Stanley Padgett

From Stans interview for the Masters of the Courtroom series on Reel Lawyers.com. Biography 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 fathers 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 43 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 40+ years of experience to find cost-effective solutions to business and personal problems. Education Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina J. D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1982 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 B. S. - 1979 Honors: summa cum laude Major: Government Minor: History Bar Admission 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 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) Languages English Professional Associations The Florida Bar, 1982 to Present Hillsborough County Bar Association Current Employment Position Managing Partner Honors AV Rating - Martindale Hubbell, 1992 Super Lawyers, 2007, 2020 - 2025 Classes & Seminars Construction Contract Workshop, Half Moon Education, Inc., 2015 Thunderbird Global Wealth Mgmt. Summit, Thunderbird Univ., 2010 to 2011 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 * AV , BV , AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general practice standards.