About Lawrence Najem

Lawrence J. Najem is a native Floridian, born and raised in Jacksonville. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida in 1985 and his law degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1987. At Stetson, Lawrence was a member of the award-winning mock trial and national moot court teams and upon graduation received the top advocate award. He is Of Counsel to Florin Roebig in Jacksonville.

Lawrence has been inducted into the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which recognizes trial lawyers who obtain resolutions for clients in excess of multiple millions of dollars. He has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America (2008-2013), Florida Trend Legal Elite (2008), and the Florida Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Lawrence is also a founding member of Ring Productions, a film production company whose films have premiered at Sundance and screened at Cannes, Berlin, and Tribeca Film Festivals with casts including Tim Allen, Sharon Stone, and Jimmy Fallon. He is an active community volunteer and has served as Chairman of the Jacksonville Mayor's Television and Film Advisory Panel.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Florin Roebig

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

A Pinellas County civil jury found Rebecca Schwartz liable for the 2014 murder of her husband, kidney specialist Dr. Steven Schwartz, and awarded his three children $200 million in one of the largest wrongful death verdicts in Florida history.

Pinellas County, FL · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$41.9 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2016 · #15

A Hernando County jury awarded $41.9 million to Patrick Osmond, who was rendered quadriplegic when a pickup truck crashed after Applebee's served him and his companions a pitcher of beer despite none of them being 21.

Hernando County, FL · 2016Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$7.56 millionVerdict

A Pinellas County jury awarded Ehab Mina $7.56 million at the end of January 2018 for back, neck and shoulder injuries from a 2008 fall into a partially drained, unlit hot tub at the Boca Ciega Resort & Marina. An earlier jury had found the condominium association and its management company, Condos by Sirata, each 50 percent at fault. The damages jury covered his medical expenses and lost wages after a series of back surgeries and a shoulder operation.

Circuit Court, Pinellas County, Clearwater, Florida · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$2.75 millionSettlement

The University of South Florida agreed to pay $2.75 million to its founding football coach after attorney Wil Florin argued the university skipped contractually required pre-termination steps before dismissing him in January 2010.

Tampa, FL (USF) · 2011Read the full story →

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Stetson University College of Law
J.D., 1987
University of Florida
Undergraduate, 1985

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