Tommy Roebig

Tommy D. Roebig is a native Floridian, born and raised in Jacksonville. He received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University and his law degree fromStetson University College of Lawwhere he was a member of the National Moot Court Team. In 2007, the 10,000-member Stetson Lawyers Alumni Association awarded Tommy and his partner Wil Florin its outstanding Alumni Award (Paul May Meritorious Service Award). He is a member of the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation and numerous other associations which promote civil justice.Tommy has been inducted into the “Million Dollar Advocates Forum,” a National organization which recognizes Trial Lawyers who have received jury awards in excess of a million dollars. He has also been named to the“Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum”for numerous jury verdicts of multiple millions. He is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by bothThe Florida BarandThe National Board of Trial Advocacyas well as Board Certified as a Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certifications. Florida Trend™ Magazine has selected Tommy as one of Florida’s “Elite Lawyers” and he has been voted by his peers to be named in“Best Lawyers in America”from 2010-2021. In 2017, he was namedLawyer of the Yearby Best Lawyers in America for his accomplished work in Personal Injury Litigation for Plaintiffs in the St. Petersburg, Florida Metropolitan Area.Tommy has been repeatedly named among Florida’s“Super Lawyers”every year since 2006 in a statewide poll conducted of practicing attorneys by the publication Law and Politics. He has also obtained Martindale-Hubbell’shighest peer ratingfor both ethics and legal ability. In 2007, he was listed as one of “America’s Leading Plaintiff’s Lawyers” by the national legal organization, Lawdragon. Every year since 2009, Tommy was selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association asone of the Top 100 Trial Lawyersin the state of Florida.Tommy has been a frequently requested lecturer at Stetson University College of Law instructing on the law of negligence and wrongful death damages. In 2019, Tommy was inducted into the prestigiousStetson University College of Law Hall of Fame, which recognizes alumni of the law school “who have reached and remained at the pinnacle of their fields and have had a profound impact upon the College of Law.” Tommy is only the89th inductee to theStetson Hall of Famein the120-year historyof the school.Tommy has obtained million dollar plus jury awards in both federal and state court trials as well as million dollar recoveries for his clients in the areas of medical malpractice, discrimination & civil rights, liquor liability, product liability, class action and motor-vehicle negligence. In 2016, Tommy Roebig pursued and obtained a$42 million jury verdict against Applebee’sand others in a personal injury case (largest contested jury verdict in Hernando County history). In 2005, his $15 million jury verdict in a trucking negligence trial was the 4th largest verdict reported in the state. His$47.4 million jury verdict against a Tampa Bay area day spaand massage therapist is the largest jury verdict in Pasco County history and the second largest jury verdict in Florida for 2014. His$6.1 million jury verdict in a motorcycle accident caseobtained in August 2017 is believed to be the largest jury verdict in Sumter County history. His 2018$7.6 million jury verdict in a premises liability casehas been ranked by Top Verdict as thelargest amount for all 2018 Dangerous Condition jury verdictsin the State of Florida. Tommy is married and has two children.