Abby Cynamon is a first generation American. Her parents were displaced by the Holocaust and arrived in the U.S. in 1948. Her mother died when Abby was 12 and Abby spent her teens in foster care. Through great personal effort and dedication, Abby obtained a scholarship to attend Barnard College (Columbia University) and later, a Reid Scholarship to attend the University of Miami School of Law. Throughout college and law school, Abby worked part time, first as a waitress, and a janitor and later as a law clerk. The challenges she has faced and overcome have made her a compassionate, fair and experienced judge for all the people in Miami-Dade County.

“An Interview with Judge Abby Cynamon“
Attorney at Law Magazine, January 2020

Voluntary Bar Service

• Former President, Florida Association for Women Lawyers
• Member, Cuban American Bar Association
• Member, Dade County Bar Association

Selected Presentations to Bar Associations and Other Professional Associations

• Speaker, “Using Rule 1.380 to Obtain Compliance With Discovery,” North Dade Bar Association
• Speaker, Teachers’ Law School, American Board of Trial Advocates, Miami Chapter
• Speaker, “An Overview of the Florida Family Law Relocation Statute,” Miami Lakes Bar Association
• Panelist, “Legends of Family Law,” Bench and Bar Conference, Dade County Bar Association
• Panelist, “Practicing With Professionalism,” The Florida Bar Young Lawyers’ Division,
• Panelist, “A Trial Re-Enactment: The Trial of Minoru Yasui,” Asian Pacific Bar Association
• Panelist, “De-Mystifying Appeals to the 11th Judicial Circuit Appellate Division and the Limited Review by the Third District Court of Appeal,” Dade County Bar Association
• Speaker, “The Appellate Division of the Circuit Court,” Coral Gables Bar Association
• Speaker, Table for Eight Luncheon, Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Miami-Dade Chapter
• Panelist, “Expert Testimony in a Post-Daubert Florida,” Family Law Inns of Court, Coral Gables, FL
• Panelist, “Real Estate and Law: Bankruptcy, Divorce, Probate & More,” educational seminar jointly sponsored by Dade County Bar Association and Miami Association of Realtors, Miami, FL
• Panelist, “Practicing With Civility and Avoiding Legal Malpractice,” Bench and Bar Conference, Dade County Bar Association
• Speaker,  “The Appellate Division of the Circuit Court,” Miami Beach Bar Association
• Speaker, “The Appellate Division of the Circuit Court,” South Miami-Kendall Bar Association
• Panelist, “Meet Your Judicial Administration,” Cuban American Bar Association
• Panelist, Second Annual Legal Education Forum, co-sponsored by Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida and Miami-Biscayne Bay Chapter of The Links, Inc.
• Panelist, “Motions Directed at Pleadings,” and “Direct Examination and Objections,” Pincus Professional Education.
• Panelist, Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Forensic Accounting and Litigation Services Conference
• Speaker, “Know Your Judge: Tips for More Successful and Stress- Free Hearings,” Dade Legal Aid, Miami, FL
• Speaker on Trauma, as part of “Family Court Issues,” International Association for the Study of Attachment, Fourth Annual Conference
• Panelist, “As Judges See It:  Best (and Worst) Practices in Civil Litigation, National Business Institute Judicial Forum, Miami, FL
• Panelist, “A View from the Bench: Foreclosures and Civil Discovery,” Daily Business Review, Miami, FL

Teaching Other Judges

• Presenter, “Emergency Motion Mayhem and Pro Se Pitfalls,” Annual Education Program of the Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges
• Presenter, “What Hat Are You Wearing:  Reconciling Chapters 39 and 61,” Annual Education Program of the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges, Orlando, FL
• Presenter, “The Appellate Division of the Circuit Court,” New Judges’ Orientation, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
• Facilitator, “Mental Health Assessments,” Advanced Judicial Studies, Florida Conference of Circuit Judges
• Presenter, “Appellate Panel Refresher for Circuit and County Court Judges”
• Presenter, “See You Directly:  Juveniles in Adult Court,” Annual Education Program of the Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges