Attorney Thomas Schmitt

Florida Personal Injury Lawyer

Thomas Schmitt is recognized as a highly successful civil trial lawyer who specializes in personal injury and wrongful death litigation, including automobile accident, products liability, premises liability, and insurance claims. He has obtained settlements and verdicts in excess of a million dollars. His superior skill as a trial lawyer has been recognized by his lifetime induction into the National Order of Barristers, for having attained "Excellence and High Honors Through the Art of Courtroom Advocacy". He is admitted to practice in all Florida State Courts, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Schmitt is a native Floridian who has lived in Palm Beach County for 42 years. He attended local schools including Cardinal Newman High School. He completed his undergraduate studies at Florida Atlantic University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985.Mr. Schmitt attended graduate studies at Oxford University, Oxford, England, on Scholarship from Rhodes, English Speaking Union. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1989.At Stetson, Mr. Schmitt was State Champion of the AFTL Mock Trial Competition, (1989); he was President of the Student Division of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; and he was a member of both the American Bar Association Mock Trial Team and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Mock Trial Team. Mr. Schmitt has practiced exclusively as a personal injury trial attorney since 1989.