Vanessa Caridad Fernandez

Vanessa has resided in the Tampa Bay Area since her early childhood. She is first generation American and is fluent in Spanish. Throughout high school she volunteered and worked at summer camps and was intrigued by different family dynamics. Vanessa desired to go to law school and use her degree to help families. This led to her passion and desire to work in family law.

At the University of Florida in 2017, she graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Family Youth and Community Sciences (FYCS), summarized cum laude and a Bachelor’s of Arts in Criminology, cum laude. In her undergraduate career, she was involved in various leadership positions within the Pre-Legal Honor Society and the FYCS Club. Both these endeavors included community outreach with organizations focused on children and families.

Vanessa graduated from the University of Levin College of Law with her Juris Doctorate and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2021. During her time in law school Vanessa was president of the Law Association for Women, general editor of the Journal of Law and Public Policy and student attorney with the Intimate Partner Violence Clinic. She was able to present in Court as a student and work with clients to prepare for injunction return hearings. Vanessa obtained the highest grade in this class.

Vanessa’s experiences, and her passions, led her to exclusively practice in marital family law since 2021. She acknowledges and understands the uncertainty during dissolution of marriage and paternity cases and believes in doing what is best for her clients whether that means going to court to litigate an issue or resolving their matter outside of court.

During her free time Vanessa enjoys spending time with her family, reading and traveling.