The Florida Bar Foundation

Attorney Cristina Alonso will serve on Florida Bar Foundation Board

by Gabrielle Davis
June 2009

ORLANDO -- As president of Florida Legal Services, Miami attorney Cristina Alonso will serve on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide nonprofit organization that funds Legal Aid, as well as programs to improve Florida’s justice system and encourage law students and young lawyers to pursue public interest careers.

Alonso earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and her juris doctor at the University of Florida College of Law.

A shareholder with Carlton Fields in Miami, Alonso is a member of the firm’s Appellate Practice and Trial Support Practice Group and serves as the group’s Continuing Legal Education Training Director. She practices in the areas of product liability, complex commercial litigation and personal injury defense.

Alonso is a member of The Florida Bar, Young Lawyers Division, Board of Governors and serves as vice-chair of its Pro Bono and Community Involvement Committee. She is also a member of The Florida Bar, Appellate Section's Pro Bono Committee. She was named an “Up-and-Comer” in Florida Trend magazine's 2007 and 2008 Florida Legal Elite, as well as in 2008 by the South Florida Business Journal.

Alonso, whose term on the board begins July 1, is also a Fellow of The Florida Bar Foundation.