• Families First of Palm Beach County, 2006 - 2008 (Board of Directors)
• Families First of Palm Beach County, 2008 - Present (Audit Committee Chair)
• The Florida Bar Association, 2011 - 2012 (Vice Chair, Florida Bar Journal/News Editorial Board)
• The Florida Bar Association, 2009 - 2011 (Florida Bar Journal/News Editorial Board)
• The Florida Bar Association, Appellate Practice and Advocacy Section, 2006 - Present
• American Bar Association, 2002 - Present
• Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2009 - 2010 (Vice Chair of Appellate Practice Committee)
• Florida Association of Women Lawyers, 2006 - Present
• Florida Justice Association, 2006 - Present
• American Association for Justice, 2006 - Present
• Federal Bar Association, 2006 - Present