About Stefano Portigliatti

Stefano Portigliatti is a shareholder at Coker Law in Jacksonville, Florida, specializing in commercial motor vehicle litigation. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, to an Italian family, he has represented clients in over a hundred trucking cases and helped secure millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements.

Portigliatti is one of only 20 attorneys in the United States certified in trucking law regulations, having passed a rigorous exam and intensive background check proving his practice is dedicated to protecting truck crash victims. He founded truck.law™, a platform providing forms, resources, and seminars for plaintiffs' attorneys handling trucking cases.

He earned his J.D. from Florida Coastal School of Law with certificates in Business Law and Advanced Legal Research, Writing and Drafting. He holds an M.B.A. from Florida Christian University and a Bachelor's in International Business with a minor in Economics from the University of South Florida. He is admitted to practice in Florida and before the Northern, Middle, and Southern U.S. District Courts of Florida.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Coker Law Jacksonville

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

$8.1 millionVerdict

A Duval County jury awarded $8,183,993 to a Jacksonville family after their one-year-old son choked on an apple slice at Primrose School of Glen Kernan, went into cardiac arrest, and sustained permanent brain damage from oxygen deprivation.

Duval County, FL (Circuit Court, Case No. 16-2021-CA-000012) · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$2.5 millionVerdict

A Duval County jury returned a $2.5 million verdict for the family of Anne Fiorito, an elderly dementia patient who lost sight in one eye after a Vitas Healthcare hospice aide struck her during a bathing routine at Cypress Village Retirement Community.

Jacksonville, FL (Duval County Circuit Court) · 2021Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Florida Coastal School of Law
B.S. in International Business (also M.B.A. from Florida Christian University)
University of South Florida
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (Board of Regents)
Florida Justice Association
Florida Bar Leadership Academy (Vice-Chair)
American Bar Association
Jacksonville Bar Association
SOAR Global Institute (Vice President)

Awards & recognition

Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers (TTLA)
Florida Super Lawyers (2022-present)
Super Lawyers Rising Stars (2017-2021)
Attorney at Law Magazine Top 10 Under 40 (2019)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2018-2019)
One of 20 U.S. attorneys certified in trucking law regulations

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Jacksonville firms

Pajcic & Pajcic
Pajcic & Pajcic
$1 billion · Nassau County Jury Returns $1 Billion in I-95 Crash That Killed UNF Freshman Connor Dzion
Terrell Hogan
Terrell Hogan
$11.3 billion · Florida's Dream Team Beats Big Tobacco for $11.3 Billion: Yerrid's Racketeering Play Tripled the Stakes
AndersonGlenn LLP
AndersonGlenn LLP
$23.94 million · Copilot Burned in Fatal Wildfire Helicopter Crash Wins Verdict Against Engine Maker
Farah & Farah
Farah & Farah
$27.01 million · Jury Awards Former Smoker With COPD $27 Million Against Philip Morris USA
Fasig Brooks Law Offices
Fasig Brooks Law Offices
$5.46 million · Neighbor's Unguarded Angle Grinder Costs Man His Sight: $5.46 Million Verdict in Gadsden County

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