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Keersten Heskin Martinez, Esquire

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Certification is the highest level of evaluation by The Florida Bar of competency and experience within an area of law, and professionalism and ethics in practice.

  • Complex Litigation
  • Mediator
  • Collaboratively Trained

 

Keersten Heskin Martinez is an Attorney with thirty years of experience helping families in Central Florida in all aspects of family law cases.  Keersten is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law and is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Mediator.

Keersten specializes in dissolution of marriage, time-sharing matters, complex asset distribution, alimony, child support, paternity actions, collaborative divorce, and modification proceedings.

Keersten received her J.D. in 1995 from the University of Florida College of Law with Honors. While there, she was a member of the Florida Law Review and served as Associate Articles Editor.  Prior to law school, she graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science and majored in Aviation Management and Flight Technology.  

Bar Admissions

  • Florida, 1996
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
  • Florida Supreme Court Mediator (2021)
  • Trained in Collaborative Divorce

 

Published Works

  • “Easier Than Obtaining a Driver’s License: The Licensing of Federal Gun Dealers”, 46    Fla.L.Rev., 805 (Dec), 1994

 

Honors and Awards

  • Martindale-Hubbell’s “AV” Rating since 2007
  • Florida Legal Elite, 2009
  • Florida Super Lawyers, since 2016
  • Best Lawyers, since 2019
  • Honors – Legal Research and Writing
  • Honors and Best Brief Award – Appellate Advocacy
  • Book Award – Civil Procedure II
  • Book Award – Legal Drafting

 

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • The Florida Bar, Family Law Section, Member
  • The Central Florida Family Law Inns of Court
  • The Florida Bar, Family Law Section, Family Law Rules Committee, 2002 – 2008
  • Orange County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Co-Chair, Dinner With The Judiciary, 1998 – 2000
  • Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Member
  • Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Board Member, 2000 – 2009
  • Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers, President, 2008 – 2009