Rossana Arteaga-Gomez

Rossana Arteaga-Gomez has an active civil litigation and criminal defense trial practice in both federal and state court. She is a firm believer that to truly be a “trial lawyer” a lawyer must actually try cases and seek as many opportunities as possible to argue in court.

Rossana began 2026 by arguing an appeal before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals involving a foreign country’s assertion of sovereign immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. In 2025, Rossana was the lead attorney in a federal criminal case involving an employee of a major international company. The Court acquitted her client after her cross-examination of the government’s main witnesses. In 2023, Rossana was one of the lead attorneys who successfully prosecuted a First Amendment retaliation claim against a sitting City of Miami Commissioner, helping the trial team win a $63.5 million judgment for the clients. Notably, during a short break in that seven-week First Amendment retaliation trial, Rossana tried a separate criminal case obtaining an acquittal for her client. In 2019, Rossana was one of the lead attorneys defending the then-largest healthcare fraud case in the nation in a trial that also lasted seven weeks. Rossana developed the theory of defense on the principal count of health care fraud conspiracy. The jury deadlocked, and so her client avoided a conviction on that count.

Rossana honed her trial skills as a Miami-Dade Assistant Public Defender. In that position, she tried a wide variety of cases ranging from first-degree murder, burglary, and insurance fraud to driving under the influence. Rossana also successfully argued a Stand-Your-Ground Motion obtaining the dismissal of an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge. Additionally, Rossana successfully argued motions to suppress and for judgment of acquittal, as well as defended clients in pre-trial detention and probation violation hearings.

Rossana served as a Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke and U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres in the Southern District of Florida. She has worked at boutique and large litigation firms. Rossana also taught legal research and writing for three years at the University of Miami School of Law. 

​Rossana is a Miami native and speaks fluent Spanish. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Friendship Circle of Miami.