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Attorney Track Record

Jennifer Ficarrotta

Sessums Black·Shareholder

Track Record

Objective counts from Pinellas County dissolution-of-marriage court records, 2020–2026. Em dashes mean the value is not available in public records.

Pinellas Cases118Dissolutions of record, Pinellas Clerk — all years
Active Last 12 Months2Cases filed in the last year
Years Licensed24Florida Bar
Final Judgments6Cases ending with a signed final judgment
Dismissed1Cases closed without a final judgment
Settlement Rate33.3%See caveat below — not a win rate
With Children3Cases involving custody and timesharing
Expert-Witness Cases2Cases with experts in the docket
HearingsDocketed hearings across cases
Motions / Case5.3Average filings per case
Hillsborough Cases3613th Circuit dissolutions of record, all years — secondary circuit

Settlement rate: Share of final judgments with a settlement agreement in the docket. Dismissals are not counted as settlements, and most private settlements never appear in dockets.

Judge Experience

Appearances before each Pinellas County judge, from case assignments in court records

Background

  • ·Stetson University College of Law J.D. 2002 summa cum laude class rank #1 with Advocacy concentration
  • ·Joined firm in 2011 and became partner in 2013
  • ·current managing partner

J.D., Stetson University College of Law

  • ·BLSE member 2022-2026 and again in 2026
  • ·Family Law Rules Committee
  • ·Former grievance roles
  • ·Former member and 2020 chair of Certification Committee
  • ·Pinellas County Law Library board
  • ·Professionalism Committee member

8 Pinellas cases 2020-2026. 2 currently open, 0 reopened, 6 closed. Top 3 judges: Frederick L. Pollack (2x), Jack Helinger (2x), David R. Ellis (1x).

Head-to-Head

Most frequent opposing counsel in Pinellas dissolution cases, 2020–2026 · Outcome splits are docket counts from public records

Belinda Lazzara3 cases together
2 final judgments · 1 dismissed

3 cases with mixed outcomes — no dominant pattern.

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Based on 118 public Pinellas County court records, 2020–2026 · Data updated May 8, 2026 · How these rankings work