Karen Beth Weintraub

Attorney Karen Beth Weintraub is a partner with Sidweber & Weintraub, P.A., a boutique family law firm in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Board-certified in marital and family law since 2012 by The Florida Bar's Board of Legal Specialization, Ms. Weintraub provides exceptional counsel and support to clients throughout the greater Fort Lauderdale metro and surrounding areas of South Florida, including Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Broward counties, who are going through a divorce or have some other serious legal issue affecting their families and children.Having focused her entire legal career on family law, Ms. Weintraub is able to offer an unmatched level of representation, and she finds great reward in being able to help so many in her community during some of the most difficult and emotionally challenging times in their lives. At all turns, she delivers highly personalized counsel to help her clients make the best-informed decisions, and she works diligently to assist them in pursuing their goals and the favorable outcomes they seek as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.Honored for her outstanding professionalism and service, Ms. Weintraub has earned an AV Preeminent peer review rating* from Martindale-Hubbell along with perennial designation as a Top Lawyer from South Florida Legal Guide each year between 2010 and present. She has also received "Superb" client ratings on AVVO as well as the site's highest designation, the Clients' Choice Award.  Ms. Weintraub has also been appointed to teach advanced family law trial advocacy seminars, has lectured on the topic of Family Law Trials at the law school and is a leader in the First Family Law Inns of Court in Miami-Dade County.  Ms. Weintraub was also appointed by the Florida Bar to serve on the Marital and Family Law Certification committee from 2018-2024 and was Vice-Chair in 2023 and 2024.A 1990 graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ms. Weintraub obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1993. She is a fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and she is an active member of The Florida Bar's Family Law Section, where she has now been appointed to the Board Certification Committee, a prestigious and coveted honor.Although Ms. Weintraub is an experienced and strong family law litigator, Ms. Weintraub's latest professional endeavor is founding her collaborative law group, calledDivorceSmart: Think Collaborative.  Ms. Weintraub has gathered and vetted the most experienced and respected professionals and experts throughout South Florida to represent divorce clients, without courts and in an amicable cooperative manner.  Collaborative law is suitable for all family law related issues, including divorce, custody/timesharing, alimony and property distribution issues, so long as both parties agree to the collaborative process.  The top financial experts and therapeutic professionals in South Florida are part of this collaborative team, led by Ms. Weintraub and her colleagues.*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.