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About Matthew Paul
Matthew Paul is an attorney at Swope, Rodante P.A. who focuses on personal injury, trucking litigation, wrongful death, and insurance bad faith. Originally from Syracuse, New York, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Pre-Law from the University of Central Florida in 2021 and his J.D., cum laude, from Nova Southeastern University in 2024, where he was a member of the Moot Court Honors Society and the Trial Association Honors Society and competed in the Earl E. Zehmer National Moot Court Competition in Orlando. Before joining Swope, Rodante P.A., he worked as a litigation attorney at a personal injury firm in Tampa, handling depositions, court hearings, and mediations as a first- and second-year attorney and securing millions of dollars for clients.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Swope Rodante PA
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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.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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