Marilyn Uzdavines practices primarily in the area of Fair Debt Collection Practices. Ms. Uzdavines is a member of the Florida Bar, American Bar Association, and the Hillsborough County Bar Association. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Uzdavines practiced in the Business Law Group at Holland & Knight LLP in Tampa, Florida. She also spent a summer as an extern in the Middle District of Florida for the Honorable Judge Susan C. Bucklew.

Ms. Uzdavines graduated with honors from the University of Florida in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She served as the Community Chairperson for the Phi Alpha Delta Political Honors Society, and was a member of the Golden Key National Honors Society. She also served as a minority mentor to Hispanic students at the University of Florida. Ms. Uzdavines went on to earn her J.D. with high honors at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she graduated in the top 2% of her class and a member of Order of the Coif. She served as the Symposium Editor of the Florida Law Review, was a teacher assistant for Legal Research and Writing, Appellate Advocacy, and Trial Practice, and was a Law School Ambassador to the incoming law students.

In the community, Ms. Uzdavines serves on the Board of Directors for Alpha House of Tampa, an organization that empowers pregnant women in crisis to realize their ability to break the cycles of poverty and abuse and create promising lives. She also has served as a United Way campaign coordinator in the workplace, and has mentored high school students with dreams to pursue legal careers.