CERTIFICATES AND CREDENTIALS

Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization.

Only 5% of attorneys are Board Certified.

Workers Compensation

  • 29 years of experience in the field of Workers' Compensation

  • Admitted in 1997, Florida

  • Co-Chair of Professionalism Committee of the Martin County Bar Association, 2014

  • Founding Treasurer of the Treasure Coast Justice Association, 2014

  • Treasurer of the Treasure Coast Justice Association, 2015

  • Co-Chair of Professionalism Committee of the Martin County Bar Association, 2015

  • Chairman of the Workers' Compensation section of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2015 – 2016

  • Workers Compensation Committee section of the Palm Beach County Bar, 2015 - present

  • Vice-President of the Treasure Coast Justice Association, 2016

  • Co-Chair of Social Committee of the Martin County Bar Association, 2016

  • Co-Chair of Social Committee of the Martin County Bar Association, 2017

  • President of the Treasure Coast Justice Association, 2017

  • Treasurer of the Martin County Bar Association, 2019

  • Vice-president of the Martin County Bar Association, 2020

  • Board of Directors Florida Workers Advocates, 2021

Michael Celeste (right) presenting this year’s Kennie Edwards award to Jeffrey Friedman.

The Kennie Edwards Award

The Kennie Edwards Award is presented annually to the Workers’ Compensation attorney who best exemplifies those professional qualities admired in Kennie: honesty, integrity, cordiality, good humor, high ethical standards, and advocacy tempered by a sense of humility.

Kennie Edwards Award, Palm Beach County Bar Association, 2016