Michael Petruccelli

Medical Malpractice Attorney/Partner at Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers
Miami, FL37 years experience

About Michael Petruccelli

Michael A. Petruccelli is a Medical Malpractice Attorney and Partner at Rubenstein Law, based in Fort Lauderdale. With 37 years of practice, he is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law (since 1998) and holds an AV peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. For most of his career he defended physicians and hospitals in medical negligence matters, then transitioned to representing victims of medical errors. He has tried many medical negligence cases to verdict and obtained multiple seven- and eight-figure settlements. His practice areas include medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, and healthcare whistleblower employment law.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Rubenstein Law Personal Injury Lawyers

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

A Massachusetts jury returned a $1 billion punitive verdict against Philip Morris in 2022 over the lung cancer death of Barbara Fontaine, a case handled in part by Rubenstein Law attorney Kevin Donovan; the punitive award was later reduced to $56 million, a figure the state Supreme Judicial Court upheld in April 2026.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$20.7 millionVerdictTop 20 in Massachusetts · #16

A Middlesex County jury awarded Joseph Reppucci and his wife $20.7 million after finding that R.J. Reynolds and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. bore responsibility for the oropharyngeal cancer he developed following decades of smoking their cigarettes.

Middlesex County Superior Court, Massachusetts · 2023Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$6 millionVerdict

A Miami-Dade jury awarded $6 million to the widow of Oscar Cabrera, a construction worker killed in February 2017 when a remotely operated Metromover train struck a boom lift near the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. station while he was working on the Brightline terminal project.

Miami-Dade County, Florida · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$4.8 millionVerdict

A Miami-Dade jury returned a $4,877,775 verdict for Juan Del Valle, who slipped on water from a leaking produce refrigeration unit at a Winn-Dixie in Miami Lakes and underwent three spinal surgeries, leaving him with permanent hardware in his spine.

Miami-Dade County, Florida · 2018Slip & FallRead 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., 1987
State University of New York at Albany
Undergraduate, 1984

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida
State Bar of Tennessee
Florida Bar
Tennessee Bar
American Board of Trial Advocates

Awards & recognition

Board Certified in Civil Trial Law (1998-present)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating
Super Lawyers

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Leesfield & Partners
$95 Million Verdict After Drunk Driver Overserved at Miami Bar Killed a Woman and Injured Her Brother
Goldberg & Rosen
Goldberg & Rosen
$1.02 billion · Champlain Towers Collapse: $1.021 Billion for 98 Victims in Under a Year
Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers
Gerson and Schwartz Accident & Injury Lawyers
~$24.8 million · $37.5 Million Verdict for Miami Lawyer Who Lost His Tongue to Tobacco Cancer
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
Amanda Demanda Injury Lawyers
$43 Million Broward Verdict for Couple Left in Comas by Drunk Driver
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
Steinger, Greene & Feiner
$3 Million Verdict for Handyman Who Lost Use of Dominant Hand After Tripping Over Hidden Wire Mesh

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