Diana Castrillon

Ms. Castrillon has been in practice since 2001 in the State of Florida. Diana started her practice as a defense attorney representing insurance companies, and for the last 25 years, Ms. Castrillon has been representing only injured workers in Workers’ Compensation cases.

Diana obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida in 1997 with honors, her law degree from Nova Southeastern University in 2001 with high honors. She has been an active member of the Florida Bar since 2001. Ms. Castrillon was just installed as the first Hispanic Woman President of the Broward County Bar Association and the first Workers’ Compensation attorney to hold this title.

Diana sits on the Board of Directors for the Florida Worker’s Advocates, and organization dedicated to enhancing the rights of injured workers in Florida, and she is a member of the Executive Council for the Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Section.

Ms. Castrillon is Chair Emeritus of the Broward County Bar Workers’ Compensation Section and serves on the tort law/litigation committee of the Lee County Bar Association and is a frequent contributor of articles for legal publications such as “The Barrister,” “The Florida Bar Journal” and the “Florida Bar Workers Compensation Section Quarterly.”

In addition, Mr. Castrillon is the co-host of “Workplace Matters,” a Worker’s Compensation podcast hosted by the Broward County Bar Association. Diana has been a panel speaker and presenter at the FWCI Annual Bar Convention, the Florida Workers Advocates Annual Convention, and many educational conferences for the Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Lee County Bar Associations.

In addition, Diana is an active member of the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association, the Broward County Trial Lawyers Association and the Lee County Hispanic Bar Association Committee.