Biography: Attorney Maria Schiuma Fischer
Attorney Maria Schiuma Fischer founded Broward Crash℠, Injury Law Firm, after dedicating over a decade to helping those who have been injured. Through her trial advocacy and extensive litigation experience, she is committed to seeking justice and achieving the best possible outcome for her clients.
Maria began her career as an Assistant State Attorney in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Broward County. She handled a wide variety of cases and worked her way up to managing a high case load of first-degree felonies and crimes that are punishable by life. Maria gained strong litigation skills, appearing in court daily for trials, motions, and hearings. Prior to working as a prosecutor, she worked as a Certified Legal Intern at the Office of the Public Defender in Gainesville, Florida, giving her experience defending clients and a perspective from both sides of the law. Maria amassed 30 jury trials during her career in the criminal justice system.
After leaving the State Attorney’s Office, Maria worked for a well-respected boutique law firm in Fort Lauderdale, where she assisted in creating the products liability practice area for the firm and focused on medical device cases, helping individuals battle some of the largest companies in the world. She then joined one of the leading personal injury firms in Florida, where she handled an immense number of cases from start to finish. During this time, she helped recover millions of dollars for those injured due to the negligence of another party. She then led the personal injury department of a longtime local firm, handling every aspect of each personal injury case and providing invaluable service and results to her clients.
As a lifelong resident of South Florida, Maria has a strong passion to help her community. She was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, earned her degrees within Florida, protected Broward County as a prosecutor, and continues to help Florida residents and visitors recover for their injuries. During law school, she had the prestigious opportunity to work as a summer judicial clerk for Justice Barbara Pariente at the Florida Supreme Court. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Broward County Bar Association and headed the organization’s Young Lawyer’s Section as President in 2023-2024. Maria founded Broward Crash℠, Injury Law Firm, to help victims of negligence recover for all types of injuries in Florida while showing her love for her local community.
Education
- Juris Doctor, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Cum Laude, 2013
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Miami, Cum Laude, 2009
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- State of Florida, 2013
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2017
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2017
Professional Memberships
Broward County Bar Association
- Director, 2026 to Present
- Young Lawyers Section President, 2023-2024
- Young Lawyers Section Director and Officer Positions, 2017-2023
- Member Since: 2016
Broward County Trial Lawyers Association
- Director, 2023-2025
- Member Since: 2018
FLN Global Attorney Network
- Member Since: 2026
Legal Specialties and Certifications
Super Lawyers
- Rising Star, 2020-2026
Lawyers of Distinction
- Personal Injury Law, 2024
The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 40 Under 40, 2025
- Motor Vehicle Top 25, 2025
Articles
- Contributing Author for the Broward County Bar Association Barrister, July 2023 – June 2024, “YLS President’s Message,” various pages
- Contributing Author for the Broward County Bar Association Barrister, December 2021, Page 11
- Contributing Author for the Broward County Bar Association Barrister, January 2019, Page 21
- Current Uses of DNA in Florida: The DNA Database, Competing Rights of the State and Defendant, and the Florida Innocence Commission, 50 No. 3 Crim. Law Bulletin ART 6 (Summer 2014)
- Contributing Author for the Florida Bar Business Law Journal’s Case Law Update 2011