Maria A. Vivanco

Maria A. Vivanco is a founding partner of Mooneeram + Serres + Vivanco, P. A., whose practice includes insurance litigation, first party property claims, and breach of contract, immigration, real estate, premise liability and personal injury.

Maria aspired to be an attorney since she was six years old. She was born in Santiago, Chile and moved to Miami with her family at the age of seventeen. Maria attended Florida International University where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a minor in American History.

Maria worked full time as a paralegal while attending evening classes at Nova Southeastern University, Sheppard Broad College of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree. Despite her hectic schedule, Maria made the Dean’s list each semester, received a CALI Book Award in recognition of receiving the highest score in Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation, and graduated Magna Cum Laude where she ranked in the top 3% of her class.

Prior to establishing Mooneeram + Serres + Vivanco, P.A., Maria worked as an Associate Attorney at a Miami Plaintiff’s Personal Injury and Maritime firm. In recognition of her exceptional results, Maria was quickly promoted to Senior Associate, where she managed the Personal Injury department and oversaw the firm’s premise liability, slip and fall, motorcycle, pedestrian, and automobile accident claims. Maria also handled several maritime liability cases and appears regularly as a consulting attorney on Univision’s regularly syndicated evening news program “Noticiero Univision.”