Firm News

Latinos In Action (LIA) offers an asset-based approach to bridging the graduation and opportunity gap for Latino students, working from within the educational system to create positive change. LIA’s program operates as a year-long elective course taught by highly-qualified teachers at the middle school, junior high, and high school level. […]

$2 Million settlement reached in lawsuit regarding wrongful death of 19-year-old Kedar Williams On August 13, 2019, 19-year-old student Kedar Elijah Williams was rushed to the hospital, by ambulance, from William T. Dwyer High School in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The school later released a statement that a student had passed away following a […]

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Ted Babbitt and Joe Johnson join the firm in the new year  The law firms of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. and Babbitt & Johnson P.A. are pleased to announce that effective January 1, 2021, Ted Babbitt and Joe Johnson became shareholders in the Searcy Denney firm. Together […]

A warrant has been issued for Morgan Cipres’ arrest for the crime of Transmission of Harmful Material to a Minor December 9, 2020 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — The Pasco County State Attorney’s Office filed a felony charge against French Olympic figure skater Morgan Cipres for the transmission of harmful […]

We are pleased to announce that Searcy Denney has been included in the 11th annual edition of the 2021 U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firm rankings. Our firm ranked Metropolitan Tier 1 in Tallahassee for Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury, as well as in West Palm Beach for Bet-the-Company Litigation, Personal Injury, Product […]

Florida Trend has named Firm Founding Attorney Chris Searcy to its “Legal Elite Hall of Fame,” and has named Jim Gustafson, Jack Hill, Cameron Kennedy and Karen Terry to its 2020 “Florida Legal Elite” list. Join us in congratulating our team for their continued excellence in the legal field. Check […]

We are extremely proud of all our team members here at Searcy Denney, but we’d like to take this time to make special mention of 16 of our own personal injury attorneys who were recently recognized as “Super Lawyers” and “Rising Stars” for 2020. All have made outstanding contributions to […]

We are proud to announce that two of our recent personal injury verdicts made the Top 50 Verdicts in Florida lists for 2019 and 2020. We take pride in being able to help our clients get the justice they deserve for the injuries they or their family members have sustained. […]

As part of our continued commitment to the community, we encourage all able-bodied registered voters to get out and vote! Our recent ad campaign highlights the struggles and challenges many have gone through to have the right the vote, and we don’t want anyone to take that for granted.  We […]