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Miami Personal Injury Law Firm
Overview
Jack Hickey is a trial attorney. Since 1980, he has been trying personal injury and wrongful death cases in the areas of admiralty and maritime, railroad, medical malpractice, product liability, and general liability.
Hickey is Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA), and Board Certified as an Admiralty & Maritime Lawyer by The Florida Bar. The NBTA is the only national certification program for trial attorneys and is accredited by the American Bar Association. The Florida Bar Board Certifications require that a significant portion of the practice be devoted to the area, review by peers (lawyers in the area of practice and judges), and passing a written, day long examination.
Hickey is rated A/V by Martindale-Hubbell (the international listing of attorneys, a rating achieved by only 5% of attorneys). The rating indicates that the attorney "has reached the height of professional excellence" and is "recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity". He is also listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, and Who's Who in Emerging Leaders in America. He has been chosen by other lawyers as a: "Top Lawyer in South Florida" in the areas of personal injury and maritime in the South Florida Legal Guide (2004- Present);"Legal Elite" in Florida Trend Magazine(top 1.7% of attorneys) (2006-Present); and Superlawyer in the area of personal injury in Superlawyers.com (2006 -Present).
Hickey is a member of The Florida Bar Board of Governors. The Board of Governors is the governing body of all 101,000 members of The Florida Bar, that is, every lawyer in Florida.
He is also a Past President of the Dade County Bar Association (DCBA) (2003 - 2004). The DCBA is the largest voluntary bar association in Florida.
Hickey also is a Lifetime Member of the Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents, a Fellow and Lifetime Member of The Florida Bar Foundation, and a Sustaining Member of the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America).
Hickey lectures and writes articles on trial practice and on substantive law including Maritime and Admiralty. He is a past Chair of The Florida Bar Admiralty Law Committee and is Past Chair of the Admiralty Section of the American Association for Justice.
Hickey was born in Miami and is conversant in Spanish. For the first 17 years of his career, he represented cruise lines, railroads, and other self-insured Defendants as well as insurance companies. Fifteen years ago, he made the transition to representing plaintiffs. He a member of the Million Dollar Forum based on the cases in which he has obtained settlements or verdicts in excess of $1 Million. He started his career at Smathers & Thompson and went on to Hornsby & Whisenand, where he became a partner. In 1988, Hickey and The Honorable Gary R. Jones founded Hickey & Jones, P.A. In 1999, Judge Jones left and became a Federal Magistrate in the Northern District of Florida, and the firm changed its name to Hickey Law Firm, P.A.
About Hickey Law Firm, P.A.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Boat Accident
- Civil Battery
- Construction Site Accident
- Cruise Ship Injuries
- Dog Bite
- Food Poisoning
- General Accident
- Negligence
- Personal Injury Fraud
- Slip and Fall
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Swimming Pool Injuries
- Train Accident
- Trip and Fall
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Products Liability
- Premises Liability
- Aviation & Mass Transit Accidents
- Wrongful Death
- Railroad Worker Injury / FELA
- Brain Injury
- Toxic Substances
- Animal Bites
- Assault & Battery
Languages
- English (Primary)
- Spanish
Classes and Seminars
- Author and Presenter: “Why the Corporate Representative May be the Most Neglected Key Witness… and How They Can Make Your Case”, South Miami-Kendall Bar Association, - October 30, 2015
- Presenter: Dade County Bar Association (DCBA) Over The Rainbow Judicial Reception & Awards Dinner (October 23, 2015)
- Presenter/Panelist member: “Availability of Punitive Damages in Unseaworthiness Injury, Death, and Zone of Danger Cases”, St. Thomas University School of Law Symposium
- Author and Presenter: “Typical Liability and Causation Defenses in a Typical Auto Case”, The American Association for Justice’s 2015 Annual Convention in Montreal, Canada, - July 13, 2015
- Author and Presenter: “Creating a Discovery Plan from Start to Finish” presented at the American Association for Justice’s 2015 Winter Convention in Palm Springs, California, - February 22, 2015
- Moderator: Judicial Ethics Roundtable at the Dade County Bar Association’s Bench and Bar Conference, - February 20, 2015
- Author and Presenter: “Violent Crime on Cruise Ships”, The National Crime Victims Bar Association Conference in Miami, FL, - September 17, 2014
- Author and Presenter: “Why the Corporate Representative May be the Most Neglected Key Witness…and how they can Make your Commercial Motor Vehicle Case”, Presented at the American Association for Justice annual convention in Baltimore, Maryland, - June 30, 2014
- Author and Presenter: “Use of Corporate Representative Depositions in Maritime Cases”, The American Association for Justice annual Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, - 2014
- Speaker: Panel for the Torts and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association in Boca Raton, Florida (2014)
- Interviewed: ABA (American Bar Association) Journal article: “Cruising Toward Calamity” (November 2013)
- Speaker: Brandeis National Committee Aventura/Hollywood Chapter “Lunch and Learn” on topics regarding medical malpractice and rape at sea (April 2013)
- Testified Before Congress, March 2007
- Lecturer, July 2007, American Association for Justice Annual Convention in Chicago before the Maritime Section on passenger claims against cruise lines, 2007
- Lecturer, "Alternative Theories of Liability in Slip and Fall Cases", American Association for Justice Annual Convention, 2001
- Lecturer, "Cruising in the 90s; Defense of Cruise Lines, Crew and Passenger Claims", The Florida Bar, 1994
- Lecturer, "Defending Flood Insurance Claims", National Flood Insurance Conference, Columbus, Ohio, 1991
- Lecturer, "Defending Flood Insurance Claims", National Flood Insurance Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1992
- Lecturer, "Defending Flood Insurance Claims", National Flood Insurance Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1993
- Lecturer, "Securities Litigation", Florida Institute of CPAs, 1990
- Lecturer, "Securities Litigation", American Institute of CPAs in Blacksburg, Virginia, 1990
- Lecturer, "Securities Litigation", International Association of Financial Planners, 1989
- Lecturer, "The Mechanics of Court", The Florida Bar Bridge the Gap Seminars, 1983 - 1985
- Presenter, July 2009, “The Athens Convention: What Is It and Why Do We Need to Know About It?” American Association for Justice Annual Convention in San Francisco, 2009
- Lecturer, February 2012, American Association for Justice Winter Convention In Phoenix at Litigation at Sunrise on Cruise Ship Slip and Falls, 2012
- Lecturer, March 2012, American Association for Justice Litigating Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Cases Seminar on Predictable Defenses, 2012
- Speaker, April 2012, “Practicing with Professionalism” seminar hosted by the Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar in Miami, 2012
- Panel Member, February 2013, Dade County Bar Association Bench and Bar Conference, 2013
Office Information
Address
12150 SW 128th Ct.Suite 225 Miami, FL 33186
Phone
Fax
- 305-371-3542
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Yes
Office Hours
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., M-F
Achievements
Lawyers at Hickey Law Firm, P.A. selected for a Super Lawyers® list
- Goodman, Lisa On a Super Lawyers® List
- Hickey, John H. (Jack) On a Super Lawyers® List
Honors
- Top 5% of all Lawyers, Superlawyer
- Top 1.7% of all Lawyers, Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine
- Top Lawyer in South Florida, South Florida Legal Guide
- Who's Who in America
- Who's Who in American Law
- Who's Who in Emerging Leaders in America
- Fellow, The Florida Bar Foundation
- Rated A/V by Martindale-Hubbell
Published
Articles
- “Why the Corporate Representative May be the Most Neglected Key Witness… and How They Can Make Your Case", South Miami-Kendall Bar Association, October 30, 2015
- “Typical Liability and Causation Defenses in a Typical Auto Case”, Presented at the American Association for Justice’s 2015 Annual Convention in Montreal, Canada, July 13, 2015
- “Violent Crime on Cruise Ships”, The National Crime Victims Bar Association Conference in Miami, FL, September 17, 2014
- “Why the Corporate Representative May be the Most Neglected Key Witness…and how they can Make your Commercial Motor Vehicle Case”, Presented at the American Association for Justice annual convention in Baltimore, Maryland, July, 2014
- “Use of Corporate Representative Depositions in Maritime Cases”, Presented at the American Association for Justice annual Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, 2014
- “Death on the High Seas Act: What Is It and When Does It Apply and How to Overcome Obstacles Created Because of the Act”, paper prepared for the Florida Justice Association Workhorse Seminar, February, 2013
- “How to Interview the Client to Get the Story on Damages”, paper prepared for the American Association for Justice Winter Convention in Miami, February, 2013
- “Injuries on Deck”, article published in American Association for Justice’s Trial Magazine, August, 2012
- “Statues of Limitations and Venue: When and Where You Have to File a Claim”, Paper prepared for The Net, an AARP Legal Services Network publication, August, 2012
- “Cruise Ship Slip and Falls: A Primer”, paper for the American Association for Justice Winter Convention in Miami, February, 2011
- Paper On Passenger Claims Against Cruise Lines, Association for Justice Annual Convention, July, 2007
- "Evolving Standards of Jones Act Negligence", American Association for Justice Annual Convention, July, 2002
- "Slip and Falls: Alternative Theories of Liability", TRIAL Magazine, April, 2001
- "In Defense of the Stevedore", P & I International, Winter, 1997
- "Credit Agreements Required in Writing; the New Statute of Frauds in Florida", The Florida Bar Journal, June, 1990
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