Practice Areas - Personal Injury Law
- Automobile
- Professional Negligence
- Product Liability
- Wrongful Death Law
- Trial Practice
- Personal Injury
- Accidents
- Automobile Accidents and Injuries
- Automobile Negligence
- Bicycle Accidents
- Boating Accidents
- Bodily Injury
- Brain Injury
- Catastrophic Injury
- Commercial Vehicle Liability
- Electrical Injury
- Head Injury
- Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
- Motorcycle Accidents
- Pedestrian Injuries
- Plaintiffs Personal Injury
| - Power Line Contact Injury
- School Bus Accidents
- Severe Burns
- Slip and Fall
- Sexual Abuse
- Spinal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Accident Insurance
- Automobile Insurance
- Automobile Liability
- Automobile Insurance Coverage
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Torts
- Medical Malpractice
- Failure to Diagnose
- Medical Liability
- Medical Negligence
- Surgeons Liability
- Litigation
- Civil Litigation
- Complex Litigation
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 239-243-9283
Facsimile: 239-277-0004
http://www.garvinlegal.com
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| University | Western Carolina University, B.A., 1970 |
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| Law School | University of Florida, J.D., 1973 |
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| Admitted | 1973, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; 1992, North Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit |
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| Memberships | Lee County and North Carolina (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyer Section, Committees on: Aviation and Space Law, 1978-1980; Civil Procedure Rules, 1979-1981; Member, Judicial Nominating Commission, Twentieth Judicial Circuit, 1984-1988; Co-Chair, Advertising and Solicitation Committee, 1988-1990); Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Member: College of Diplomats; Board of Directors, 1976-1990; Executive Committee, 1988-1989; Nominating Committee, 1978; Building Committee, 1978; Nominating Committee, 1983; Publications Committee, 1981-1982; Seminar Committee, 1982-1992; Speakers Bureau Committee, 1984-1991; Chair: Constitution and By-Laws Committee, 1981-1982; Seminar Committee, 1983-1984; Ethics Committee, 1985); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Florida Lawyers Action Group (Trustee, 1982-1985); American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Southwest Florida Chapter, 2005—). Master, Calusa Inn of Court (Counselor, 2003-2004; Treasurer, 2004-2005; President Elect, 2005-2006; President, 2006-2007). |
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| Languages | Spanish |
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| Born | Lakewood, New Jersey, September 30, 1948 |
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| Biography | Recipient: Practice Court Award; Best Trial Lawyer Award. Author: "Post-Judgment Discovery," No. 185, The Journal of The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, February 1978. Co-Author: "Trial Advocacy: The Official Handbook of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers," Academy Press, 1991. Past Lecturer: The Florida Bar; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Georgia and South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Member and President, 1999—, Sanibel/Captiva Rotary Club Trust Fund. Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1995 and President, 1991-1994, Edison Community College Endowment Corporation. Listed in: "Best Lawyers in America," 2005-—; Florida Super Lawyers, 2007. Private Pilot, Single Engine Land and Multi-Engine Land Instrument Rating, 1975—. Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2004—. (Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) |
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| ISLN | 907180522 |
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