Victor M Diaz

Practice Areas

General Commercial Litigation

Real Estate Litigation

Complex Civil and Multi-District Litigation

Class Actions

Corporate Counseling

Career

For over 38 years, Victor has been ranked as one of South Florida’s preeminent trial lawyers, concentrating his practice in complex civil litigation including complex commercial cases, personal injury and wrongful death cases, class actions, mass torts and product liability cases. Victor has been recognized by numerous national and regional publications as one of the state’s premier elite civil trial lawyers, Best Lawyers in America (2006-2024); Chambers And Partners Best Lawyers (2005-2024); South Florida Legal Guide (2005-2023); Florida Trend Magazine’s Florida Legal Elite (2005-2021); and has been named one of America's Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators. V.M. Diaz & Partners, LLC also has been recognized by US News and World Report Best Law Firms (2015-2023) (Best Law Firms for Plaintiff’s Personal Injury, Real Estate and Commercial Litigation) and by Best Lawyers in America (2024)(Tier 1 Miami Law Firm - Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation and Plaintiff's Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation).

Most recently, Victor has been awarded the prestigious title of “Lawyer of the Year – Litigation” no less than five times in the past eight years: 2013 - South Florida Legal Guide; 2014 – Best Lawyers in America; 2019 – Best Lawyers in America; 2020 - Best Lawyers in America; 2021 – Best Lawyers in America.

Victor has been a featured lecturer on various civil litigation topics for numerous bar groups including The Florida Bar, the Dade County Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice and has lectured at several international comparative law conferences on the subjects of mass tort litigation, personal injury and complex civil litigation.

Victor has received numerous personal and professional honors for his professional accomplishments and his civic leadership. In 2000, the Florida Supreme Court awarded Victor the "Tobias Simon Award,” the State of Florida’s highest recognition for public and pro bono service. Victor’s other awards recognizing his professional and civic accomplishments, include the Points of Light Foundation “National Community Leadership Award” (2000); the City of Miami Beach’s “Citizen of the Year Award” (2003); the Theodore Gibson Foundation’s “Lifetime Humanitarian Award” (2002); and the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce “Lifetime Achievement Award” (2006).

In 2003, Victor was elected by his peers as a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Professional Memberships

President, Greater Miami Legal Services, Inc. (1996-1997)

President, Cuban American Bar Association (2003); Board of Directors (1999 - 20004)

Dade County Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, 1997-1999)

American Association for Justice (Chair, Section on Aviation Litigation, 2007)

Florida Justice Association (Member, Sections on: Aviation, Commercial Litigation)

American Bar Association

Hispanic National Bar Association

Personal

Victor's civic activities have included serving as President of Greater Miami Legal Services, Inc. (1996-1997); Chairman of the Miami-Dade College Foundation (2000-2003); Vice Chairman of the Spanish American League Against Discrimination (1997-2001); Chairman of the City of Miami Beach's Planning Board (2003-2007); Chairman of Miami Dade County's Charter Review Task Force (2007); Chairman of the City of Miami Beach, Hall of Fame Committee (2022); Member of the Executive Committee of the Yale Law School Alumni Association and a Member of the Metro Dade County Cultural Affairs Council.

• Chairman, Miami-Dade College Foundation (2000-2003)

• Chairman, City of Miami Beach's Planning Board (2003-2007)

• Chair, American Association for Justice - Aviation Law Section (2007)

• Vice Chairman, City of Miami Beach's Historic Preservation Board (1995-2003)

• Vice Chairman, City of Miami Beach's Joint Design Review Board (1995-2003)

• Chairman, Miami Dade County's Charter Review Task Force (2007)

• Chairman, City of Miami Beach's Hall of Fame Committee (2022)

Languages Spoken

English

Spanish

Education

Awards