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Tria Lawton-Russell has been a practicing litigation attorney since 2000. Tria’s litigation experience encompasses both State and Federal Court, criminal and civil matters, in bench and jury trials. Tria began her career as an Assistant State Attorney in the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office, the largest prosecutor’s office in the State, and the fourth largest in the nation.  

Subsequently, Ms. Lawton-Russell also served as a Senior Attorney with the Florida Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) litigating dependency and termination of parental rights (“TPR”) cases. Following her tenure at DCF, Tria was an Assistant General Counsel with the Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA”), the chief health policy and planning entity for the State for over nine (9) years. AHCA is responsible for, among other things, the regulation of health care facilities in the State of Florida. In addition to her practice in health care law, Tria was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Miami, advising the City’s building department regarding unsafe structures and other matters. As an Assistant City Attorney, Tria also advised the boards of the Parks including the Virginia Key Beach Park Trust.  

Tria later served as the first in-house Administrative Counsel to the Superintendent of the Broward County School Board. As Administrative Counsel to the Superintendent, Tria’s duties involved litigating disciplinary cases on behalf of the Superintendent, and subsequently the School Board, regarding certain personnel including teachers and administrators.  

Prior to joining KEW Legal, Tria worked with business owners regarding various commercial civil litigation matters including commercial landlord-tenant evictions and ADA claims. She is a member of the Florida Bar licensed to practice in both State and the Federal Court. Her practice areas include  criminal, dependency, health care, labor and employment, as well as general commercial civil litigation.