Christina Díaz González
Coral Gables
(305) 377-1000
Christina Díaz González is Of Counsel to SMGQ. Ms. González began her legal career in 1994 in the Miami office of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff and Sitterson, P.A., where she was a member of the Litigation Department. She then formed her own firm, González & Rembold, P.A., developing a niche practice in the areas of immigration and social security disability law before joining González & Associates, P.A. and SMGQ.
Ms. González is admitted to practice law in all Florida state courts, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Florida, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Given her breadth of experience and specialized knowledge, Ms. Gonzalez is routinely called upon to provide strategic guidance on key matters and to evaluate and provide specific insight in relation to immigration matters affecting the Firm's multi-national and foreign corporate clients.
In addition to her responsibilities to the Firm, Ms. González is the award-winning author of several books including THE RED UMBRELLA, A THUNDEROUS WHISPER, MOVING TARGET, RETURN FIRE, and an upcoming book in the SPIRIT ANIMALS: FALL OF THE BEASTS series. Ms. Gonzalez’s books have received numerous awards, honors and recognitions with publications such as Publisher’s Weekly, The Miami Herald, School Library Journal, and The Washington Post calling her novels engrossing, compelling and inspirational. More information on her writing career can be found at her author’s website at www.christinagonzalez.com.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & CIVIC ACTIVITIES
The Florida Bar
Cuban American Bar Association
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Member of the Latino Identity Leadership Consortium
EDUCATION
J.D., magna cum laude, Florida State College of Law (1994)
International Law Certificate Recipient, Colegio Universitario, Madrid, Spain (1992)
B.B.A., University of Miami (1991), Accounting (Honors Program)
ADMISSIONS
Florida
Spanish
Cuba