Bio

Kristina Infante joined Podhurst Orseck in 2018, and has since tackled the FBI, Boeing, Volkswagen, Progressive, and the maker of Roundup weed killer. From aviation and mass torts litigation to class actions, Kristina has led or been involved in some of the nation’s most high-profile and noteworthy cases, recovering hundreds of millions of dollars for clients.

Kristina has successfully handled and tried cases of all sizes and involving defendants from a variety of sectors, including against local and federal agencies. Most notably, Kristina was appointed the sole Lead Counsel in the consolidated Federal Tort Claims Act lawsuit against the United States over the FBI’s negligence before the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In November 2021, the Department of Justice agreed to a historic $127.5 million settlement – the largest settlement against the federal government in the history of the United States – resolving claims across 40 civil cases.

Kristina was also a part of the team that negotiated a $57 million settlement with Volkswagen Group of America Inc. and its German parent company, Volkswagen AG, to resolve a class-action lawsuit which ultimately benefitted more than 300,000 vehicle owners and lessees.

Kristina routinely represents the families of victims who perished in air disasters. In 2020, Kristina and the Firm secured wrongful-death and survivors’ judgments totaling more than one billion dollars against a private airline that crashed in Colombia while transporting members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense. Kristina has also battled Boeing on several occasions in connection with commercial airline crashes. Currently, her fight against Boeing continues through her role on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for the Boeing 737 Max 8 tragedies, where she and the Firm are preparing for trial stemming from the deadly Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash.

In addition to her ongoing aviation work, Kristina has also developed a sophisticated insurance bad faith practice in Florida. Most recently, Kristina led bad faith litigation against Progressive that resulted in a $25 million judgment for a catastrophically injured pedestrian who was hit by a car.

While Kristina has been widely recognized for her work on larger, sophisticated matters, her representation of victims and their families in individual personal injury and wrongful death cases has been just as significant. Often, these losses are unexpected, tragic, and sudden. When the family of a 41-year-old blind man who was killed in an apartment fire needed help, Kristina worked diligently to secure the right to bring punitive damages claims against the company that owned the property.

Whether she’s helping the parties involved in a tragic motorcycle accident caused by a ride-share driver or representing the interests of a federal prisoner who was injured at Federal Detention Center in Miami, Kristina’s experience holding corporations and governments accountable has taken her all around the country and at times, across international waters.

Prior to joining Podhurst Orseck, Kristina practiced at Boies Schiller Flexner where she focused on product liability cases and complex commercial litigation on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. Kristina previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Adalberto Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from NYU School of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif, a Florence Allen Scholar, and an Editor of the Law Review. She also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and International Studies from Northwestern University.