Jeff DeCarlo

Trial Attorney at Bernheim Kelley, LLC
Nashville, TN27 years experience

About Jeff DeCarlo

Jeff DeCarlo is a Trial Attorney at Bernheim Kelley Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers, with 27 years of experience specializing in personal injury litigation.

DeCarlo earned his J.D. cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he served on the Inter-American Law Review, and his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Florida. He is admitted to practice in Florida and before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida.

His recognitions include the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating (since 2012), the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums (2011), the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2014), and inclusion in 2026 Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers. He is a member of the National Trial Lawyers Association and the Italian American Bar Association.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Bernheim Kelley, LLC

These results are credited to Bernheim Kelley, LLC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Suffolk County jury awarded $200 million in October 2023, the largest wrongful death award in Boston history, against R.J. Reynolds for the lung cancer death of Rita Jones, who first received free Newport cigarettes as a teenager in 1964.

Suffolk County Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

A Boston jury awarded $21 million to the widow of a Lynn man who died of lung cancer after taking up smoking at 13, when a salesman handed him a free pack of Marlboros, with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirming the verdict in full in 2021.

Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, MA · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Miami School of Law
J.D. cum laude
University of Central Florida
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
National Trial Lawyers Association
Italian American Bar Association
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Awards & recognition

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating (since 2012)
Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2011)
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2011)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2014)
2026 Best Law Firms (Best Lawyers)
J.D. cum laude (University of Miami)

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$95,000 Settlement for Nashville Jail Inmate Whose Gold Grill Was Pulled From His Teeth at Booking

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.