Kimberly L. Wald

Kimberly L. Wald is a partner and trial attorney at The Haggard Law Firm.  Her focus areas of practice include sexual assault,  catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, drowning, and boating injuries.

Ms. Wald has obtained over $180 million dollars in jury verdicts and over $100,000,000 in settlements for clients. In November of 2023, Ms. Wald obtained a $7.5 million jury verdict in Gainesville Florida in a wrongful death case involving a father of two minor children. 

In June of 2023, Ms. Wald obtained a $3.5 million jury verdict for an equestrian who was injured in a car accident.

In July 2021, Ms. Wald secured a a $35 million jury verdict for a paralyzed Navy veteran who suffered catastrophic injuries in a car crash case and 2019 she served as second-chair in two landmark trials against the largest cigarette manufacturers in the country with verdicts exceeding $13 million.  In 2017 Ms. Wald served as second chair in Konzelman v. RJ Reynolds and obtained a $28.795 million jury verdict. 

Recent cases of note (click for details):

• Oney Verdict- $3.5 Million result, Car Crash Injury Case
• Sampson Case- Ongoing Product Liability Wrongful Death Case Involving Amusement Park Ride
• Hopkins Verdict – $7.5 Million result, Wrongful Death Negligent Security Case
• Madden Settlement – $1 Million Pre-Suit, Policy Limit Case

In 2023 Ms. Wald was inducted in the National Trial Lawyers Association in their Top 40 Under 40 section and in 2021 she was honored to be selected by the Broward County Trial Lawyers Association to receive the inaugural “Rising Star Award.”  She also was named a “Rising Star” by the Super Lawyers organization in both 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 and additionally was named one of the Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.

She has been recognized by the Daily Business Review as one of the “Most Effective Lawyers” for her involvement in a $4 million medical malpractice arbitration.

Career: Ms. Wald began her legal career as a law clerk with Kelley|Uustal in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializing in complex product liability and medical malpractice cases. During her last year of law school, she served as a Certified Legal Intern with the Office of the State Attorney for the 17th Judicial Circuit where she tried numerous misdemeanor cases.

Ms. Wald graduated with honors from Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business in 2011 where she received her Bachelor of Science in Management. She earned a double major in Legal Studies and Business and Marketing, with a minor in Jewish Studies. Upon graduating summa cum laude from Nova Southeastern University Law School in 2014, Ms. Wald returned to Kelley|Uustal to help victims of negligence and their families.

Ms. Wald has served as a guest lecturer at NSU Shepard Broad Law Center and serves on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy.

Background: Ms. Wald is a South Florida native, born and raised in Fort Lauderdale. She is an avid sailor and enjoys cooking and spending time with her family and her dog, Bruno.