Kurt M. Spengler, a partner in the Orlando office, is a board certified trial lawyer by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education. Kurt has over 20 years experience and has tried approximately 60 civil jury trials, including at least 10 wrongful death cases. Kurt has represented motor carriers for most of his career, but over the past five years, his work in this area has increased to approximately 60% of his practice. Kurt is currently the Chair of Wicker Smith's Transportation Practice group, which oversees the transportation practice in a 120 attorney, seven office law firm.
Kurt has also been designated as a major case unit attorney assigned to handle catastrophic and brain injury claims for Zurich North America. Other represented national clients include: Landstar Systems, Inc., Armellini Express Lines, National Freight, Inc., and Vanliner Insurance. An ardent litigator, Kurt has earned a number of distinctions including an AV® Preeminent™ rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He was named "2006 Best of the Bar" by the Orlando Business Journal, "Florida's Legal Elite" 2007-2010 by Florida Trend magazine and listed in Florida Super Lawyers from 2008 to 2010. Kurt regularly attends many transportation law conferences sponsored by TIDA, TLA, ATA, DRI and USLAW.
In 1984, Kurt received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida and continued his studies to earn a Juris Doctor in 1987. He is a member of the Orange County Bar Association, Transportation Law Association, Defense Research Institute and the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial right provided by the 7th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Legal Certification:
Board Certified Civil Trial Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education
Professional & Civic Affiliations:
· The Florida Bar
· Orange County Bar Association
· Transportation Law Association
· Defense Research Institute
· American Board of Trial Advocates, 2007
Honors:
· Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite, Transporation 2009 -2011 and Civil Trial 2007 & 2008
· Best of the Bar 2006 - Orlando Business Journal
· Florida Super Lawyers 2008 - 2011
Speeches & Publications:
· Fire Loss Claims, Wicker Smith Claims Seminar, Orlando, FL (June 10, 2011)
· Identifying Fraudulent Claims, Wicker Smith Claims Seminar, Orlando, FL (June 11, 2010)
· Claims of Traumatic Brain Injury, Wicker Smith Claims Seminar, Orlando, FL (May 8, 2009)
· Defending Percutaneous Discectomy Cases, Bio-Mechanical Experts & The New PIP Law, Wicker Smith Claims Seminar, Orlando, FL (June 6, 2008)
· Prosecuting and Defending Catastrophic Injury Cases, The National Business Institute (February 26, 2008)
· Hot Topics in Medical Malpractice, Florida Defense Lawyers Association Annual Seminar (2005)
· Co-Authored: On the Defense-Preparing to Defend Yourself in Court, Chiropractic Business Journal (September 1999)
Published Appellate Opinion:
· Acree v. Hartford South, 724 So.2d 183 (Fla.5th DCA 1999);
· Hankey v. Yarian, 755 So.2d 93 (Fla. 5th DCA 2000);
· Brooks v. South Seminole Community Hospital, 710 So.2d 1048 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998);
· Raymond v. Hollymatic, 774 So.2d 708 (Table), (Fla.App. 5th DCA 2000);
· Diamond v. Central Florida Neurological Associates, 913 So.2d 611 (Table), (Fla.App. 5th DCA 2005).
News:
Jul 11, 2011
Wicker Smith Attorneys Named 2011 "Legal Elite" By Florida Trend
Jun 20, 2011
17 Wicker Smith Attorneys Named to 2011 List of Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
Jul 15, 2010
17 Wicker Smith Attorneys Named to 2010 List of Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
Jul 09, 2010
Cabanas, Spengler & Stagmeier Named To Florida Trend's 2010 Legal Elite
Jul 31, 2009
Ford, McCoy & Spengler Named To Florida Trend's 2009 Legal Elite
Jun 23, 2009
18 Wicker Smith Attorneys Named to 2009 List of Super Lawyers & Rising Stars
Jul 01, 2008
Wicker Smith Attorneys Named to Florida Trend's 2008 Florida Legal Elite List
Jun 01, 2008
Wicker Smith Attorney Jackson F. McCoy Named to State's "Top 100 List" of Super Lawyers
Dec 12, 2007
Wicker Smith Attorney Kurt M. Spengler Appointed to The American Board of Trial Advocates
Aug 20, 2007
Wicker Smith Attorneys Named Among Florida's Legal Elite 2007
Events:
Jun 10, 2011
2011 Wicker Smith Claims Seminar
Jun 11, 2010
2010 Wicker Smith Claims Seminar
(Board Certified Civil Trial Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)