The Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) is pleased to announce that Jordi C. Martínez-Cid has been formally installed as its new president. He will be officially sworn in at CABA’s 52nd annual installation gala on Saturday, February 28, at Jungle Island.
The gala raises funds that benefits both the CABA Foundation and CABA Pro Bono Legal Services, a nonprofit that offers free legal services to low-income Florida residents. “This year’s theme is ‘Fuiste Tύ’ or 52, representing what makes CABA great, its people,” said Martínez-Cid. “We are honoring the founders, members and supporters whose contributions since 1974 have shaped CABA into a pillar of civic excellence.”
A longtime member of CABA, Martínez-Cid has served on the organization’s board of directors since 2020 and previously served as board president of CABA Pro Bono Legal Services.
He is the founder of Martínez-Cid Law and focuses on complex commercial litigation, particularly matters involving international clients, financial institutions, and media companies. Previously, he was a partner at León Cosgrove Jiménez, LLP where he led sensitive internal investigations, handled high-profile extradition matters and achieved significant results in class actions and complex commercial disputes.
His earlier experience includes serving as in-house litigation counsel for NBCUniversal and Telemundo Enterprises, overseeing global litigation and compliance matters, and as an associate at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. He was a law clerk for the Honorable Federico A. Moreno of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Martínez-Cid has received various professional honors, including recognition as a Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America and On the Rise award from the Florida Legal Awards.
He earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School where he was a Jack B. Tate Memorial Scholar. He also served as an editor of the Yale Journal on Regulation and was a member of the Latino Law Students Association. He received his Bachelor of Arts in anthropology from the University of Michigan, graduating with honors and earning recognition as a James B. Angell Scholar and Michigan Community Scholar.
About the Cuban American Bar Association (CABA)
Founded in 1974, CABA is one of the largest nonprofit bar associations in the state of Florida. Its membership is comprised of lawyers and law students from various backgrounds whose interests include not only those affecting the Cuban community, but human and legal rights’ issues impacting minority communities. CABA also founded CABA Pro Bono Legal Services and the CABA Foundation, both created on the association’s fundamental values to aid those in most need through legal advocacy as well as offering scholarships
