2026, State of Florida

Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (J.D., 2026)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (B.A., summa cum laude, 2023)

Elizabeth Kness

Elizabeth S. Kness is an associate in the Orlando office of Wicker Smith, where her practice focuses on medical malpractice and general liability.

Elizabeth attended college at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where she earned her B.A. in English, summa cum laude, in 2023. She continued her education at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, graduating magna cum laude and ranking in the top 10% of her class. During law school, Elizabeth served as a Managing Editor of the Arizona State Law Journal and was named an O’Connor Honors Program Fellow and Willard H. Pedrick Scholar. She received the ABOTA Bill Jones Trial Advocacy Award, an Outstanding Oralist Award, and a High Pro Bono Service Distinction, and received her law degree in 2026.

As a law student, Elizabeth spent two summers with a civil litigation firm in Phoenix, Arizona, assisting in the resolution of business, property, and personal injury disputes in state and federal courts. She also served as an extern for an intellectual property attorney in Melbourne, Florida, and as an extern with the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona. She also volunteered at a legal aid organization in Phoenix, and served as a Legal Research Assistant to Professor Ellen M. Bublick, co-authoring an article on product liability theory and co-presenting at the Eleventh Biennial Law of Obligations Conference at Harvard Law School.

In her free time, Elizabeth is an accomplished equestrian, holding a Bronze Medal from the U.S. Dressage Federation. She is also an avid reader.

The Florida Bar

Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Central Florida Chapter