ABOUT JUDGE CHRISTINA MARIE DiRAIMONDO
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Judge Christina Marie DiRaimondo was born and raised in Miami-Dade County where she grew up with her parents and younger sister. As a young girl, she attended Saint Patrick’s Catholic School on Miami Beach, and later attended Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School in the heart of the City of Miami.
Judge DiRaimondo earned her Bachelor of Arts with honors from Iona College, and later attended law school at Nova Southeastern University where she held the position of Senior Editor of the Law Review Journal and graduated at the top of her class. Before her judicial appointment, Judge DiRaimondo was an Assistant State Attorney with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office serving as Felony Division Chief, specializing in homicide cases. Over the course of her 10-year career with the State Attorney’s Office, she supervised many young attorneys, provided insight on thousands of cases and tried more than 80 of them to verdict in both county and circuit court. Judge DiRaimondo also served on the heroin initiative that addressed the heroin epidemic affecting our community, specifically the sale of synthetic heroin, or fentanyl. She was responsible for building murder cases against sellers and was on the legislative committee tasked with reviewing statutes and drafting needed changes. Former Governor Rick Scott appointed Judge DiRaimondo to the County Court bench in 2018 and she served in the Civil Division where she presided over thousands of cases. In December of 2019, Governor Desantis elevated Judge DiRaimondo to the Circuit Court. She presided in the Criminal Division for over a year and now sits in the Family Division of the Circuit Court. During her career, Judge DiRaimondo has been actively in local bar activities as a member of Florida Association of Women Lawyers, Wilkie D. Ferguson Bar Association, Cuban American Bar Association, Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association, National Association of Women Lawyers, and the Dade County Bar Association. Additionally, Judge DiRaimondo is actively involved in her community and is a member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami where she mentors youth in the community. She was also a long-standing member of the Heidi Hewes Chapter of the Woman’s Cancer Association. In her free time, Judge DiRaimondo enjoys spending time with her family. |
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