H.K. Skip Pita
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Skip Pita is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has been recognized as a Top Lawyer by the South Florida Legal Guide since 2002. Since 2010, he has been recognized state-wide as a top lawyer in Florida’s Legal Elite. Since 2011, the National Trial Lawyers Assoc. named Skip as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Florida and then, beginning in 2017, the organization named Skip as one of the Top 25 lawyers for Medical Malpractice. Since 2011, Best Lawyers in America with U.S. News & World Report has recognized Skip for his high caliber work representing the injured.
In 2020, Skip’s Florida peers voted him as a Super Lawyer. And Skip was also selected a Fellow of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Academy Fellows have proven not just their dedication to representing people, but their fighting passion to protect, preserve and advance the cause of the civil justice system in Florida.
These rankings and accolades are all based on rigorous peer review. Skip was elected to serve five consecutive years on the Board for the Florida Justice Association, the state’s preeminent trial lawyer association.
EDUCATION
- LLM in International Law from George Washington University, 1993
- Graduated from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas, Texas.
Honors/Awards:
- Fellow, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
- Super Lawyer, 2020
- Top 25 Lawyers for Medical Malpractice, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2017
- Best Lawyers in America with U.S. News & World Report, 2011
- Top Lawyer in Florida’s Legal Elite, 2010
- Top 100 Lawyers in Florida, National Trial Lawyers Association, 2011
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Top Lawyer, South Florida Legal Guide, 2002
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Florida Bar
- Miami-Dade County Trial Lawyers Association
- American Justice Association
- National Trial Lawyers Association
- Florida Justice Association, Board Member
PRO BONO
- Temple Beth Am Religious School Board (Ex-chair of K-6 Committee)
- Fundacion Chichi Puig (member, former Secretary and President)
- Dade County Bar Association Professionalism Committee (member)
- Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce (former Vice President)
- Bi-National Chamber of Commerce (former member)
- Vitas Healthcare – Paw Pals Volunteer
