Attorney Profile

Jeffrey "Jack" Gordon

Jeffrey Gordon

Maney & Gordon PA
101 East Kennedy Blvd., Suite 3170
Tampa, FL 33602
Contact Contact Jeffrey "Jack" Gordon
T: 813-221-1366
F: 813-223-5920

Visit: www.maneygordon.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury Plaintiff: General (40%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Medical Malpractice (40%), Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products (20%)
Industry Groups: Academy Of Florida Trial Lawyers, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association

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A twice Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by the Florida Bar, Mr. Gordon is also certified as a Senior Counsel by the American College of Barristers.  He is admitted to the United Sates Supreme Court, the United States District Courts of the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the State Bar of Florida.  He is rated AV Pre-eminent by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating an attorney can obtain in the areas of legal ability and ethical standards.  Mr. Gordon concentrates his practice in representing individuals who have been injured, and families whose relatives have been killed, as a result of medical malpractice, automobile negligence, security hazards, and defective products. Mr. Gordon has been honored for his skill and experience as a Trial Lawyer by faculty appointment to lecture to Florida licensed attorneys on the subjects of Evidence, Civil Procedure and Trial Advocacy.

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About Jeffrey Gordon

Admitted: 1990, Florida

Professional Webpage: www.maneygordon.com/attorneys_Jeffrey_Gordon.html

Honors and Awards: Jeffrey "Jack" Gordon of the law firm of Maney | Gordon was selected as one of the Leading Attorneys of the Southeastern United States for 2009, and has been published in the February 16th issue of Forbes Magazine by Goldline Research., Leading Attorneys of the Southeastern United States (Forbes Magazine), Goldline Research as published in Forbes Magazine, 2009, Chosen by The Legal News as among the top 3% of attorneys in the nation., The Legal News, 2009
Special Licenses/Certifications: Board Certified as a specialist in Civil Trial Law
Bar/Professional Activity: Trial Lawyers Section (Hillsborough County Bar Association) 1995-present; Teen Court Judge 1993-1996
Pro bono/Community Service: RIF (Reading is Fundamental); Animal Legal Defense Fund
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: January 24, 2009.  Mr. Gordon served as faculty member during which time attendees learned valuable techniques from seasoned trial lawyers and a distinguished judge on witness control and persuasion, examination styles and applicable evidentiary rules., Lecturer, Powerful Techniques for Direct and Cross Examination, National Business Institute, 2009, September 25, 2008.  Mr. Gordon taught this advanced level program providing in-depth analysis of the theory and strategy behind damage determination and the use of expert witnesses for Attorneys and Insurance Professionals., Author / Lecturer, Advanced Personal Injury: Mastering Your Practice, National Business Institute, 2008, September 2009.  Mr. Gordon was invited to provide lecture presentation on Mediation and Exemplary Opening Statement., Guest Faculty, Stetson Law School
Verdicts and Settlements: January 2010.  After multiple mediations, Mr. Gordon successfully obtained settlement from The Seminole Tribe on a negligent security claim.  This is the third such claim Mr. Gordon has resolved this year for assaults occuring at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino.  The Plaintiff sustained maxillo-facial fractures requiring multiple medical and dental surgeries.  During the first year of litigation in state court, The Tribe had asserted immunity., 2010, February 2009.  Attorney Jack Gordon successfully convinced the 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona, Florida to reverse the Hernando County Circuit Court's judgment in an Eight Million Dollar ($8,000,000) commercial real estate case. The circuit court trial judge had ordered seizure of our client's 200-acre land development project.  The judgment caused title to the property to be transferred from our client to a Utah venture capital corporation. This appellate victory restores our client's ownership and control of this Eight Million Dollar ($8,000,000) land development project., June 2009. Four Hundred Thousand Dollar ($400,000) pre-trial settlement acheived for injured motorcyclist., June 2009.  Successfully obtained confidential six-figure pre-trial settlement amount in medical malpractice claim wherein hospital physicians wrongfully prescribed counter-indicated medications resulting in cognitive deficit. , January 2009.  Attorney Jack Gordon successfully settled a medical malpractice case involving gall bladder surgery for a confidential six-figure amount. Attorneys for the Defendant surgeon contested liability for nearly two years, arguing that injury to the biliary tract is a known complication of the procedure, that hospital personnel had properly informed our client of the risks, and that our client had provided her informed consent to the procedure. The claim was settled at mediation after Mr. Gordon provided a two-hour preview of his anticipated jury presentation. , September 2009.  Mr. Gordon successfully settled two negligent security claims against the Seminole Tribe on behalf of young men injured following assaults in the Hard Rock casino parking area.  The trial court entered an order in 2008 limiting the scope of discovery to the jurisdictional issue of whether the Tribe would be immune from suit in Circuit Court.  After eleven months of litigating the issues of soverign immunity and waiver, these cases settled for confidential amounts at mediation.
Educational Background: Law Clerk intern to the Honorable Judge Edward Barfield, First District Court of Appeal., 1989
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