Richard P. Pravato

Richard Pravato is a founding and managing partner of Wolf and Pravato, and he heads the firm’s Litigation Department. He is a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney, who has successfully litigated hundreds of cases in numerous Florida Courts. Richard has been aggressively involved in litigating personal injury cases since 1996. He has obtained substantial settlements and jury verdicts in a variety of cases, including: Wrongful Death, Product Liability, Automobile Accident, Premises Liability, and various other negligence cases.

MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Richard Pravato is a member in good standing of the following:

• Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Attorneys
• American Justice Association
• Florida Justice Association
• Broward County Justice Association
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Broward County Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Civil Liberties Union

EDUCATION

Richard graduated from Nova Southeastern School of Law with High Honors (Magna Cum Laude) in 1996. Richard was in the top 5% of his graduating class, and he won numerous awards for Academic Excellence. He was also a member of the Dean’s List for his entire three years of law school.

Richard was born in Miami, Florida, and has lived in the South Florida area his entire life. He is married and is the father of two wonderful boys.

BOARD CERTIFIED CIVIL TRIAL ATTORNEY

Richard Pravato is a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney. Board Certification means that an attorney has been recognized by the Florida Bar as possessing special knowledge, skills and proficiency in a particular area of law. This is the highest level of evaluation by the Florida Bar, and it allows the attorney to be identified as a “specialist” or an “expert” in their field.

Of the roughly 93,000 attorneys who are licensed to practice law in Florida, only about 4500 are Board Certified. Additionally, out of those 4500 board certified attorneys, only about 1068 are certified in the area of Civil Trial. That means only about 1% of all Florida Attorneys are Board Certified Civil Trial Attorneys.