For the first 11 years of his career, Alan distinguished himself as a trial lawyer, litigator and, later, partner in the Tampa and Tallahassee offices of Florida's second largest law firm. While there, Alan developed extensive experience and a reputation in handling claims of products liability, professional negligence, toxic chemicals, bad faith litigation, complex commercial disputes and legal and medical malpractice. During these years, Alan developed a keen expertise in the critical examination of expert witnesses -- frequently, a critical component in personal injury litigation and developed a reputation of excellence in trial advocacy. Alan has also developed a contingency fee based practice for intellectual property disputes involving copyright, patent and trademark infringement cases to preserve clients' intellectual property rights and obtain damage for their infringement.
Alan has handled a wide variety of litigation -- including a multimillion dollar products liability claim on behalf of the State of Florida for damages caused by a major chemical company, service as special counsel to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the successful representation of two death-row inmates who had been wrongly convicted of a crime they did not commit.
Alan returned to Tampa in 1994 to practice personal injury law with his father, Bill Wagner, at Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin. Since then, Alan has put his uncommon skills to work on behalf of injured plaintiffs where he brought an added measure of diversity of practice to the firm.
On the personal side, Alan holds both single- and multiengine pilot's licenses, having begun flying when he was just 16. His wife is an editorial writer for a local newspaper and he has two children, both of whom attend the local public schools he and his wife attended when they were kids.
Wagner Vaughan and McLaughlin is a Tampa Florida law firm specializing in personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and wrongful death cases.
Personal Injury Claim | Nursing
Home/ALF Neglect or Abuse | Wrongful Death Claim
Medical Malpractice Causing Personal Injury | Medical
Malpractice Causing Death | Legal
Malpractice Claims | Boating and
Cruise Line Claims
Admitted to The Florida Bar in 1983
Admitted to practice before all Florida State Courts
The United States Supreme Court
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
The U.S. District Courts, Middle and Northern Divisions
Earned J.D. with high honors from the Florida State University College of Law in 1983
Graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1980
Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by both The Florida Bar (www.flabar.org) and the National Board of Trial Advocacy (www.NBTAnet.org)
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (www.ACTL.com)
Associate, American Board of Trial Advocacy
Eagle member; Academy of Florida Trial lawyers
Sustaining member; Association of Trial Lawyers of America
"AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
Former adjunct professor of legal writing and appellate advocacy, Stetson University College of Law
