About Bruce Maxwell

Bruce Maxwell has spent over three decades in personal injury, wrongful death, and civil litigation. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Illinois (1985) and his J.D. with Honors from Drake University Law School (1988). Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1988 and the Florida Bar in 2004, Bruce is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit, and multiple federal district courts. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the Florida Justice Association, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Jacksonville Justice Association.

In 2013-2014, his contributions to the Jacksonville Bar Association's Judicial Relations Committee earned him Chair of the Year honors. His career achievements include recognition as a Georgia Super Lawyer and an AV Preeminent Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Bruce also devotes significant hours to pro bono work through Jacksonville Area Legal Aid and serves on the board of Florida's Children First.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Terrell Hogan

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

$11.3 billionSettlementLargest in FloridaLargest of 1997

C. Steven Yerrid, the youngest of Florida's 11-lawyer 'Dream Team,' added racketeering and conspiracy charges that tripled the damages ceiling, helping the state secure what was then the largest civil settlement in American history against the tobacco industry.

Florida (State v. American Tobacco Co.) · 1997Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$15.2 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2011 · #16

A Duval County jury awarded $15.2 million, $3.9 million compensatory and $11.3 million punitive, to the daughter of a lifelong Lorillard smoker who died of lung cancer, with Terrell Hogan attorneys representing the family.

Duval County, FL / Fla. 1st DCA · 2011Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$1.86 millionVerdict

Wayne Hogan secured Florida's first asbestos punitive damages verdict for a Navy veteran who developed asbestosis from decades of exposure to Johns-Manville products, with the jury awarding $1.86 million in combined compensatory and punitive damages, affirmed on appeal in 1984.

Jacksonville, FL / Fla. 1st DCA · 1981Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$615,000Verdict

A Jacksonville shipyard insulator who developed severe lung disease from years of handling Philip Carey asbestos cement won a $615,000 jury verdict against Celotex Corporation, the company that had absorbed Philip Carey through merger, and the Florida Supreme Court later affirmed that a successor corporation can be held liable for punitive damages based on its predecessor's reckless conduct.

Jacksonville, FL / Fla. Supreme Court · 1984Product LiabilityRead the full story →

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

Practice areas

Education

Drake University Law School
J.D., 1988
University of Illinois
Undergraduate, 1985

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Georgia, admitted 1988
State Bar of Florida, admitted 2004

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