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| 9043859377 | |||||||
| Email Maria | |||||||
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| Florida Immigration Law Firm and Aguila Legacy Law | |||||||
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| 141 Waterman Avenue Suite 200
Mount Dora, Florida 32757 |
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| www.immigrationlawfla.com and www.aguilalegacylaw.com | |||||||
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| Immigration Law, Estate Planning, Adoptions, Family Law | |||||||
| 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 firm’s civil litigation personal injury cases, Director/Senior Trial Court Law Clerk for the Judicial Staff Attorney’s (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. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville, Florida and the Attorney General’s office for the Commonwealth of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. She was an Adjunct Professor at Florida Coastal School of Law and Florida State College at Jacksonville paralegal studies program, teaching family law, torts and introduction 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, former Program Chair of the Catholic Lawyers Guild and former Chair of the Education Committee for the American Immigration Lawyers Association Central Florida chapter. She moved to Eustis, Florida October 2026 and has 2 adult daughters. An avid traveler, Maria also is a Fora certified travel advisor for her travel business, BTB Travels, and loves horses, food and museums. |
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