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About Fentrice Driskell

Fentrice Driskell is a partner at Swope, Rodante P.A., joining in 2024 after serving as Of Counsel and Shareholder at a prestigious national law firm. A Tampa Bay native, she is also the Minority Leader in the Florida House of Representatives, representing House District 67 in north Tampa and Hillsborough County. She earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Harvard University in 2001 and her J.D. from Georgetown Law in 2004, then clerked for Judge Anne C. Conway of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by Super Lawyers every year since 2011. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit, and all Florida courts.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Swope Rodante PA

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$30.1 millionVerdict

A Hillsborough County jury awarded $30.1 million to a passenger left with a permanent brain injury after the truck driver's insurer refused to offer more than its $100,000 policy limit, a verdict the Florida Supreme Court unanimously preserved in 2023.

Hillsborough County, FL / Florida Supreme Court (SC2021-1580) · 2019Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$11 millionVerdict

A Manatee County jury returned an $11 million verdict, including more than $9.8 million in punitive damages, against road-construction subcontractor L.E. Myers Co. after the firm proved it failed to close a required traffic lane, leading to a fatal collision in the work zone.

Manatee County, FL (12th Judicial Circuit, Case 2011-CA-000374) · 2013Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$6.7 millionVerdict

A Hillsborough County jury awarded $6.7 million to Angel Martinez and his wife after contaminated oysters served at a Tampa seafood restaurant triggered Guillain-Barre syndrome that left him paralyzed from the waist down for months.

Hillsborough County, FL (13th Judicial Circuit) · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$5 millionVerdict

A Hardee County jury awarded $5 million to the parents of Michael Lieux, a former Marine with a brain injury who died of positional asphyxia after FINR staff pinned him face-down using a technique the facility called 'therapeutic containment.'

Hardee County, FL (affirmed Fla. 2d DCA Dec. 8, 2006) · 2005Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$3.83 millionVerdict

Anthony Ellis, 21, was hit by a left-turning driver while riding his motorcycle on US 301 in Riverview, Florida, in January 2016. He needed knee reconstruction and had broken bones in his foot. A Hillsborough County jury awarded about $3.83 million in May 2019 after a four-day trial in which the defense disputed fault.

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Hillsborough County, Florida · 2019Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →

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Education

Georgetown Law
J.D., 2004
Harvard University
Undergraduate, 2001

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