Practice Area: Mr. Ranson is an experienced, ethical, expert Civil Trial Lawyer, rated by his peers as an "AV" attorney and recognized as a Preeminent Attorney by Martindale Hubbell the foremost lawyer rating organization. He is among the 1% of Florida Lawyers who are Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyers and he has held this certification for over thirty years. He has successfully handled many personal injury and wrongful death cases resulting from automobile, boating and railroad accidents, injuries caused by defective products, maritime injuries occurring on cruise ships, personal and economic injuries due to construction defects, as well as personal and economic damages resulting from professional and medical malpractice. He has also successfully concluded intellectual property matters including issues including trademark protection. He also has considerable experience in matters of libel and slander, commercial litigation and appellate practice.
As a veteran of state and federal courtrooms for nearly forty years, he has numerous trials to his credit. All the while he has crafted a reputation of ultimate professionalism. He believes in conducting oneself courteously while at the same time vigorously representing each client in preparing for trial and in presenting the client's case to a judge or jury.
Mr. Ranson is also a skillful negotiator, in keeping with his philosophy of seeking a negotiated settlement in the best interest of the client.
Finally, in this time of rising legal costs, another of his operating tenants is efficiency - focusing squarely on trial preparation and not simply "generating costly and burdensome paperwork."
About: Bio: Graduate Fellow, Duke University, 1966. Patrick Wilson Scholar and Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1968-1969. Member, Board of Trustees, Eckerd College, 1976?. Chairman, Committee on Trustees, 1994-1998. Chairman, Board of Trustees, Eckerd College, 1998-2000. Chairman of The Board, Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando, 1998-2002. President, Meridian Club of Winter Park (2010-2011). (Board Certified, Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education).
Admitted: 1970, Florida; 1971, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1986, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Former Firm Names: Shuffield Lowman and Kilgore Pearlman Stamp Ornstein & Squires, P.A.
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