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Stanley T. Padgett - Tampa, FL

100 S. Ashley Dr.Suite 600 Tampa, FL 33602

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Updated: 02/18/2024

Tampa Litigation & Appeals Lawyer

Overview

Stan Padgett was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and grew up in Kentucky. He graduated from high school in Montgomery, Alabama, and received a Bachelor of Science in Government from Auburn University at Montgomery in 1979. He graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1982, and has been practicing law in Tampa since then. He has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell by Martindale Hubbell since 1992 based on the opinions of judges and other lawyers in the Tampa Bay area.

Stan worked for his father's civil engineering firm from the time he was 14 years old, surveying, drafting and doing inspections. During breaks from college, he did utilities construction work. After his first year of law school, he worked for a law firm in Mobile, Alabama assisting in a National Environmental Policy Act case arising out of the reconstruction of the Dolphin Island bridge after a hurricane damaged the original bridge.

After law school, he worked with the Trenam Kemker law firm in Tampa for ten (10) years as a litigation associate and shareholder before starting his own law firm in 1992. Over nearly 34 years of practice, he has handled hundreds of litigation matters for national, regional and local companies and for individuals. His goal is to bring value by using 30+ years of experience to find cost-effective solutions to business and personal problems.

About Stanley T. Padgett

Current Employment Position(s)

  • Managing Partner

Languages

  • English

Practice Areas

  • Litigation & Appeals 40%
  • Construction Law 20%
  • Business & Commercial Law 20%
  • Contracts 10%
  • Employment Law - Employer 10%

Litigation

  • 70%

Representative Clients

  • Poole & Kent Company of Florida
  • Wilder Corporation of Delaware
  • AFS Janitorial, LLC
  • Bay to Bay Lending, LLC
  • Granada Lakes Villas Condominium Association, Inc.
  • Cool Air Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Graham Heating & Air Conditioning
  • NASCO Aerospace & Electronics, LLC
  • McBride Kelly & Associates, LLC
  • Sunny Coast Construction, Inc.
  • All Trades Historical Restoration, LLC
  • Brisa Del Mar, LLC

Representative Cases

  • Niven v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. 1985 WL 1785 (M.D. Fla.1985)
  • Walsh v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. 1985 WL 1786 (M.D. Fla.1985)
  • Bonar v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc 835 F. 2d 1378 (11th Cir. 1988)
  • Allen v. Interstate Securities, Inc. 554 So. 2d 23 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989)
  • Interstate Securities Corp. v. Hayes Corp. 920 F.2d 769 (11th Cir. 1991)
  • Creighton v. State Farm Auto Ins. Co. 696 So.2d 1305 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
  • Coryell v. Morris 754 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
  • Boyd v. Halstead 817 So. 2d 1092 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)
  • Wallace v Buttar 378 F.3d 182 (2nd Cir. 2004)

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

  • Florida, 1982
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2003
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2000
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1997
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 1995

Other Affiliations

  • The Florida Bar, 1982 - Present
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association

Classes and Seminars

  • Construction Contract Workshop, Half Moon Education, Inc., 2015 - Present
  • Thunderbird Global Wealth Mgmt. Summit, Thunderbird Univ., 2010 - 2011

Education

  • Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 1982
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: Order of Coif
    Honors: Moot Court Board
    Honors: National Moot Court Team
    Law Journal: Duke Law Journal, Member, 1980 - 1981
  • Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama, 1979
    B.S.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Major: Government
    Minor: History

Fees

Accepts Credit Cards

Office Information

Address

100 S. Ashley Dr.Suite 600 Tampa, FL 33602

Fax

  • 866-896-7664

Office Hours

Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday: Closed

Achievements

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Included on the 2025 Florida Super Lawyers list


Past Lists

  • 2024 Florida Super Lawyers list
  • 2023 Florida Super Lawyers list
  • 2022 Florida Super Lawyers list
  • 2021 Florida Super Lawyers list
  • 2020 Florida Super Lawyers list
  • 2007 Florida Super Lawyers list

View the profile for Stanley T. Padgett on Super Lawyers

Honors

  • AV Rating - Martindale Hubbell, 1992

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