Overview
Overview
Kyndal Rae Midkiff is an Associate in the firm's Tampa office. She practices within our general liability team focusing in the areas of general civil litigation and vehicle negligence.
Ms. Midkiff obtained her Bachelor of Science from the University of North Florida, where she majored in Communication with a minor degree in Economics and Business Management. Upon graduation, Ms. Midkiff earned her Juris Doctor degree from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School, graduating magna cum laude. Ms. Midkiff earned the highest-grade distinction in Contracts, Torts, Criminal Law, Legal Research and Writing, Civil Procedure, Personal and Professional Responsibility, and Pre-Trial Skills.
Ms. Midkiff served as a Dean's Fellow at Cooley Law School as a peer-mentor for the Academic Resource Center. During her third year of law school, she served as a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Catherine Peek McEwen for the United States Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida. Ms. Midkiff also served as a Certified Legal Intern at the Cooley Law School Debt Relief Clinic where she assisted in handling Chapter 7 Bankruptcy matters for indigent clients in the Tampa Bay Area. She was also the President of Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review.
Associations
- The Florida Bar Association
- The Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar

Awards & Recognitions
Thomas M. Cooley Law School Alumni Memorial Scholarship Recipient, 2024
Certificate of Merit Recipient in Florida Bar Exam Skills, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2024
Certificate of Merit Recipient in Pre-Trial Skills, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2024
Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society Balfour Scholarship Award Recipient, 2023
Certificate of Merit Recipient in Civil Procedure, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2023
Certificate of Merit Recipient in Personal and Professional Responsibility, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2023
C.O.D.E. Award Recipient - Thomas M. Cooley Debt Relief Clinic, 2023
Certificate of Merit Recipient in Contracts, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2022
Certificate of Merit Recipient in Criminal Law, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2022
Certificate of Merit Recipient in Legal Research & Writing, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 2022
Practice Areas
Education
Cooley Law School, J.D., magna cum laude
University of North Florida, B.S., Communications with a Concentration in Public Relations and Minors in Economics and Business Management
Admissions
- Florida, 4/14/2025