Rosa Figarola

Education

• Juris Doctor – University of Miami, 1982

• Bachelor of Arts – University of Miami, 1979

Practice Areas

• Civil Mediation

• Elder Law

• Family Mediation

• Pre-Suit Mediation

• Probate Mediation

Background

• September 2011 – September 2021 – Circuit Court Judge

  • Dependency Division

  • Family Division

  • Probate Division

  • Unified Family Division

• December 2001- September 2011 – County Court Judge

  • Domestic Violence Division

  • Criminal

• 1982 – 2001 – Office of the Public Defender

  • Appellate and Trial Divisions

Professional Activities

• National Link Coalition – Professional Advisory Committee

• National Council Juvenile and Family Court Judges

  • Advisory Committee Animal Cruelty and Interpersonal Violence

• Former Member of the Miami Dade Domestic Violence Oversight Board

• National Link Coalition – Professional Advisory Committee

• Former Board Member of the Cuban American Bar Association

• Former Board Member of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers

• Former Adjunct Profession in Family Law at St. Thomas College of Law/span>

Lecturers & Presentations

• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

  • Engaged in several judicial education programs addressing domestic violence, teenage dating violence and the inter-relationship between animal cruelty and interpersonal violence