About Serena Catherina
Serena Catherina Baldacchino has woven a career between public service and private practice. She holds a law degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, earned in 2003, and an earlier degree from Stetson University in 1996. She is licensed to practice in Florida and has worked across several roles that touch family and child welfare law.
Her legal training began in the classroom but quickly moved into hands-on work. After law school she entered practice and later took a role as Senior Program Lawyer for Guardian ad Litem in 2013. There she handled matters tied to child welfare and court-appointed representation. That period deepened her familiarity with the juvenile and family court systems.
In 2018 she joined Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. as a Family Law Lawyer. At the nonprofit she represented clients in domestic relations matters, bringing public interest experience to individual cases. The work involved both contested proceedings and negotiated resolutions, and it reinforced her courtroom experience as well as client counseling skills.
Baldacchino moved back into private practice in 2021 as a partner at Baldacchino & Lieb. The firm role placed her on the other side of case management and client development. She handled a range of family law matters while also overseeing day-to-day legal work at the firm.
In 2023 she joined Rice Law Office as an associate lawyer. The move brought her current position in private practice. Her record shows a trajectory from program-level positions in public agencies to roles in small firm settings and nonprofit representation. That mix has offered recurring exposure to custody, guardianship and related domestic matters.
Baldacchino holds a long-standing association membership that dates back to 2005. She keeps active ties to the legal community and to organizations that intersect with family and children’s services. Colleagues describe her as practical in court and attentive in client meetings. Her written work and case files reflect steady involvement in family court litigation and client advocacy.
She now practices at Rice Law Office, where her work centers on family law and child welfare matters.
