Martin Jaffe was born in Bayonne, New Jersey in 1965. He graduated from Florida State University in 1987, then worked for several years as a claims adjuster for a national insurance company and as well as a parole officer. Mr. Jaffe graduated from the University of Akron School of Law in 1998. While in law school he was a national finalist two years in a row in the ATLA National Trial Tournament, and named best advocate in the NITA Tournament of Champions Trial Competition. He was also an Associate Editor of the Akron Law Review.
After law school, Mr. Jaffe moved to Florida and was a partner in one of Florida’s leading defense firms defending catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases nationwide for large corporations before joining Morgan & Morgan. Mr. Jaffe now represents victims of serious personal injury and wrongful death cases, product defects, as well as carbon monoxide poisoning events. He has been lead trial counsel to verdict in cases at both state and federal court levels, and is admitted to practice in all Florida state and federal courts.
Recently he has obtained verdicts of $2.9 million (motor vehicle crash), $1.18 million (motor vehicle crash), $951,000 (motor vehicle crash), $178,000 (motor vehicle crash); &198,000 (motor vehicle crash), $534,000 (pedestrian struck by vehicle), $2.54 million (carbon monoxide poisoning), as well as settlements for his clients in the amounts of $7.25 million (product failure), $5.5 million (tire failure), $3.5 million (motor vehicle crash), $3 million (motor vehicle crash), $1.8 million (fuel tank rupture), $1.4 million (pedestrian), $1.3 million (carbon monoxide poisoning), $1.3 million (airbag defect), $1.25 million (pedestrian), $1.2 million (pedestrian crash), $1.2 million (tire failure), $1.1 million (electrical component failure), and $1 million (trip and fall). Mr. Jaffe has also been retained as counsel on cases in South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Colorado, Arkansas, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Mr. Jaffe was selected by Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite Civil Trial Law in 2016 and has earned the AV Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the preeminent national publication in the legal field every year since 2005. According to Martindale-Hubbell, “An AV rating is a significant accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. This rating is based upon evaluations by other lawyers and is the highest ranking attainable by an attorney for ability and ethics in the practice of law. It is a distinction reserved for a select few in the legal community.” Further, Mr. Jaffe has been rated AV in the Martindale-Hubbell Judicial Edition 2017 and selected as one of Orlando Life Magazine’s Top Lawyers in Orlando for 2012 and 2013.
Mr. Jaffe stays active in the community through coaching basketball, and as a board member of several non-profit organizations.
Recent Wins
Client v. CarMax Auto Superstores $2,910,565 Personal Injury 2018
Timothy Hajdasz v. Magic Burgers, LLC $1,200,000 Slip and Fall 2020
Rosado, Kelly vs. Tyton Construction, Joshua Reardon $1,118,963 Trucking Accident 2025
Mary Slaughter v. Quiles and First Liberty Insurance Co. $951,036 Car Accident 2017
Michael Berrios v State Farm $758,262 Car Accident 2020
Acevedo v. State Farm $534,000 Car Accident 2018
Thelma Franquiz-Rivera v. Geico $199,000 Car Accident 2022
Maria Franquiz-Rivera v. Geico $178,000 Car Accident 2022
Distinguished: An excellent rating for a lawyer with some experience. This rating indicates the attorney is widely
respected by their peers for high professional achievement and ethical standards.
Notable: This rating indicates that the lawyer has been recognized by a large number of their peers for strong ethical standards.
