Dina O. Piedra

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Dina Piedra specializes in Personal Injury Protection, Fraud, SIU and EUO matters.  She is admitted to practice before all state courts in Florida and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Dina received a Bachelor Degree in Political Science from Florida State University and a law degree from Barry University in Miami, Florida.  During her school years, Dina developed a commitment to community and public service.  At Florida State University, she served as Philanthropy Chair for an annual fundraiser benefitting the Children’s Miracle Network as a member of the Phi Mu Sorority. In law school, she participated in the juvenile justice program and completed an internship at the Public Defender’s Office for the Ninth Judicial Circuit in the area of Juvenile Delinquency.  

Dina went on to begin her career as a Public Defender in the Ninth Judicial Circuit where she gained extensive investigative experience and insight to what trial judges expect.  In 2006, Dina took her career in a different direction and began handling personal injury protection (PIP) matters.  She also litigated general liability and negligence cases, as well as, underinsured motorist cases.  Dina has extensive knowledge regarding personal injury protection litigation.  She handles all aspects of PIP from inception through trial including pre-suit investigations relating to fraud, examinations under oath and coverage opinions. Her attention to details is an asset to evaluating and defending these matters.

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Credentials

Education

  • Barry University (J.D., 2003)
    Honors: Scholarship and Silver Award recipient for excellence in legal writing
  • Florida State University (B.S., 2000)

Admissions

  • State of Florida, 2003
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2010

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Kubicki Draper PIP / SIU Practice Group, Co-Chair
  • Florida Bar Association
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers

Certifications / Specialties

  • Certified Continuing Education Instructor, State of Florida
Presentations

Speaking Engagements / Presentations

  • "Florida Tort Reform and PIP Litigation – What Changed? and ABC’s and XYZ‘s Regarding EUO’s," GEICO, 2023
  • "Social Media in the Evaluation of Insurance Claims," IASIU, 2022
  • "PIP 2022 - What’s Trending? and PIP Coverage: Common Issues and Exclusions," Travelers, 2022
  • "Corporate Representative Depositions and PIP 2022 - What's Trending?," AAA, 2022
  • "Advanced PIP Litigation," AAA, 2021
  • "Hot Topics in PIP," CNA, 2021
  • "Corporate Representative Depositions, KD Webinar, 2020
  • "PIP - Emergency Medical Conditions," National General Webinar, 2020
  • "PIP Hot Topics in the Covid World," National General Webinar, 2020
  • "Chiropractic Treatment - Proper Defenses to Common Coding Issues and 2% Chiropractic Manipulation Reduction," Travelers, 2019
  • "Florida 5-Hour Law and Ethics Update," MetLife, 2019
  • "Investigating Property Losses/Subrogation and Evaluating Property," NARS, 2018
  • "Cost Effective Ways of Resolving Plaintiff's Fees and Costs and Medical Coding," GEICO, 2018
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  • Credentials
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locations

Miami

Miami Office

9100 South Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1800
Miami, FL 33156

T: 305.374.1212 F: 305.374.7846

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Miami-Dade

Key West

Key West Office

402 Applerouth Lane, Suite 2C
Key West, FL 33040

T: 305.509.7300 F: 305.374.7846

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Monroe
Ft. Lauderdale

Ft. Lauderdale Office

110 East Broward Blvd., Suite 1400
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

T: 954.768.0011 F: 954.768.0514

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Broward
West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach Office

1700 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

T: 561.640.0303 F: 561.640.0524

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Indian River | Martin | Okeechobee | Palm Beach | Saint Lucie

Tampa

Tampa Office

400 North Ashley Drive, Suite 1200
Tampa, FL 33602

T: 813.204.9776 F: 813.204.9660

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Hernando | Hillsborough | Manatee | Pasco | Pinellas | Polk | Sarasota
Orlando

Orlando Office

201 South Orange Avenue, Suite 475
Orlando, FL 32801

T: 407.245.3630 F: 407.245.7685

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Brevard | Highlands | Orange | Osceola | Seminole
Ocala

Ocala Office

1396 NE 20th Avenue, #500
Ocala, FL 34470

T: 352.622.4222 F: 352.622.9122

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Alachua | Citrus | Dixie | Gilchrist | Lake | Levy | Marion | Putnam | Sumter | Volusia
Jacksonville

Jacksonville Office

1 Independent Drive, Suite 1601
Jacksonville, FL 32202

T: 904.396.0062 F: 904.396.0380

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Baker | Bradford | Clay | Columbia | Duval | Flagler | Hamilton | Nassau | Saint Johns | Union
Pensacola

Pensacola Office

125 West Romana Street, Suite 550
Pensacola, FL 32502

T: 850.434.0003 F: 850.434.0223

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Escambia | Holmes | Okaloosa | Santa Rosa | Walton

Tallahassee

Tallahassee Office

1705 Metropolitan Boulevard, Suite 202
Tallahassee, FL 32308

T: 850.222.5188 F: 850.222.5108

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Bay | Calhoun | Franklin | Gadsden | Gulf | Jackson | Jefferson | Leon | Liberty | Wakulla | Washington | Madison | Lafayette | Taylor 

Ft. Myers

Ft. Myers Office

13350 Metro Parkway, Suite 201
Fort Myers, FL 33966

T: 239.334.8403 F: 239.939.0700

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Charlotte | Collier | DeSoto | Glades | Hardee | Hendry | Lee

Mobile

Mobile Office

11 North Water Street, Suite 10290
Mobile, AL 36602

T: 251.308.3351 F: 251.287.1624

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Baldwin | Washington | Clarke | Escambia | Covington | Geneva | Houston | Henry |  Dale | Coffee | Barbour | Pike |Crenshaw | Butler  | Monroe | Clarke | Choctaw | Wilcox | Bullock | Russell

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