Summerfield Personal Injury Lawyers

Dale Swope is managing partner of Swope, Rodante P.A. Mr. Swope is a Tampa native, and a graduate of Hillsborough High School, the University of South Florida, and the University of Florida Law School. The firm’s most senior lawyer, Mr. Swope has received virtually every professional recognition available to lawyers who practice in his field. He has an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the oldest reviewing agency in the country. He has a ‘Superb’ rating (the highest possible) by AVVO.com. He has been designated as a ‘Super Lawyer’ by Super Lawyers Magazine. He is also listed in ‘Best Lawyers in America,’ ‘Who’s...

Raised in Brooksville, Florida, John Paul Berke started his career as a Florida State Trooper at 20 years of age. He was promoted to Traffic Homicide Investigator 1992 and then to Sergeant 1993. After moving to Lakeland, Florida, he graduated from Florida Southern College (cum laude) with a B.S. in Corporate Finance, than three years later received his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. After graduating from law school he was hired as an associate attorney in a law firm that primarily handled personal injury consumers. Six years later he resigned to open his own law firm in Lakeland, FL representing injured...

Blake Paul has been a civil trial attorney since 1996. His trial practice includes commercial litigation and business break-ups, personal injury and wrongful death, and other civil disputes. Blake has appeared as lead counsel in the courts of twenty-two of Florida's sixty-seven counties as well as the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern District of Florida and the Western District of Kentucky. Blake has also handled appellate cases in Florida's Second District Court of Appeals, the United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Florida Supreme Court.

Frank F. Fernandez, III, was born in Tampa, Florida. After obtaining his degree in Finance from the University of Florida in 1989, Mr. Fernandez attended Stetson University, College of Law, in St. Petersburg, Florida, receiving his Juris Doctorate law degree in 1992. Following an internship with the U.S. District Court, for the Middle District of Florida, Mr. Fernandez began his legal career as an Assistant State Attorney prosecuting criminal cases in Tampa, Florida.


In 1994, Mr. Fernandez joined the Orlando-based law firm of Meyers, Mooney and Meyers specializing in plaintiffs’ personal injury law and worker’s compensation disputes. In 1996,...

A native of the South, Jacksonville personal injury lawyer Don Guthrie lived in Florida's Panhandle as a child. After his early retirement from the U.S. Army, where he served as a Company Commander in the 101st Airborne Division and attained the rank of Infantry Major, Don returned to the state, earning his law degree from the University of Florida and becoming a licensed attorney in Florida in 1997. Currently, Don practices personal injury law in Jacksonville, FL, with a concentration in car accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death cases. Don brings considerable legal experience to his current position, combining...

A lifelong native of Florida, Joel was born and raised in Tallahassee, FL, were he obtained both his Bachelor of Science and Juris Doctor from Florida State University. Upon graduating from law school, Joel moved to Pensacola, FL to serve as a prosecutor in the State Attorney’s Office of the First Judicial Circuit of Florida. As a prosecutor, he gained immediate and invaluable trial experience where he handled 15 jury trials to verdict as first chair, as well as sitting first or second chair in dozens of other jury and bench trials. From there, Joel transitioned to a small civil...

Mr. Khonsari founded and is principal/partner of the Khonsari Law Group. With experience in family, criminal and civil law, Mr. Khonsari built the law firm with the standard of doing everything possible for each and every client. With over forty jury trials and countless other nonjury trials, he has used his trial advocacy in successfully representing clients in court. Mr. Khonsari obtained an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and his law degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. After graduating from law school and being admitted to the Florida Bar, Mr. Khonsari relocated to the...

Lawton R. Graves is a litigation associate with experience handling matters involving securities disputes, regulatory investigations, compliance with state and federal securities laws, broker-dealers, financial services firms, business disputes, complex commercial litigation, personal injury, foreclosures, bankruptcy and collection matters. Mr. Graves graduated magna cum laude from the Florida State University College of Law in the top 10% of his class, was an active member of the FSU Law review, and received the Book Award as the best student in Secured Transactions (UCC: Article 9). Prior to attending law school, Mr. Graves earned his Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Florida...

Tom Masterson is a native of St. Petersburg, Florida. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida in 1972 and his Doctorate of Jurisprudence, Magna Cum Laude, from South Texas College of Law in 1975.

Tom Masterson has been practicing law since 1975 and is the managing partner of Masterson, Hoag & Smith, P.A. His father, Barney Masterson, was the founding member of the firm. Mr. Masterson concentrates his practice on medical malpractice, legal malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death claims.

Ricky Favors is a personal injury lawyer in Orlando, FL. He works at Farah & Farah, a top-rated injury law firm with locations throughout Florida and Georgia. Mr. Favors is a proud member of the Florida Bar Association and Orange County Bar Association.

Michael was born in Albany, New York, but grew up in Port Orange, Florida. After graduating from Father Lopez Catholic High School, Michael attended the University of Florida. After two years working as a Real Estate Agent, Michael returned to school to study law at Florida Coastal School of Law. He graduated cum laude and became an Assistant Public Defender. Michael served as an Assistant Public Defender for four years practicing Criminal Law. He has represented thousands of individuals across Florida facing various charges ranging from minor misdemeanor offenses to Attempted Murder. Additionally, Michael has handled hundreds of Florida DUI charges...

Ryan E. Thompson was born and raised in St. Simons Island, Georgia. After completing his undergraduate degree from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, Ryan then went on active duty with the 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Regiment, United States Army.
Ryan received honors at Florida Coastal which included top performance in Lawyering Processes, Discovery / Depositions, Tort Actions, and Personal Injury Litigation.

Andrew Miller is a Univeristy of Florida graduate and has been a personal injury lawyer since 2010. Before becoming an attorney, Miller was the Executive Director and Legal Counsel of The Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida, an environmental non-profit in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. In January, 2018 Andrew moved to Farah & Farah, P.A. where he now practices plaintiff’s personal injury law exclusively.

Frank Fratello is a personal injury attorney at Farah & Farah in Jacksonville, FL. Mr. Fratello received a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Sewanee in Tennessee. Frank earned notable distinction among his peers as one of the top five percent in his graduating class and he is a proud member of the Florida Bar Association and the Jacksonville Bar Association.

Tara Conner is a personal injury attorney at Farah & Farah in Jacksonville, FL and a Florida native.

She is a proud member of the Florida Bar and served as in-house counsel for one of the largest, heavy equipment dealers in North America and worked in private practice.

Caitlin Clarke is a personal injury attorney at Farah & Farah. Caitlin has always worked in personal injury law because she knows that those who are injured, or have a loved one that has been injured, need strong advocacy to protect their interests from insurance companies. She is a proud member of the State Bar of Georgia, Savannah Bar Association & SBA – Young Lawyers Division, SEALI – Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, The William Jay Society and Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity.

Charles A. Bowen, Jr. is a personal injury lawyer at Farah & Farah. He was born in Long Island, NY and graduated from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro in 2007. He received is Juris Doctor degree from North Carolina Central University in 2010 and a Master of Laws degree from John Marshall Law School in 2015. Bowen is also a proud member of the Florida and New York bar.

Gerald Wilkerson is a sixth-generation Floridian. He joined the United States Army in 1986 at the age of 17 years old, and was honorably discharged in 1989. He worked full-time while attending college at night, and graduated from Florida International University with Honors in 1996. In 1997 he was accepted to the University of Florida College of Law. During law school, Mr. Wilkerson was a member of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honors Legal Fraternity, wrote for the Technology Law Journal, and earned the coveted "Book Award" in Family Law which is the highest grade in the class. He met and...

Established in 2002 by Attorney John D. Andreopoulos, the Andreopoulos Law Firm has provided aggressive, zealous and compassionate representation to our clients for over 14 years. John D. Andreopoulos began his career in 1999 as an Assistant State Attorney in the Pinellas County State Attorney’s Office. Through his experience and dozens of jury trials as a Prosecutor, Attorney John D. Andreopoulos learned the Courtroom Trial skills necessary to become a successful, aggressive and experienced trial attorney for his Personal Injury clients. Attorney John D. Andreopoulos personally oversees all of the firm’s Personal Injury cases from the pre-lawsuit stage and...

Coretta Anthony-Smith is a native Floridian, born and raised in Naples, Florida. After graduating from high school, Coretta attended Georgetown University where she earned her B.S. in Marketing. Thereafter, she worked in the insurance industry learning the ins-and-outs of the insurance industry and the inner workings of insurance companies. In 1996, Coretta began law school at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law, where she graduated in 1999. After graduating from law school, Coretta worked for two prominent insurance defense firms representing several major insurance carriers. In 2004, Coretta stopped representing insurance companies and...

I am a litigation attorney with Rubenstein Law and practice out of their Orlando office. I specialize in representing personal injury victims, injured through no fault of their own, in litigation matters all over the State of Florida in state and federal courts. My experience includes wrongful death claims, trucking accidents, motor vehicle and pedestrian accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, and negligent security claims. The legal profession is a second career for me, after having spent a career in the military as a member of the United States Navy. I began my second career working for insurance companies and know the tactics...

Full service law firm with concentration in Serious Personal Injuries, Marital and Family Law, and Estate Law. Quality, client focused, legal solutions.

• Licensed in Florida and Washington D.C. • Licensed in the Middle District of Florida (federal) • Trained Arbitrator • Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil/Circuit and Appellant Mediator. • 2021 Attorney of the Year for Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida • Master Instructor of Combat Hapkido, 5th degree black belt Founder of the Law Firm of Charles Vega P.A. o BBB A+ Rated company o Six attorneys serving North; Central; South and the Gulf Coast Legal Services: Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Slip and Fall, Probate, Businesses, Family, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Medical Malpractice, Family Law and General Civil Litigation Education • Nova Southeastern University - Undergraduate Degree • Barry University – Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law • Florida Coastal...