Biography

J. Marcos Martinez, Esq., is a Senior Partner in the Miami office. Martindale-Hubbell and his peers rated him AV® Preeminent™. Marcos is fluent in Spanish.

Marcos has over fifteen years of litigation experience, defending claims against individuals, corporations, governmental entities, and insurers in state and federal courts throughout Florida. He focuses his practice on cases involving wrongful death, catastrophic injury, premises liability, governmental liability, negligent security, auto and trucking liability, and roadway construction. Marcos has extensive experience defending hotels and innkeepers in cases involving pool health and safety issues, including drownings and Legionnaires' disease.  He also handles cases involving allegations of insurance bad faith, sexual misconduct in the workplace, Title VII, and claims made under federal and Florida anti-discrimination laws such as 42 USC §§ 1981 and 1983.  Marcos has experience defending toxic tort claims involving cosmetic talcum powder.

Marcos has argued before several appellate courts, including the Third District Court of Appeal, the Fourth District Court of Appeal, and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In those appeals, he has successfully defended dozens of summary judgments issued for the defense.

Marcos’ commitment to the Miami-Dade County community is strong. He serves as special counsel to a local Miami-Dade County police department and as a traffic magistrate judge for red-light camera tickets issued by that municipality. In addition, Marcos is a yearly chosen speaker for the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust’s Ethical Governance Day, which aims to create civic-minded high-school students.

Marcos received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida International University (2004). He commenced legal studies at St. Thomas School of Law in Miami, where he placed in the top 5% of his class, made Dean’s List, and received multiple Book Awards. Marcos then transferred to the University of Florida, where he obtained his Juris Doctor (2007).

Marcos is admitted in Florida (2007) and in the United States District Court for the Southern (2008) and the Middle (2008) Districts of Florida. Marcos is also admitted to the United States Supreme Court (2016) and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2012).

Practice Areas

Practice Areas

• Appeals | Litigation Support
• Auto & Fleet Liability
• Bad Faith | ECO
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Liability
• Environmental | Toxic Tort
• EPL | Employment Law
• Federal Practice
• General Liability
• Government Liability
• Home Owners Association and Condo Association
• Insurance Coverage
• Negligent Security
• Premises Liability
• Roadway Construction
• Sexual Misconduct Liability
• Time & Policy Limit Demands and Tenders
• Trucking Liability

Experience

Martindale Rating

• AV® Preeminent^TM

Awards & Honors

• Book Award, Legal Research and Writing
• Book Award, Advanced Legal Research and Writing

Bar/Court Admission

• 2007, Florida
• 2008, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• 2008, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• 2012, United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit
• 2016, United States Supreme Court

Education

• Florida International University, B.A., 2004
• University of Florida, Levin College of Law, 2007

Industries Represented

Languages

• Spanish, Fluent

Verdicts

Verdicts

Presentations

Presentations and Speaking Engagements

Publications

Articles