HomeFloridaJacksonvilleBenjamin Richard

Benjamin Richard

Attorney at Pajcic & Pajcic
Jacksonville, FL21 years experienceAdmitted 2005

About Benjamin Richard

Benjamin Richard, Esq. is the in-house Appellate Counsel at Pajcic & Pajcic, serving in that role since 2005. Described as the firm's go-to person on all legal issues, he provides comprehensive litigation support across all case phases and has approximately 21 years of legal experience.

Richard has 13 reported appellate decisions and 13 significant verdicts and settlements ranging from $950,000 to $5.2 million, primarily in personal injury, wrongful death, and trucking litigation. He is recognized as a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent attorney, has been selected to Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars annually since 2013, and was named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 in Florida.

He earned his J.D. summa cum laude from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2005, where he served as Law Review Managing Editor (2004-2005), and his B.A. in Political Science from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2002. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2005 and is also admitted to all three U.S. District Courts in Florida (Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Practice areas

Education

Florida Coastal School of Law
B.A. in Political Science, 2005
Southeastern Louisiana University
Undergraduate, 2002

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida, admitted 2005
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
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The Florida Bar
Jacksonville Bar Association
American Bar Association
Florida Justice Association (Eagle Member)
Jacksonville Justice Association
American Association for Justice
Chester Bedell Inn of Court
Attorneys Information Exchange Group

Awards & recognition

Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star (annually since 2013)
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (Florida)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating
Florida Coastal Law Review Managing Editor (2004-2005)

Other attorneys at Pajcic & Pajcic

View firm →

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Jacksonville firms

Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers
Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers
$56 million · Billion-Dollar Tobacco Verdict Upheld at $56 Million After SJC Review
Terrell Hogan
Terrell Hogan
$11.3 billion (state share of settlement) · Florida Recovers $11.3 Billion from Tobacco Industry in Landmark Medicaid Settlement
Coker Law Jacksonville
Coker Law Jacksonville
$11.6 million · $11.6 Million Bradford County Verdict After J.B. Hunt Subcontractor Rear-Ends Driver at Starke Intersection
Fasig Brooks Law Offices
Fasig Brooks Law Offices
$5.46 million (gross; 45% comparative negligence applied) · Neighbor's Unguarded Angle Grinder Costs Man His Sight: $5.46 Million Verdict in Gadsden County
AndersonGlenn LLP
AndersonGlenn LLP
$261 million · The $261 Million 'Take Care of Maya' Verdict Against Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Trimmed to About $213 Million by the Trial Judge, Then Reversed in Full by Florida's Second District Court of Appeal in October 2025, With a Narrower Retrial Now Ahead After the Florida Supreme Court Declined Review