Victoria Mesa-Estrada

VICTORIA MESA-ESTRADA is a trial attorney, who has litigated cases throughout the state of Florida and other states. She pursues personal injury, sexual abuse, wrongful death, and medical malpractice claims on behalf of injured victims. Prior to joining the firm, she spent over one decade working as a public interest attorney representing low wage agricultural and immigrant workers, filing several successful class actions on behalf of underpaid and exploited low wage workers and obtaining a $17.4 million verdict for sexual harassment, recorded as the largest in Florida history against an agricultural employer.

Ms. Mesa-Estrada has also handled many notable cases throughout her legal career and was recently one of the three Searcy law attorneys that led a team of six law firms from around the country in obtaining a $38.3 Million jury verdict in federal Court against a major U.S. Corporation. In re: CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. ALIEN TORT STATUTE AND SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE LITIGATION, a jury found that the U.S. Corporation was accountable for their role and complicity in funding paramilitary groups in Colombia during the late 1990s, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent Colombians.  

A zealous advocate for gender equality and immigrant justice, Ms. Mesa-Estrada is the current President of the Palm Beach Chapter of the Florida Association For Women Lawyers, Board member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association and a past-president of the Palm Beach County Hispanic Bar Association.  She is the Vice-President of the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence, a statewide organization committed to victims and survivors of sexual violence. She has served a four-year term on the Federal Judicial Nominating Conference for the Southern District of Florida (2020-2024) vetting candidates for Federal Judicial District vacancies. In addition, she is an active member of the Florida Justice Association, the American Association for Justice, and the National Employment Law Association.

Ms. Mesa-Estrada was born in Colombia, and moved to Florida as a teenager with her parents, allowing her to earn her bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from Florida International University.  In 2008, she earned her law degree from St. Thomas University School of Law, where she also earned a Master of Laws in Intercultural Human Rights, cum laude.  She is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts, as well as in the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Florida, and the Federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.  She is a member of The Florida Bar, where she serves on the Federal Practice and Leadership Academy Committees.

Ms. Mesa-Estrada and her family reside in Palm Beach County.  She is an avid runner and marathoner.