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About Sean Shaw
Sean Shaw is a trial attorney at Swope, Rodante P.A. with a background spanning law, public policy, and community advocacy. Born and raised in Tallahassee, he graduated from Princeton University in 2000 with an A.B. in Politics and from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2003. In 2008 he was appointed as Florida's Insurance Consumer Advocate by Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, managing a team of 15 state employees committed to protecting Florida policyholders. He is founder of Policyholders of Florida, a statewide consumer advocacy coalition.
In August 2016, he was elected as State Representative for Florida House District 61. He is admitted to practice in Florida and Washington D.C. and is authorized to appear before all state and federal courts in Florida. He is the son of the late Leander J. Shaw Jr., the first Black Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court.
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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