Jorge M. Cestero

Jorge M. Cestero

Curriculum Vitae

Date and  Place of Birth:
April 17, 1965
New York, New York

Education:

Juris Doctor, The Florida State University
College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida 1990
- Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity, 1987-1990
- Spanish-American Law Student Association,
  1987-1990
- Entertainment and Sports Law Society,
  1989-1990

Law Course Work, Oxford University
Oxford, England, 1988 FSU Summer Law Program

Bachelor of Arts, The University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, 1987
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
Criminology major
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, 1983 to 1987

Admitted:

Supreme Court of the United States, 2007

United States District Court, SouthernDistrict of Florida, 1994

United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1992

State of Florida (all courts) 1991

Affiliation:

-Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2003

  • Chair, Racial & Ethnic Diversity Committee, 2005 - current
  • Board of Managers, Florida Chapter,
    2006 - current

-Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2006

-Member of The Florida Bar, 1991

- Board Certified Marital and Family Law Specialist, 1997                     
- Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, 1992

  • Trustee, 2007
  • Immediate Past Chair, 2006-2007
  • Chair, 2005-2006
  • Treasurer, 2004-2005
  • Secretary, 2003-2004

- Family Law Section Executive Council,
1997-2003
- Family Law Section Legislation Committee, 2001

  • Chair, 2002-2003
  • Vice Chair, 2001-2002

- Family Law Section CLE Committee, 1994

  • Chair, 1999-2001
  • Vice Chair, 1997-1998
  • Secretary, 1996-1997

Chair and speaker at various programs for Family Law Section

American Bar Association, 1991-current

  • Family Law Section, 1994
  • Graduate - Family Law Advocacy Institute, 1994

Hillsborough County Bar Association, 1993
Palm Beach County Bar Association, 1993-current

  • Lecturer, “Children and Divorce”, CLE Program, March, 1999
  • Lecturer,  “Basic Family Law”, CLE Program, April, 1997
  • Lecturer, “Accounting for the Family Lawyer”, CLE Program, December, 2003

South Palm Beach County Bar Association, 1993-current
Hispanic  Bar Association of Palm Beach County, 1995

  • Board of Directors, 1996-2003
  • Secretary, 1997
  • President, 1999

Puerto Rican Bar Association of Florida, 2007
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson, State of Florida, 1991

Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White) 2008
Martindale-Hubble AV Rated Lawyer, 2002
Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, 2006, 2005
Florida Super Lawyers by Law & Politics, 2007, 2006
South Florida Legal Guide Top Lawyers, 2007, 2006

 

Publications:

Happiness is Being a Grandparent? The Evolution of Grandparent Visitation in Florida– The Florida Bar Journal, Volume LXXI, No. 10, November, 1997.

Stock Options in Divorce:  Assets or Income? – The Florida Bar Journal, Volume LXXIV, No. 5, May, 2000 (with Michael Mard, ASA).

 

 

 

 

   
   
   
   



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