Judge Margaret Ann Rosenbaum: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Margaret Ann Rosenbaum (Ret.) was a general magistrate for the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Miami-Dade County. She joined the bench in 1993. Rosenbaum retired in 2017.

Rosenbaum held assignments in the Unified Family Court and Complex Litigation Divison.

Prior to joining the bench, she was an assistant state attorney with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office (1982 to 1993). During that time, Rosenbaum served as Chief of the Juvenile and Domestic Crimes Divisions and also held an assignment in the Felony Division. In addition, she received an appointment by former Governor Lawton Chiles to serve as a panel member tasked with reviewing cases of women in prison thought to suffer from Battered Woman Syndrome.

Rosenbaum earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and communications arts and sciences from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1977. She then completed a J.D. at the University of Miami School of Law in 1981.

Following her retirement, Rosenbaum joined Salmon & Dulberg Dispute Resolution as a mediator in 2016 before opening her own family law mediation practice in 2020.