Florida Personal Injury Lawyer
At Wolf & Pravato we have proudly served Floridians for more than thirty years, winning serious injury and wrongful death claims from the Keys to the Panhandle. Call 954-522-5800 for a free consult and a trial lawyer will tell you today whether you have a case. Winning your case is no accident: it takes attorneys who try cases and have fought insurers since 1993, and you pay us nothing unless we win. We work from five offices between Fort Lauderdale and Fort Myers.
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We have won for Floridians from the Keys to the Panhandle, and every one of these began with a phone call from a family who did not know what to do next. A number on its own tells you very little, so we have said which went to a jury and which settled. Results depend on the facts of each case, and no lawyer can promise you a number.
A father and grandfather died falling down a makeshift stairwell in an illegally split townhouse.
How we handle these claims →- $1,000,000
- Compensatory
- $2,500,000
- Punitive
A funeral home lost a family’s cremated remains, then forged documents to hide it.
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The lawyers who will handle your case
You do not have to work out what happens next on your own. From the day you call, this is who is on your side: an attorney Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar, a Super Lawyers selectee who spent years working for the insurance companies before he started working against them, and a trial team that has been together more than twenty five years. They will tell you where you stand, deal with the insurer so you do not have to, and stay with it for as long as your case takes.
Richard Pravato has been trying injury cases in Broward County since 1996 and has never represented an insurance company. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar, a distinction fewer than one percent of Florida attorneys hold. It is not a badge you apply for: you earn it by trying cases to verdict, by being reviewed by the judges and opposing counsel who watched you do it, and by sitting a written examination. He holds the same certification nationally from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Brett J. Yonon spent years on the other side of these cases, defending insurers and corporations, before he moved his practice to representing injured people. Brian H. Malamud has been on the firm's trial team for more than twenty five years.
Insurers keep records on which firms actually try cases and which ones always settle. That record is worth more to you at the negotiating table than anything we could put on a billboard.
Richard P. Pravato
Since 1996 he has represented injured people and nobody else. He has held his board certification since 2004, which fewer than one percent of Florida lawyers do.
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Brett J. Yonon
He spent years defending insurers before moving to represent injured people. He handles the firm’s catastrophic injury, wrongful death, trucking and funeral home cases.
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Brian H. Malamud
He has handled car accidents, slip and fall claims, dog attacks and general negligence here for more than twenty-five years. His degree is in psychology, from the University of Florida.
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Alazay Ventura-Coffey
On his first day as a sworn attorney he co-chaired a Broward County jury trial that returned $1,387,060.58. He handles car accidents, slip and fall claims and general negligence.
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Behind the attorneys
Injury and wrongful death claims across Florida
We handle a wide range of injury and wrongful death claims. Select a claim type below for the details specific to Florida, including the deadlines that decide whether a case can still be brought. For anything not listed here, call us and we will tell you where your case stands.
Florida Car Accident Lawyer
The other driver ran a light, and their insurer already wants a recorded statement from you. We handle rear-end, intersection, hit and run and rideshare crashes. That includes the ones where the driver who hit you barely carries any coverage.
- We take over the recorded statement their adjuster wants
- A serious injury opens a claim against the other driver directly
- See a doctor within 14 days or your own coverage pays nothing
Florida Truck Accident Lawyer
A loaded tractor-trailer does not hit you the way a sedan does, and the case is not run the same way either. What decides it sits in the carrier’s own records, and those start being overwritten within days.
- Federal rules cap driving at 11 hours after 10 hours off duty
- Electronic logging data can be purged on a six-month cycle
- A preservation letter goes out before the truck is repaired
Florida Motorcycle Accident Lawyer
Left-turn and lane-change collisions, and the assumption every adjuster starts with: that the rider must have been going too fast. We have spent thirty years taking that assumption apart.
- A motorcycle carries no automatic medical benefit in Florida
- Helmet use does not bar recovery for riders over 21
- Scene photographs and helmet damage often settle the fault question
Florida Slip and Fall Lawyer
Grocery, hotel and parking lot falls. Florida makes you prove something most states do not, and it comes down to what the owner knew and when. That proof lives on video that gets erased on a schedule.
- Fla. Stat. § 768.0755 requires proof of actual or constructive knowledge
- Surveillance video is routinely overwritten in 14 to 30 days
- Incident reports and inspection logs are requested immediately
Florida Pedestrian and Bicycle Accident Lawyer
You had the walk signal and a car came anyway. These are among the most serious injuries we see, and when the driver leaves the scene the claim often has to run through your own uninsured motorist coverage instead.
- Florida ranks among the most dangerous states for people on foot
- Your own UM coverage can pay in a hit and run
- Signal timing and lighting records can shift fault off the pedestrian
Florida Premises Liability Lawyer
You were attacked in a garage or a complex that already knew it had a problem. Negligent security, bad lighting and unsafe conditions on somebody else’s property, where the question is what the owner had already been told.
- Prior crime reports at the same address establish foreseeability
- Lighting levels are measurable and often below code
- The property owner and the management company can both be liable
Florida Funeral Home Negligence Lawyer
A funeral home cremated the wrong person, lost your loved one’s remains, or buried them in the wrong place. Florida lets a family recover for that grief even with no physical injury. The conduct has to rise above ordinary carelessness, which is why these cases need someone who has run one.
- Kirksey v. Jernigan allows mental anguish damages with no physical impact
- Funeral homes are licensed under Fla. Stat. ch. 497 and can be reported free
- We took a funeral home case to a jury and recovered $3,500,000
Florida Wrongful Death Lawyer
These are the calls we take most carefully. Florida decides by statute who in a family may recover and for what, and the answer is narrower than most people expect. We will walk you through it before you decide anything.
- Fla. Stat. § 768.21 sets who may recover and what each survivor may claim
- The estate must appoint a personal representative before filing
- Two years from the date of death for most claims
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- Board Certified Civil Trial Law, The Florida Bar
- Super Lawyers 2024 and 2025
- Rising Star 2022 and 2023
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum lifetime member
I am so happy to have chosen this firm to represent me during this tedious and difficult time after my car accident. I instantly felt that I was in the hands of more-than competent, friendly, and professional staff. Words cannot begin to explain the gratitude I have for Vincent and Richard Pravato and their staff. Best Personal Injury Attorneys ever. I would highly recommend Wolf & Pravato. They settled my personal injury case with ease. The Wolf and Pravato Law firm really went to bat for my wife, who was in a horrible personal injury auto crash. Having someone on your side who truly cares about your well being and future good health is worth all the money in the world. Five Florida offices
Five offices from Fort Lauderdale to Fort Myers, so the lawyer on your case is one you can drive to. Each has its own page, its own phone number and its own Google listing. Pick a market to see the roads, courthouse and trauma center your case will actually run through.
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We take cases anywhere in Florida. An office is where you meet us, not the limit of where we work: The Florida Bar licenses us in all sixty-seven counties, so if you were hurt somewhere else in the state, call 954-522-5800 and tell us where. See every market we cover →
Speak to a lawyer about your case
- You call and a person answers No phone menu and no form to fill out first. Tell whoever picks up what happened, in a sentence, and say you want to speak to a lawyer.
- You are put through to a lawyer During office hours we get an attorney on the phone with you. If every lawyer is in court or with a client, we take your number instead of taking your case history.
- A lawyer calls you back The call back comes from a lawyer, and they can tell you there and then whether you have a claim.
Ask early. The other driver's insurer is usually calling you within days of the accident. They are polite, they sound helpful, and they are recording. What you say in that first week gets read back to you a year later by somebody whose job is to make your injuries sound small. Knowing what not to say is worth more than anything we can do for you afterward.
A ten minute conversation before you give a statement is often worth more than anything that happens later.
Richard P. Pravato, Board Certified Civil Trial AttorneyFlorida shortened the deadline to file most injury lawsuits from four years to two years for accidents on or after March 24, 2023 (HB 837, amending Fla. Stat. § 95.11). Accidents before that date still carry the four-year deadline. If you are unsure which applies to you, call and ask.
What decides most Florida injury claims
To use your PIP benefits
Florida no-fault pays your first medical bills only if treatment starts within 14 days of the crash. Miss it and that coverage is gone, whatever the injury turns out to be.
To file most injury suits
For accidents on or after March 24, 2023. Before that date the old four-year deadline still applies, which is why the date of your crash decides the answer.
Unless we recover for you
Contingency fee. The percentage and the case costs go in writing before you sign anything, and there is no attorney fee if there is no recovery.
What people ask us first
How long do I have to file an injury lawsuit in Florida?
Two years from the date of the accident, if it happened on or after March 24, 2023. Accidents before that date carry the older four-year deadline. Claims against a government entity have their own shorter notice requirements, so ask early rather than late.
What does it cost to hire a personal injury lawyer?
Nothing up front. We work on contingency, which means our fee is a percentage of what we recover for you. If there is no recovery, you owe no attorney fee. We put the percentage and the case costs in writing before you sign anything.
Should I give a statement to the other driver’s insurance company?
Not before you speak with a lawyer. A recorded statement taken in the first days after a crash, before you know the full extent of your injuries, is routinely used later to argue you were not badly hurt. You are not required to give one.
Do I still have a case if I was partly at fault?
Possibly. Florida uses modified comparative negligence: you can recover damages if you are found 50 percent or less at fault, reduced by your share of the blame. If you are found more than 50 percent at fault, you cannot recover.
Tell us what happened
Tell us what happened in your own words. A lawyer will listen today, tell you what Florida law does with those facts, and be straight with you about whether it is worth bringing. If it is not, we will say so and you will have lost nothing but a phone call.