MARCIA SOTO, ESQ.

LEGAL EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW, Coral Gables, Florida, Juris Doctor Degree, June 1986.

Honors: University of Miami Law Review
Moot Court Board
Student Bar Association, Vice President, 1984-1985; Senator 1983-1984
Society of Bar & Gavel, President 1985-1986
Mock Trial Competition - Semi-Finalist
Tutorial Optional Moot Court Competition - Winner
Dean's List

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, Coral Gables, Florida
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, May 1983
Completed degree in three years
Major, Psychology; Minor, English

Honors: General Honors Program Graduate
Delta Theta Mu (Honor Society for the College of Arts & Sciences) Vice-President, 1982-1983
Psi-Chi (Psychology Honor Society)
Phi-Kappa-Phi (Honor Society recognizing overall academic excellence)

BAR MEMBERSHIPS:

Admitted to Florida Bar, October 1986
Member U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Member U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

CERTIFICATIONS:

Florida Bar Board Certified in Marital And Family Law

RATINGS:

AV Rated In Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

LEGAL WORK EXPERIENCE:

MARCIA SOTO, P.A., October 1995 to the present. Sole Practitioner. Law Firm concentrates exclusively in the areas of Marital And Family law at trial and appellate levels.

KLUGER, PERETZ, KAPLAN & BERLIN P.A., August 1987 to September 1995. Partner since 1993. Associate attorney in litigation department from 1987 to 1992. Case work included: sophisticated business disputes, civil banking litigation, fraud claims, general business litigation, FDIC/RTC work involving failed savings and loan institutions, intellectual property and complex domestic relations matters. Prepared pleadings, conducted and attended depositions, involved in settlement negotiations, first chaired domestic relations trials, second chaired commercial trials.

VALDES-FAULI, COBB & PETREY, P.A., August 1986 to July 1987. Associate attorney in litigation department. Case work included: banking, foreclosures, general business law. Prepared pleadings, conducted depositions, attended hearings.

PUBLICATIONS:

The Soldier's and Sailor's Civil Relief Act as it Applies to Matrimonial Actions. The Family Law Commentator, Vol. XVI, No.3, March 1991.

MISCELLANEOUS ASSOCIATIONS:

Dade County Bar Association - Director, 1995-1998; Director, Young Lawyers Section 1988-1990
Florida Bar Family Law Section, Special Task Force Committee, Legislation Committee
American Bar Association
Volunteer Lawyers of Dade County

SPECIAL SKILLS:

Fluent in Spanish, Some French
Computer literate in Wordperfect, Westlaw and Lexis