Krystina Machado joined FMG in 2024 as a Partner in FMG’s Miami office, bringing with her extensive civil litigation and trial skills. She practiced the majority of her career at a large, distinguished civil defense firm where she litigated and tried cases alongside one of Florida’s most-practiced trial lawyers. Ms. Machado specializes in medical malpractice defense, with considerable experience representing various health care practitioners and providers. She is also experienced in the areas of commercial litigation and premises liability.
In 2012, Ms. Machado obtained her Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida, and was admitted to the Florida Bar the same year. She was a professor-appointed legal researcher in health law and food and drug law. In 2010, Ms. Machado completed law school courses in El Escorial, Spain through St. Thomas’ study abroad program.
In 2009, Ms. Machado earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami (UM) with a major in psychology and minor in English. She spent the first half of her undergraduate career focused on pre-med studies prior to transitioning to pre-law. Her pre-med studies, passion for science and medicine, and anesthesiologist-father influenced Ms. Machado’s fascination and expertise in medical malpractice.
Inspired by her extraordinary younger brother with autism, she began volunteering and working with special needs children and adults at a young age. At UM, she was a student researcher at the UM Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD), where she provided early intervention therapy to newly diagnosed toddlers, helping them improve their social, cognitive, and communication skills, and overcome developmental obstacles. She also assisted in providing therapy to young children with autism in connection with her psychology studies earlier in her undergraduate career at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
Ms. Machado was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and is fluent in English and Spanish. In addition to their respective full-time law careers, Ms. Machado and her husband are also fully employed by their two (adorable) children, Palmer and Gabe.