Top-rated personal injury lawyers

What does a personal injury lawyer do?

A personal injury lawyer represents people hurt by someone else's carelessness and claims compensation for medical bills, lost income and pain and suffering from the person at fault or their insurer.

• Car, truck and motorcycle crashes
• Slip and fall and other unsafe property injuries
• Medical malpractice
• Wrongful death claims for the family
• Dog bites
• Defective products

When do you need a personal injury lawyer?

Call a personal injury lawyer soon after a serious injury, before you give a recorded statement or accept a settlement offer.

• You were hurt and someone else may be at fault
• The insurer disputes fault or offers less than your bills
• Your injury is permanent or keeps you from working
• A family member died because of someone's negligence

Who are the best personal injury lawyers in Florida?

The statewide ranking lists the top 25 of the 246 personal injury lawyers LexRanked tracks in Florida, in order of their LexRank score. See the best personal injury lawyers in Florida.

Where can I find a personal injury lawyer in Florida?

Personal injury rankings cover 23 Florida cities; Tampa has the most lawyers compared (25).

How much does a personal injury lawyer cost in Florida?

Most personal injury lawyers work on a contingency fee: a percentage of what you recover and nothing if you recover nothing. Florida caps these percentages, for example 33 1/3% of the first $1 million when the case settles before the defendant answers. Under The Florida Bar's rules, a lawyer who has not represented you before must explain the basis or rate of the fee and costs, preferably in writing, and no fee may be clearly excessive.

Florida personal injury rules to know

Most injury claims must be filed within two years, a person more than 50% at fault recovers nothing, and car crash injuries start with your own PIP insurance.

What does Board Certified in Civil Trial Law mean?

It is a credential from The Florida Bar for lawyers with substantial experience in the field who have passed peer review and a written exam. Florida Bar board certification requires at least five years of practice, substantial involvement in the field, peer review by other lawyers and judges, continuing legal education and a written exam, and it must be renewed every five years. About 4.9% of Florida lawyers hold a board certification in any field.

How to choose a personal injury lawyer

Confirm the license in The Florida Bar's directory, then compare experience, certification and how often the lawyer handles cases like yours.

1. Look up the lawyer in The Florida Bar's directory: the license must show as eligible to practice, and public discipline is listed there.
2. Check for Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, which requires peer review and an exam.
3. Ask for the fee agreement in writing before work starts.
4. Ask: How many cases like mine have you taken to trial?
5. Ask: What percentage do you charge, and are costs deducted before or after your fee?
6. Ask: Who will handle my case day to day?

How LexRanked ranks personal injury lawyers

By the LexRank score: experience, practice-area relevance, awards on record such as board certification, professional credentials, data quality and location, using only facts with a cited source. Client reviews do not affect the LexRank score: neither star ratings nor the number of reviews is scored. Data checked November 2026 against each lawyer's Florida Bar profile. Payment never changes a position. See how we rank.

Guides

Read these before you hire a personal injury lawyer:

• Florida personal injury rules
• How much a personal injury lawyer costs
• How long a personal injury case takes
• Florida medical malpractice: pre-suit rules and deadlines

Sources

• Florida Statutes, section 95.11
• Florida Statutes, section 768.81
• Florida Statutes, section 627.736
• Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, Rule 4-1.5 (fees and costs for legal services)
• The Florida Bar: Find a Lawyer directory