First Admitted: 1991, Florida

Bar / Professional Activity:

President, St. Petersburg Bar Association, 2002
Board of Directors, NOVA - National Organization of Veterans' Advocates, 2021
Broward County Bar Association, Member
Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Member
Former Editor and Member, Editorial Board - Paraclete, the magazine of the St. Petersburg Bar Association
Saint Petersburg Bar Association, Member
Clearwater Bar Association, Member
Chair, American Association for Justice Social Security Disability Law Section, 2012
Hillsborough County Bar Association, Member

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Accredited to represent Veterans and practice before the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ('VA')
Admitted to practice before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal (1992 to present)., 1992
Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida (1991 to present)., 1991
Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida (1998 to present)., 1998
Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Washington, D.C. (2008 to present)., 2008
Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (1998 to present)., 1998

Pro bono / Community Service:

Board of Directors, Saint Petersburg Free Clinic (2015 - Present)
"Ask a Lawyer" program for the Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2010
Board of Trustees of the Mid-Florida Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society (2008 to 2015)

Honors:

John Tucker is rated "10/10 - Superb" by Avvo.com, a national attorney rating service., "10/10 - Superb" Rating, Avvo.com, 2010
John Tucker is "AV" rated through Martindale-Hubbell., the nation's most longstanding and recognized lawyer directory. An AV rating is the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standards given to a lawyer or law firm based upon peer reviews by lawyers and judges., AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 2014
Top 100 Lawyers, The National Advocates, 2015
Selected as one of the Tampa Bay Review's 40 Under 40, The Tampa Bay Review, 2002
Top Rated Lawyers - South Florida's Legal Leaders, Miami Herald, 2015
John Tucker is "AV" rated through Martindale-Hubbell., the nation's most longstanding and recognized lawyer directory. An AV rating is the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standards given to a lawyer or law firm based upon peer reviews by lawyers and judges. , AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, 2010
John V. Tucker, an AV-Preeminent rated attorney through Martindale-Hubbell has been selected by ALM Media and The Tampa Tribune/Wall Street Journal as one of Tampa's Top Rated Lawyers., Tampa's Top Rated Lawyers, Tampa Tribune/Wall Street Journal, 2012
Nation's Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2015

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Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

John Tucker regularly serves as a featured national lecturer and author on disability benefit and disability insurance topics. At the 2010 American Association for Justice Annual Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mr. Tucker is presenting a lecture on Social Security Benefits as an Offset to Long Term Disability Benefits, a topic with significant implications to the amount of benefits a person receives when they are making a disability benefit claim., Lecturer, Social Security Benefits as an Offset to Long Term Disability Benefits, American Association for Justice, 2010
Disability attorney John Tucker was selected and served as the claimant's attorney in a mock hearing demonstration at the National Annual Convention of NADR - the National Association of Disability Representatives., Feature Panel Member, Disability Mock Hearing, National Association of Disability Representatives, 2010
ERISA benefit attorney John Tucker presented a lecture on the impact of ERISA health and disability insurance liens on personal injury cases at the 2010 FJA Collateral Source Seminar in Tampa, Florida. This was the 9th year Mr. Tucker presented this lecture for the Florida Justice Association., Lecturer, ERISA Liens, Florida Justice Association, 2010
In January 2013, John Tucker presented 2 lectures in New Orleans, LA at the annual continuing eduation seminar of the American Association for Justice Social Security Disability Law Section., Lecturer, American Association For Justice, 2013

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