Education
I was born in Newton, Iowa, but I grew up in Central Florida. I went to Lake Mary High School, graduating Summa Cum Laude (over 4.0 GPA). In high school, I was on the Varsity baseball and volleyball teams. I then attended Florida State University on two, full academic scholarships, and obtained degrees, with honors, in both Finance and Insurance/Risk Management. I stayed at Florida State for law school where I obtained my Juris Doctor degree with honors.
Experience
While at the Florida State College of Law, I clerked for the General Counsel at the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV), where I specialized in appellate issues. I later clerked at an insurance-defense law firm, Henry, Buchanan, Hudson, Suber, Carter, P.A., where I assisted on appellate and litigation-related matters. I also served as the Attorney General for the FSU Student Government Association, and as a Fellow for the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. While serving as a Fellow for the Speaker, I authored several bills which were subsequently filed in the Florida House of Representatives.
After passing the Bar, I served as a Prosecutor at the State Attorney’s Office (Ninth Circuit – Orange/Osceola Counties) where I prosecuted thousands of cases, which included the successful argument of countless motions and the trial of numerous cases as both lead and co-counsel. I then joined a large downtown-Orlando insurance-defense law firm, where I assisted in the litigation of hundreds of cases, which included the defense of some of the country’s largest insurance companies.
In 2010, I opened my own law firm, The Main Law Firm, P.L., because I had seen some of the Plaintiff’s lawyers who were against me, and I knew that I could do better. I knew that I could use my courtroom and trial experience, along with my knowledge from defending the insurance companies, to help good people fight against the insurance companies.
Some of my recent awards include:
- Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, membership restricted to the uber-elite of U.S. lawyers
- Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyer in Florida for 2022, The National Trial Lawyers
- Premier Lawyers of America, a highly prestigious honor reserved for the top 1% of U.S. lawyers
- Top 25 Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyer for 2022, The National Trial Lawyers
- A+ Rating, Better Business Bureau
- Super Lawyers Magazine Rising Star (Top 2.5% lawyers under 40), Thompson Reuters
- Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers
- AV “Preeminent” Rating (highest rating possible), Martindale Hubbell
- Top 10 Attorneys, American Jurist Institute
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers
- Top 1%, National Association of Distinguished Counsel
- Legal Elite Up and Comer, Florida Trend Magazine
- 10/10 “Superb” Rating, Avvo
- Lawyers of Distinction Inductee
- Top 40 Litigation Lawyer Under 40, American
- Society of Legal Advocates
- Best Attorney of America, Rue Ratings
- Mega Lawyers (top 10% of U.S. Lawyers)
Admitted to Practice
- All Florida State Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Areas of Practice
- Car Accident Lawyer — Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Accidents — Plaintiff
- Personal Injury — Plaintiff
- Auto Accidents — Plaintiff
- Workers’ Compensation
- Products Liability — Plaintiff
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 2005
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2012