Cristina M. Pierson

Partner

During my legal career, I have diligently represented the best interests of my clients with unwavering dedication and perseverance. As a zealous advocate, it is my goal to exceed client expectations each and every day.

Speaking engagements & Publications

  • Built Different Trial Academy, Faculty and Speaker, 2024–2025
  • Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, CLE Evidence, “Daubert Challenges, Opinion, Testimony & Qualifying Experts,” Co-presented with Karina Rodrigues, 2022

Professional Associations

  • Florida Bar (Board Certified, Business Litigation)
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Broward County Bar Association
  • Broward County Hispanic Bar Association

Education

J.D., Nova University Center for the Study of Law

  • Honors and Activities:
    • Magna Cum Laude
    • Moot Court Society
    • Nova Law Review, Member

 

B.A., University of Florida

  • Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice

Awards

  • Best Lawyers in America© 2027
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Best Lawyers in America© 2026
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Consumer Protection Law
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Best Lawyers in America© 2025
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Consumer Protection Law
    • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
  • Best Lawyers in America© 2024
    • Commercial Litigation
  • CVN, Top 10 Most Impressive Plaintiff Verdicts in the Nation, 2023
  • AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, Preeminent Peer Rated

Career

Cristina Pierson is an experienced trial attorney with a diverse track record of successfully representing both individuals and companies with her legal knowledge, litigation skills, and courtroom effectiveness. Her practice is dedicated to complex civil cases including class action, qui tam, and commercial litigation. Ms. Pierson has served as lead and co-lead counsel in national and state class action cases, with an emphasis on consumer protection. Ms. Pierson is Board Certified as a Business Litigation Specialist by the Florida Bar, a designation reserved for just 1% of Florida’s 90,000 lawyers.

 

Over the past 10 years, Ms. Pierson has recovered multimillion-dollar settlements and verdicts for her clients, including an $82 million verdict in the case against Celsius.

 

Ms. Pierson has maintained a continued commitment to representing consumers and fighting deceptive business practices. She represents individuals and proposed classes in complex litigation involving deceptive business practices, consumer protection laws, breach of contract claims, landlord fees, and other matters affecting consumers throughout Florida.

Background

Ms. Pierson is a Cuban-American native of South Florida and is fluent in Spanish. She lives in Coral Springs with her husband, Glen. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, going to the movies, and traveling, taking every chance she gets to explore new places and cultures.

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