Practice Areas

Brain and spinal cord injuries are among the most catastrophic injuries a person can suffer. These types of injuries can have disastrous effects on the lives on the individuals and families because they often eliminate the ability of a victim to earn a living and take care of themselves. In addition, brain and spinal cord injuries often crush a person’s hopes and dreams of ever having a normal life again.

Oftentimes, injury cases involve accidents that are caused by multiple parties resulting in a catastrophic or very serious injury to a victim. Complex multi-party cases have their own special demands and needs. Complex and multi-party cases demand a firm with resources to fight against the largest corporations and law firms. Multi-party cases need multiple lawyers to prosecute the claim in order to fairly match the legal talent of the opposition.

When a home or business is damaged by fire, weather event, or other covered loss the lives of the victims can be wrecked and disrupted in ways that are unimaginable. Most insurance policies not only provide for damage of the costs to repair or replace damaged property, but also requires the company to provide additional living expenses, loss of business income, storage costs, and many other types of losses that result from these tragic events.

At Paul & Perkins P.A., nursing home abuse and neglect is close to our hearts. As a young lawyer, David Paul spent a majority of his time traveling the state defending nursing homes in abuse and neglect cases. It was a wearisome experience for David that made him realize he was meant to be on the other side of the courtroom working on behalf of senior citizens.

Paul & Perkins P.A. represents individuals whose lives are forever changed by professional negligence. Professional negligence includes medical malpractice, insurance agent error, as well as the professional negligence of architects, engineers, and accountants. When an individual or family relies on the expertise of a professional of any area of practice, the negligence of those professionals could have a profound effect on people’s lives.

Unfortunately, roadside construction and roadside defect accidents are common in the State of Florida. Many times, these tragedies could have been easily prevented if the contractors and design professionals followed the State rules and common sense.

Our law firm realizes we cannot be all things to all people. We do not handle minor injury claims and choose to focus our practice on serious injury cases that require serious lawyers. We have assembled teams of the most accomplished and qualified experts in the country to evaluate and quantify the harms and losses in serious injury cases. We have handled a wide spectrum of cases ranging from severe injuries at construction sites to a corporation’s negligent hiring that resulted in the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. Our firm can handle almost any significant personal injury case.

While any auto accident that causes injury is serious, sometimes the consequences of driver negligence can result in permanent disability, the loss of a limb, partial or total paralysis, severe burns, or even death. The lawyers at Paul & Perkins P.A. have prosecuted numerous serious auto accidents through successful resolution and verdict.

Trucking collisions and claims are a specialized area of law, which require an in-depth knowledge of the extensive regulations that govern truck drivers. A key problem within the trucking industry is the significant incentives offered to truck drivers who deliver their loads quickly. This compensation program promotes excessive speed and, unfortunately, encourages drivers to avoid sleep and take medications and stimulants to stay awake.

Paul & Perkins P.A. has five lawyers with the proven experience in aggressively achieving successful verdicts and settlements in significant personal injury and wrongful death cases. We have handled a variety of cases ranging from the horrific death of patron at a theme park to deaths resulting from nursing home abuse, medical malpractice, automobile negligence, and industrial accidents.