Attorney Profiles

Scott M. Dimond was born May 3, 1968 in Falls Church, Virginia.  A graduate of Ransom Everglades High School in Coconut Grove, Florida, Mr. Dimond received his B.A. with distinction from the University of Virginia, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Dimond graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 1993, where he received honors in all three years of matriculation.

From 1993 until 1999, Mr. Dimond was employed by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in Miami, Florida, where he was involved in all aspects of a national complex-commercial-litigation practice.  In April 1999, Mr. Dimond joined the firm of Hanzman & Criden, P.A., a well-respected litigation boutique located in Coral Gables, Florida, where he was named a partner in January 2002.  At that firm, Mr. Dimond focused his practice on the areas of general commercial litigation, claimant-side securities arbitration, and plaintiff-side class-action litigation. 

Mr. Dimond has served as Chair of the Florida Bar Rules of Judicial Administration Committee and Chair of the Sealed Docket and Court Records Subcommittee. He is a past Vice-Chair of the Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Committee and past Chair of the Civil Procedure Rules Drafting Sub-Committee. He is currently Chair of the Miami-Dade County Federal Court Committee.

Areas of Practice

• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Debtor and Creditor Rights Litigation
• Plaintiff-Side Class Action Litigation
• Securities Arbitration and Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1993
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993

Education

• Columbia Law School, New York, New York, May, 1993
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  Law Journal: Journal of Law and Social Problems
  
  
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1990
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: With Distinction
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Honors: Intermediate Honors
  Honors: Raven Society
  Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa
  Honors: Lawn Resident
  Honors: Dean's List (all semesters)
  Major: Government and Foreign Affairs
  Minor: Spanish
  
  

Honors and Awards

• "Top Lawyer" by the South Florida Legal Guide every year since 2007
• Florida Trend magazine's "Legal Elite" every year since 2006
• Superlawyer by Law and Politics magazine from 2008-present

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Florida Bar Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, 2006 - Present
  Member, 2006, Chairman 2006-2007
  
  
• Rules of Judicial Administration - Subcommittee Sealed Dockets, 2006 - Present
  Chairman, 2008-2009, Vice Chairman, 2007-2008
  
  
• Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Committee, 2000 - 2006
  Member
  
  
• Civil Procedure Rules Drafting Subcommittee, 2002 - 2006
  Vice-Chairman
  
  
• Ransom Everglades Alumni Board, 2002 - Present
  Member
  
  
• Educate Tomorrow, 2006 - Present
  Board of Directors
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Hanzman & Criden, P.A., Partner, 1999 - 2003
• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Associate, 1993 - 1999

Languages

• Spanish

Birth Information

• May 3, 1968, Falls Church, Virginia