Amy Lynn Sumacewski, Esq. was admitted to the Florida Bar in April 2006 and was admitted to the Federal Bar in 2010. Mrs. Sumacewski is a trial lawyer whose primary areas of practice consist of Civil Litigation, Workers’ Compensation and Family Law. She was previously named as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers.
By way of background, Mrs. Sumacewski received her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 2005 from Nova Southeastern School of Law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the top half of her class while working full time as a law clerk during the day. She received her undergraduate education from South University in West Palm Beach, Florida where she graduated in the top 2% of her class, Summa Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies. There, she was awarded the Merit Achievement Award and West Legal Studies Award for outstanding legal research and writing.
Mrs. Sumacewski’s background also consists of appellate practice including the successful appeal, Matteis v. Matteis, No. 4D10-1509 (Fla. App. 2011). Prior to becoming a lawyer, in 1991 Mrs. Sumacewski received her Paralegal degree from Keiser University and the Notable Achievement Award as the top 1% ranking in her class. Thereafter she accumulated over 18 years of legal experience in Florida as a Paralegal working in general practice handling cases involving in addition to Civil Litigation and Family Law, Corporate Law, Probate, Estate Planning, and Insurance Defense.
Mrs. Sumacewski has resided in Florida for over 30-years and has been an integral part of the legal community by previously holding memberships with South, Palm Beach and Broward County Bar Associations and the Florida Family Law Legislative Committee and volunteering as a certified Guardian ad Litem for Broward County.