Elizabeth Perez

Elizabeth Perez is a Partner and Business Unit Leader at Kelley Kronenberg with a practice dedicated to health law and a member of the firm’s Business Legal Team. She brings over twenty-five years of comprehensive legal experience representing health care providers in regulatory compliance, commercial litigation, and criminal defense matters.

Prior to joining Kelley Kronenberg, Elizabeth founded and managed her own boutique law firm specializing in health law and commercial litigation. Her experience includes practicing at some of South Florida’s most prestigious law firms, where she represented health care providers in license investigations and disciplinary actions before various professional boards, handled Medicare and Medicaid provider terminations and appeals, and advised clients on the ever-changing federal and state healthcare laws. She has also served as a Partner at a regional law firm and as an Associate at a large international firm, where she handled complex commercial litigation, health care regulatory compliance, and white-collar criminal defense. Elizabeth began her career as an Assistant Public Defender in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, where she represented indigent clients in all aspects of criminal defense and brought more than fifty trials to verdict.

Elizabeth is recognized as an AV Preeminent® attorney, which is the highest peer rating standard. This is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers. Also, she has consistently received the South Florida Legal Guide “Top Lawyer” in Health Law recognition since 2015 to the present.

She graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and a minor in English Literature, where she served as President of Lambda Pi Eta Communications Honor Society. Elizabeth earned her Juris Doctor from The Florida State University College of Law, where she received the Florida MPLE Scholarship, the Torchbearer Leadership Award, and served as Vice-President of the Spanish American Law Student Association.

Elizabeth is fluent in Spanish.