The Honorable Maria D. Ortiz is a County Court Judge in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court. She presides over a Criminal Division at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building since January 2004.

She has been a member of the Florida Bar for the past twenty years and has served as a judge for fourteen of those years. She previously served as a Judge of Compensation Claims for almost seven years.

Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Ortiz was an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Miami from February 1994 through June 1997. She also worked with the law firms of Marlow, Connell, Valerius, Abrams, Lowe & Adler and with Daniels, Kashtan & Fornaris, P.A.

While a Judge of Compensation Claims, Governor Bush appointed her to serve on the Governor’s Commission on Workers’ Compensation Reform. She is currently serving her second term as a member of the Rules of Judicial Administration Committee of the Florida Bar.