McKinley Augustin

McKinley Blaise Augustin is an active member of the Florida Bar. He handles personal injury cases throughout Florida, at the trial level. Born to Haitian immigrant parents, he was raised in Pompano Beach FL. The city of Pompano Beach has the second largest percentage of Haitian Americans in the United States. As with most children of Caribbean descent, morals and values were strictly engrained in Mr. Augustin by his parents.

Mr. Augustin began his law career as a legal intern in 2014 while attending law school in Atlanta, GA. After graduating in 2015, he returned to Florida and joined a small personal injury in Palm Beach County as an Associate attorney. He gained considerable trial and litigation experience and in 2018 he endeavored to begin his own personal injury practice, the Pompano Beach based Blaise Law Office, P.A.

McKinley Augustin has served in Florida as lead counsel in family law, criminal, bankruptcy, and personal injury cases at the trial level. At present day, he represents plaintiffs in personal injury actions. He has served as counsel in several substantial injury cases resulting in six figure settlements.

Mr. Augustin is a proud Seminole, earning his bachelor’s degree from Florida State University in 2012 and his Juris Doctor from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, in 2015.

Admitted to practice

• Florida
• Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida

Education

• Florida State University
  • BA, 2011
• John Marshall Law School 
  • JD, 2015

PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS

• The Florida Bar, active member since 2016
• The National Black Lawyers, Top 40 under 40
• Expertise.com, Best Personal Injury Lawyers in Pompano Beach
• AAVO, 4.8 rating

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Member of Florida Bar, Young Lawyers Section 2016-2021
• Member of the F. Malcolm Cunningham, Sr. Bar, YSL,  2017-2019
• Member of the T.J. Reddick Bar, 2022-Present
• Member of the Florida Justice Association, Solo small firm, Auto 2021-Present