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Ricardo Martinez-Cid Firm name: Podhurst Orseck P.A. Location USA Recommended in: Litigation: General Commercial (Florida) Practice Areas Much of Ricardo's practice involves personal injury, wrongful death, and product liability cases with a focus on mass torts, class actions, and aviation litigation He is experienced in Multi-District Litigation and handles select commercial matters. Career Ricardo is an accomplished trial lawyer, having obtained multi-million-dollar verdicts on behalf of his clients in both federal and state courts. He currently serves as court-appointed lead counsel for all wrongful death and personal injury claims arising from the Champlain Towers building collapse in Surfside, Florida. He also serves as court-appointed leadership counsel for the plaintiffs in In Re: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and on the In Re: Zantac Litigation MDL. He has been named "Legal Elite" by Florida Trend Magazine, "Top Lawyer" by Expert Guides, the South Florida Legal Guile, and "Super Lawyer" by Super Lawyers Magazine. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. According to the National Law Journal, his verdict of over 195 million dollars in the Fondo Vision natter was one of the ten largest jury verdicts of 2010. The Daily Business Review has recognized him multiple times at its Most Effective Lawyers' event. Professional Memberships International Society of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates; American Association for Justice (Board of Governors); Florida Justice Association (Board of Governors); Cuban American Bar Association (Past President); American Bar Association (Past Chair of Aviation and Space Law Committee); appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to its Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity. Personal JD, Yale Law School (2000); BA University of Miami (1997)