Patricia L. Strowbridge has been Board Certified by The Florida Bar in the area of Marital and Family Law. She has maintained an active trial practice providing representation in all areas of Florida family law since 1988, when she was admitted to practice before the Florida Supreme Court and all courts in the State of Florida.
She lectures extensively and serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Barry University Law School in Orlando, Florida. Ms. Strowbridge has represented thousands of clients in matters of divorce, child custody and visitation, paternity, alimony and pre-nuptial agreements. In addition, over the last several years, her practice has had a strong focus on adoption, and she has represented over 300 individuals and families in completing private, international, step-parent and relative adoptions.
Ms. Strowbridge is a member of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and a past President of the Florida Adoption Council. She carries a coveted "AV" rating (preeminent attorney with the highest ethics rating) with Martindale-Hubbell, the nationally recognized evaluator of attorney competency and ethics.
Among her many professional accomplishments, Ms. Strowbridge is most proud of her role as the primary author of the 2003 Florida Adoption Reform Act signed into law by Governor Jeb Bush on May 30, 2003. She also currently serves as the Executive Director of A Chosen Child, Inc., a Florida licensed non-profit child placing agency.