Maria Aguila

Maria Aguila received her Juris Doctorate law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law in 1999 and Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from the University of Miami in 1996. She has been a Florida Bar member since 1999. Her extensive work experience includes the following: associate attorney at Boyer, Tanzler & Boyer, P. A. assisting with the firms civil litigation personal injury cases, Director/Senior Trial Court Law Clerk for the Judicial Staff Attorneys (JSA) Office for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, providing legal guidance and written orders to the judges in civil and commercial litigation and criminal cases, and Fair Housing senior attorney at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, handling federal and state Fair Housing and landlord/tenant cases. During law school, she interned at the U. S. Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville, Florida and the Attorney Generals office for the Commonwealth of VIrginia in Richmond, Virginia. She taught as an Adjunct Professor at Florida Coastal School of Law and Florida State College at Jacksonville paralegal studies program, teaching family law, torts and to legal studies and serves on the FSCJ Paralegal Studies Advisory Committee. From October 2014 - September 2016, she served as a General Magistrate for the Fourth Judicial Circuit, presiding over all aspects of family law cases and domestic violence postjudgment hearings. She is the Past Chair of the Jacksonville Bar Association Diversity Committee, one of the founders and Board Officers of the Jacksonville Asian American Bar Association, current Program Chair of the Catholic Lawyers Guild and active member of the Jacksonville Womans Lawyers Association. She has been an active volunteer since moving to Jacksonville, Florida in 1998. She received numerous awards: 2015 CLG Law & Spirituality Award, 2008 Mayors Asian American Advisory Board Public Service Award, 2004 Fourth Circuit Public Service Award, Jacksonville Asian American Bar Association Service Award, 2008 Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Certificate of Appreciation, 2012 Fourth Circuit Senior Trial Court Law Clerk (Awarded after minimum Five Years of Service), and Recognition for Serving on the Board for Philippine Nurses Association of Northeast Florida. Dedicated to her family, Maria has been married 15 years to her wonderful husband, Eric, and has two beautiful, talented daughters.