Four of our firm's senior partners have been recognized as Civil Trial Advocates by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (www.NBTAnet.org). Bill Wagner, Roger Vaughan, John McLaughlin, Alan Wagner and Web Brennan have also been recognized as Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyers by The Florida Bar. In addition, Bill Wagner is a Board Certified Aviation Attorney and Roger Vaughan is Board Certified in Admiralty. Board certification is an accomplishment by less than 2% of attorneys in Florida (see Consumer Services at www.flabar.org, ). John McLaughlin and Web Brennan are degreed engineers.
Bill Wagner, Roger Vaughan and John McLaughlin have been honored repeatedly with listings in The Best Lawyers in America (www.bestlawyers.com). This annual law directory rates the nation's attorneys on their experience, professional reliability and legal qualifications within their specialized areas of practice and compiles its ratings from attorneys' and judges' opinions, written questionnaires and personal interviews.
Firm members have also earned election to the American College of Trial Lawyers (www.ACTL.com) and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (www.IATL.net), honors reserved for only a limited number of trial attorneys. In addition, they have held important leadership positions in local, state and national professional organizations.
Among these distinctions have been the presidencies of both the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA - www.ATLA.org) and the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (AFTL - www.AFTL.org), and chairmanships of The Florida Bar's and ATLA's Admiralty and Maritime Law Section.
Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin attorneys were instrumental in founding the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, a public interest law firm based in Washington, D.C., which today litigates consumer issues of national importance.
The firm has earned an "AV" rating, a designation of very high to preeminent. This rating is the highest available from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
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
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"Most people don't have the resources to take on major insurance
companies and their deep pockets.
Fortunately, we do."
