Michael V. Andriano, Appellate Attorney in Orlando, Florida

Michael V. Andriano in an Associate in the firm's Orlando office and focuses his practice on appellate law.

He is a Central Florida native, growing up primarily in Orange and Seminole Counties. In August 2013, he received his Bachelor in Science from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, majoring in Legal Studies with a Specialization in Public Law. Upon completing his undergraduate degree, Mr. Andriano took a year off from his educational pursuits to work full-time as a Paralegal for a large private law firm in downtown Orlando. In December 2016, he received his law degree from Barry University School of Law, graduating cum laude and in the top ten percent of his class at number four. During law school, Mr. Andriano was the Managing Editor for the Child and Family Law Journal, having an article selected for publication. Upon receiving his Florida Bar license in April 2017 and from 2017 through September 2021, he worked as a Staff Attorney/Law Clerk for the Judiciary in the 5th and 9th Judicial Circuit Courts and for two judges at the 5th District Court of Appeal, Judges Mary Alice Nardella and Meredith Sasso (now Florida Supreme Court Justice Sasso).

From September 2021 through January 2023, Mr. Andriano worked for a private firm focusing on construction and business litigation, and appeals. From January 2023 to May 2025, he served as a Career Law Clerk to the Honorable Judge Keith White at the 6th District Court of Appeal. Mr. Andriano has served as an adjunct faculty in UCF's Legal Studies Department since January 2023, and also served as a Visiting Professor at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University College of Law (FAMU Law) teaching Legal Research & Writing from August 2024-May 2025.

Through his experience with the Judiciary and in private practice, Mr. Andriano has worked on complex cases in various areas of the law including criminal, postconviction criminal, civil procedure, dependency, and family law, addressing many novel issues and drafting over a thousand orders and opinions for the Judiciary and hundreds of memorandums of law. He has also assisted the Judiciary on three high-profile death penalty cases in Orange County, one from inception through the penalty phase and the other two cases upon postconviction review.

Mr. Andriano has published several articles in legal publications and has received several awards from the Orange County Bar Association. In April 2025, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from UCF's College of Community Innovation and Education, Legal Studies Department.

Since becoming an attorney, Mr. Andriano has been heavily involved in service to the community through The Florida Bar, the Orange County Bar Association, and The Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association. He previously served as the President of the Orange County Bar Association Foundation, and on the Board of Trustees of the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association. He is also a past chair of The Florida Bar's Family Law Rules Committee and currently serves on one of The Florida Bar's grievance committees. In 2024, the Board of Orange County Commissioners and the Mayor of Orange County appointed him to serve on the Children and Family Services Advisory Board.

Mr. Andriano believes, and his faith prescribes, that as legal professionals, we are called to serve others, for service in any capacity is not for the promotion of oneself but the promotion of others and the greater good.

Awards & Recognitions

Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Central Florida's College of Community Innovation and Education, Legal Studies Department, 2025

Presidential Service Award, Orange County Bar Association, 2024

Outstanding New Program Diversity & Inclusion Series, Orange County Bar Association 2020 Outstanding Service Award, Orange County Bar Association, 2023

Best Brief, Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Competition, Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar, 2016

Newsroom

Publications

Michael Andriano, ' COVID-19 and The Confrontation Clause, ' The Briefs, Vol. 89, No. 4, pg. 10-11, Orange County Bar Association, May 2021

Michael Andriano, ' Aren’t They All Our Children, After All?, ' The Briefs, Vol. 88, No. 9, pg. 12-13, Orange County Bar Association, November 2020

Michael Andriano, 'Hindering Permanency, One Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim at a Time,' 5 CHILD & FAM. L.J. 33, 2017