Sonica Rhodes Cinami

Sonica Rhodes Cinami

4.5
Rating: 8.5

Licensed for 29 years

Divorce and separation Lawyer at Orlando, FL
Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation, Family, Mediation ... +5 more

1500 East Concord Street, Orlando, FL

About Sonica

Biography

Moot Court Board, 1995-1996. First Place, Judge Conrad Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, 1996.

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Licenses

Licensed in Florida for 29 years

State: Florida

Acquired: 1996

Member in Good Standing

No misconduct found

Location

McMichen, Cinami & Demps

1500 East Concord Street, Orlando, FL, 32803

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Sonica Rhodes Cinami's Reviews

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4.5 /5.0

8 Client Reviews

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Showing 6 - 6 of 6 reviews | Family

Posted by Carl | January 30, 2012 | Family

To SC & KH, Thank you for your time......Sincerely, the Grinch

First things first, I call it like I see it. I don't know where I'd be if I didn't retain the services of Sonica. A brief description of what went on: I live out of state and my daughter lives with the mother in FL. My daughters mother filed reckless and malicious accusations against me in regards ...to wrongful discipline and inappropriate touching of our daughter during her summer visit. Short of being called a child molester, I was pretty dam angry. The mother was calling for a stoppage and supervised visitation of our current court orders. Despite two denials by two differnt judges in two different counties and a DCF investigation, all holding no grounds for her allegations, she took the law into her own hands and refused visitation between my daughter and I. So the only recourse I felt I had was to challenge for full custody. I had consulted w/ a different lawyer prior to retaining the services of Sonica, and felt he was just giving me the answers I wanted to hear and their firm just wanted my money. Sonica on the other hand, was up front and right to the point, no bullshit!! She explained a lot in detail even during the initial consultation. In her explaniations of what to expect and how big of a battle I may expect to fight, she didn't sugar coat it!! From begining to end I was very confident in all of her legal abilities. Multiple times during the litigation she explained deadlines, exact needs of the content of evidence and how much of my participatioin to produce this was extremely vital. I never experienced any delays or misunderstanding between her staff nor her at any time. Despite many calculated expected delays by the opposing party, she was always ready for any counter reaction. I'm not saying Sonica was there to pick a fight, but she just knew when the other side was up to something and was informative of what we should do. In the begining Sonica said our case should take 6-9 months, our case took 13 months (delays included) Four (yes, I said 4) of those consecutive months were caused by the courthouse, two months were caused by opposing party, so.....Sonica had it right! She knows her stuff, I'd hire her again in a heartbeat, thanks for the victory Sonica.

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Sonica Rhodes Cinami's Lawyer Endorsements

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Debra Ferwerda

Mediation lawyer | Mar 08

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I endorse this lawyer. Sonica is an excellent mediator. She is very creative and resolved some of my more complex and emotional cases."

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Michele Bernard

Family lawyer | Feb 01

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer. She is excellent. Always well-prepared and cheerful. She's been the guardian ad litem in a trial I litigated and has also served as a mediator in a case I have. She was professional and really helped the parties see all sides of the issues. I am glad we have her in our legal community. I appreciate her dedication and hard work."

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Camy Schwam-Wilcox

Family lawyer | Oct 30

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Sonica does a great job as a GAL for the children of divorcing families. She does whatever she can to ensure that the children are not lost in the shuffle during a dissolution,"

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Experience

Rating:  8.5 (Excellent)

Honors

2013

AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Martindale-Hubbell

2013

2013 Top 100 Family Law Lawyers in the State of Florida, American Society of Legal Advocates

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AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Work Experience

1900 - Present

Partner, McMichen, Cinami & Demps

Associations

2014 - Present

Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section

Executive Committee Member

Central Florida Family Law Inn of Court

Barrister

Education

1996

Stetson University College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1993

University of Central Florida

JD - Juris Doctor

1993

University of Central Florida

BA

Speaking Engagements

2015

Lake County Bar Association, Family Law Committee

Guardian Ad Litems in Family Law Cases, What Family Law Attorneys Need to Know

Languages

English

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