Orlando Attorney Carmen Muniz Sierra

Carmen M. Love was born in Havana, Cuba. Her family emigrated to the United States when she was one year old and she was raised in Miami, Florida. Ms. Sierra attended the University of Florida and the University of Miami School of Law. In 1987 Ms. Sierra became Assistant District Legal Counsel for the Department of Children and Families in the Miami-Dade and Central Florida regions. For 13 years, Ms. Sierra handled a wide range of cases including mental health, public benefits, dependency, labor and employment and commercial litigation in state and federal courts and regulatory matters before the Division of Administrative Hearings and the Public Employee’s Relations Commission. After leaving the Department of Children and Families, Ms. Love began representing the interests of insurance companies in their defense of personal injury claims.

Today, Ms. Sierra's practice focuses primarily on the representation of individuals seeking Social Security Disability benefits that have been denied.

Ms. Sierra has been admitted to and practiced in the courts of the State of Florida and the Southern Federal District Court.  She is, and has been, a member of various professional organizations, including the Young Lawyer’s Section of the Dade County Bar; the statewide task force on juvenile justice; the statewide task force on revisions to Chapter 39; the Orange County Bar; Seminole County Inn of Court; and the Seminole County Bar. Ms. Love has two children and is fluent in Spanish.

Areas of Practice:

Personal Injury

Wrongful Death

Insurance

Bar Admissions:

Florida

U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida

U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida

Southern District of Florida Trial Bar

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Florida

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida

Education:

University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida

University of Florida

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Dade County Bar, Young Lawyer's Section

Member

Statewide Task Force on Juvenile Justice

Member

Statewide Task Force on Revisions to Chapter 39

Member

Orange County Bar

Member

Seminole County Bar

Member

Languages:

Spanish