Julia Wyda

Partner

Marital and Family Law

Boca Raton | Fort Lauderdale
561.241.3113
julia.wyda@brinkleymorgan.com

About Julia Wyda

As a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Marital and Family Law, Julia Wyda concentrates her practice in all areas of marital and family law, including dissolution of marriage, paternity, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

Ms. Wyda is a partner with the law firm of Brinkley Morgan, with offices in Ft. Lauderdale and Boca Raton.

She is an active member of the legal community. She served as President of the Palm Beach County Bar Association from 2021-2022. She is a member of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar, currently serving on the Marital and Family Law Board Certification Review Course Committee and previously serving on the Executive Council and as Chair of the Publications Committee from 2015-2017, Co-Chair of the CLE Committee from 2011-2013, and Co-Chair of the 2023 Trial Advocacy Workshop.

Ms. Wyda is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has received numerous recognitions and awards, including the Distinguished Leader Award from the Daily Business Review in 2022, the South Florida Business & Wealth (SFBW) 2022 Leadership in Law Award, the Executive Council Service Award from the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar in 2017, and the Above and Beyond Award from the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar in 2014. She has also been repeatedly selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers, Legal Elite, and Best Lawyers.

She has spoken throughout the state on law related topics and continues to write and speak on topics related to marital and family law.

Accomplishments

500 Leading U.S. Family Lawyers Guide, 2024 Lawdragon

Best Lawyers in America, U.S. News & World Report, 2024

Top Lawyers, The Boca Raton Observer, 2023

Top Lawyers, Palm Beach Illustrated, 2023

AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell, 2018-Present

“Leadership in Law Award”, South Florida Business & Wealth‘s Legal Awards, 2022

Distinguished Leaders Award Honoree, Daily Business Review‘s Florida Legal Awards, 2022

Professional Excellence Award Honoree, On the Rise, Daily Business Review, 2020

Florida Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2023

Florida Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2010-2011, 2013-2021

“Top Lawyers,” South Florida Legal Guide, 2022

“Top Up & Comer,” South Florida Legal Guide, 2019-2020

“Top Lawyers,” Palm Beach Illustrated, 2022

Executive Council Service Award, Florida Bar Family Law Section, 2016-2017

Above & Beyond Award, Florida Bar Family Law Section, 2013-2014

Rising Star Award, Florida Bar Family Law Section, 2011-2012, 2012-2013

Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine, 2022

Legal Elite Up & Comer, Florida Trend Magazine, 2011

Memberships

The Florida Bar, Family Law Section, Member

– Marital & Family Law Board Certification Review Course, Co-Chair, 2021-Present

– Co-Chair of the Trial Advocacy Workshop scheduled for 2023

– Past Member of the Executive Council

– Past Chair of the Publications Committee, 2015-2017

– Past Co-Chair of the CLE Committee, 2011-2013

Palm Beach County Bar Association, President, 2021-2022

– Immediate Past President, 2022-2023

– Board of Directors, 2013-Present

– Young Lawyers Section, Past President, 2013-2014

South Palm Beach County Bar Association

– Professionalism Committee, 2018-2020

South Palm Beach County Collaborative Law Group

– Secretary, 2015-2018

Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals (FACP)

Sheree Davis Cunningham Black Women Lawyers Association

Forum Club of The Palm Beaches

Publications

“Ethics and Professionalism in Today’s Social Media World,” South Palm Beach County Bar Association’s The Advocate, Fall 2019

“Bitcoin Basics for the Family Law Practitioner,” The Florida Bar Family Law Section Commentator, 2016

“Stripping Metadata from Documents to be E-Filed,” The Florida Bar Family Law Section Commentator, 2015

“The United States Supreme Court Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage as a Constitutional Right,” Brinkley Morgan Legal Talk Blog, 2015

“Collaborative Divorce: A New Approach to Dissolving Marriages in Florida,” Brinkley Morgan Legal Talk Blog, 2015

“For‘get’ About It!” (A History of the Current Status of Gets, Jewish Divorce Decrees, as Recognized by Florida Courts)”, The Florida Bar Family Law Section Commentator, 2011

Speaking Engagements

Moderator, “Unpacking Florida’s New Statutory Changes to Alimony and Parenting Issues,” Palm Beach County Bar Association, August 28, 2023

Moderator, “Mechanics of Board Certification in Marital and Family Law,” Florida Bar Family Law Section, August 8, 2023

Panelist, 2022 Fall Conference, Florida Association for Women Lawyers, September 23, 2022

Speaker, “Mission Impossible: Temporary Relief in 30 Minutes,” Palm Beach County Bar Association, May 13, 2022

Moderator, “Administrative Orders Regarding Civil Differentiated Case Management Plans in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit,” Palm Beach County Bar Association, July 9, 2021

Panelist, “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Interaction Between the Attorney and Paralegal in Court or Mediation,” Palm Beach County Bar Association, March 24, 2021

Moderator, “Ethics and Professionalism Issues Online and in Social Media Settings,” Palm Beach County Bar Association, October 22, 2020
Moderator, “How COVID-19 is Effecting our Family and Juvenile Divisions,” Palm Beach County Bar Association Town Hall, May 15, 2020

Presenter, “Family Law Appeals,” Palm Beach County Bar Association’s The Basics of Family Law You Thought You Already Knew CLE Seminar, 2015

Presenter, “Child Support Modification,” Palm Beach County Bar

Association’s Post-Judgment Issues CLE Seminar, 2014

Family Law Panelist, “The Intersection of Probate and Family Issues, Domestic Partnership Agreements, and Collaborative Law,” Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers’ Family Law Survival Kit: Key Things Every Attorney Should Know Seminar, 2014

Ethics Panelist, The Florida Bar’s Practicing with Professionalism Seminar, 2013

Presenter, “Family Law Appeals,” Foxmoor Continuing Education’s First Annual Family Law Conference, 2013