Richard Lawrence Steinberg

Richard L. Steinberg received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with Honors from the University of Florida in 1994. He went on to receive his Masters in Business Administration with a Specialization in Finance and an Award of Academic Merit and his Juris Doctorate Cum Laude from the University of Miami in 1998.

He served over a decade in elected office first as a Miami Beach Commissioner, and then as Florida State Representative. He has also served on the Boards of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami, the Miami-Dade Bar, the Miami Beach Bar Association, and the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Richard L. Steinberg is admitted to the Florida Bar and licensed to practice before all Florida state trial and appellate courts. He is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida; and U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

?Phi Kappa Phi; Order of Omega; Phi Delta Phi
Member, Editorial Board, University of Miami Law Review
Recipient: Dean's Award of Academic Merit; Dean's Certificate of Achievement in Trust and Estates
Author: "Re-Examination Clause Re-Examined: The Supreme Court Removes Seventh Amendment's Re-Examination Protection in Diversity Cases in Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.," 52 U. Miami L. Rev. 909 (1998)
Board Member, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami, 2000-2008
Miami Beach City Commissioner, 2001-2008
Board Member, Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, 2004-2008
Florida State Representative, 2008-2012 (Ranking Member on Civil Justice Committee 2011-2012)
AV Preeminent - Peer Rate for Highest Level of Professional Excellence through Martindale Hubbell - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022
Selected to Florida's Legal Elite by Florida Trend, 2020, 2021 & 2022
Selected to Florida Super Lawyers, 2021, 2022 & 2023

University of Miami School of Law

J.D. (1998) | Law

1995 - 1998

Honors: Cum Laude

University of Miami

MBA (1998) | Specialization in Finance

1996 - 1998

Honors: Award of Academic Merit

University of Florida

B.S. (1994) | Business Administration

1990 - 1994

Honors: Graduated with Honors

Florida State Bar  # 147958

Member

1998 - Current

Florida

The Florida Bar

ID Number: 147958

Since 1998

11th Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Business Law

Business Contracts, Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

Collections

Entertainment & Sports Law

Gov & Administrative Law

Election Law, Government Contracts, Legislative & Government Affairs

Landlord Tenant

Evictions, Landlord Rights, Tenants' Rights

Municipal Law

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills