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EDUCATION: University of Miami School of Law Coral Gables, Florida Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1983 University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1979
PRACTICE AREAS: Medical Malpractice Defense Professional Liability Defense Nursing Home Liability Defense General Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution Condominium Homeowner and Community Association Litigation Insurance Litigation
BAR ADMISSIONS: Illinois, 1988 United States District Court Southern District of Florida, 1984 Florida, 1983
MEMBERSHIPS AND RECOGNITIONS: The Florida Bar Association The Illinois State Bar Association Florida Association for Women Lawyers (Director 1989 to 1991) Eleventh Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee 1991 to 1994 Phi Kappa Phi AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell |
Ms. Hibnick is a civil trial attorney with an AV-rating from Martindale-Hubbell and over 25 years experience. She focuses her practice in the areas of medical malpractice and professional liability defense; nursing home liability defense; general civil litigation and dispute resolution; condominium homeowner and community association litigation and insurance litigation. Prior to creating Cynthia Barnett Hibnick, P.A., Ms. Hibnick was the managing shareholder of a statewide boutique litigation practice with a concentration on complex legal and medical matters. Ms. Hibnick graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 1983 and magna cum laude from the University of Miami in 1979.
Ms. Hibnick is admitted to practice in the states of Florida and Illinois and before the United States District Court - Southern District of Florida. Ms. Hibnick holds memberships with The Florida Bar Association (Trial Lawyers and Health Law Sections); The Illinois State Bar Association; Miami-Dade County Bar Association; and The Florida Association for Women Lawyers, (Board of Directors 1989 to 1991). She is a former member of The American Association for Justice (f/k/a Association of Trial Lawyers of America); The Florida Justice Association (f/k/a The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers); and The Miami-Dade Justice Association (f/k/a Dade County Trial Attorneys), having relinquished her memberships when she switched the concentration of her practice from primarily representing plaintiffs to primarily representing defendants. Ms. Hibnick also served on the Florida Bar Association's 11th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee from 1991 to 1994, where she investigated complaints of violation of the professional conduct rules imposed by the Supreme Court of Florida on Florida Bar Members. Ms. Hibnick regularly volunteers to judge law students in local and statewide Mock Trial Competitions, including The Florida Bar Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition.
In addition to her Bar related activities, Ms. Hibnick is active in the wider Miami-Dade Community, having served six years on the Board of Directors of Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest, Florida and was Chairperson of its Risk Management Committee. She was also a founding member of the Hadassah Professional Women's Council for Miami-Dade County. |