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  Coker Law announced that 14 of its attorneys have been selected to the exclusive Florida Super Lawyers and Florida Rising Stars lists this year. Annually, only a small percentage of lawyers in the state are selected by the Super Lawyers research team to receive such honors. “It is a great honor to receive the […]

Family of Woman Injured in Jacksonville Memory Care Facility Wins $2.5 Million Judgement

Originally posted by Scott Johnson on news4jax.com A major legal victory for a family who says an elderly woman was injured in a Jacksonville memory care facility back in 2017. Now the family of Anne Fiorito has won a lawsuit worth around $2.5 million against the Vitas Healthcare Corporation of Florida. The jury handed down […]

Florida’s court system still struggling due to pandemic

Originally posted by Scott Johnson for News4Jax.com Backlog affecting child support cases, criminal cases, insurance claims The ongoing struggles for Florida’s court system are taking a toll in major ways. They’re affecting everything from how much insurance companies are paying out to child support cases — and those are just the beginning of the legal […]

Authorities haven’t yet pulled information from ‘black box’ of SUV Tiger Woods was driving

Originally posted by Scott Johnson for News4Jax.com Attorney who specializes in trucking litigation says he’s certain event data recorder will be analyzed in crash involving golf star One critical component of the SUV that Tiger Woods was driving when he crashed Tuesday in California will likely be analyzed as authorities investigate the accident. The evidence […]

Remembering the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Fraz Ahmed, JBA board of governors The moment I heard that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away, I was devastated. Not for myself, but for my wife, Lindsay. I knew Lindsay would be heartbroken. She’s an amazing lawyer, but an even better mother, and she idolized Justice Ginsburg, plain and […]

Mass. Nursing Home COVID-19 Criminal Case Stuns Attys

By Y. Peter Kang Law360 (October 2, 2020, 8:53 PM EDT) — The recent filing of criminal charges against two top administrators at a Massachusetts veterans’ nursing home over a COVID-19 outbreak that killed 76 residents came as a surprise to health care attorneys, who mulled whether such charges could be politically motivated. Touted by […]

Ultimate Attorneys 2020: Howard C. Coker of Coker Law

Being an attorney brings with a host of challenges and opportunities — and the 2020 JBJ Ultimate Attorneys have embraced all of them. Coming from a range of backgrounds and specializing in a variety of areas, these men and women represent the best that the legal profession has to offer. As well as excelling in things […]

Coker Law attorneys included among The Best Lawyers in America

The Resident Community News – posted 9/2/20 Fourteen attorneys from Coker Law have been included in the 2021 listing of The Best Lawyers in America’s 27th edition. Included within the listings are is attorneys Howard Coker, Dan Iracki, Matthew Posgay, Jake Schickel, Charles Sorenson, Steve Watrel, Rufus Pennington III, Fraz Ahmed, Chelsea Harris, Janeen Kirch, […]

The Women of Coker Law – Talented, Successful, Empowered

Written by Susan Cushing, Attorney At Law Magazine For nearly half a century, Coker Law has been one of the most successful and highly respected trial law firms in Jacksonville. Their board-certified attorneys are among the most accomplished and impressive in the country. The leadership of this established firm continues to expand its strength and […]

JWLA 2020 Lawyer of the Year! – Coker Law’s Lindsay Tygart

Woman Lawyer of the Year! The Jacksonville Women’s Lawyers Association 2020 Woman Lawyer of the Year is someone who rises to every challenge and not only meets those challenges head-on but excels and surpasses every expectation. Lindsay Tygart is a role model to many for her work as a trial attorney, community servant, a bar […]