James P. Hanratty

Jim is the managing attorney and Casualty Supervisor for the Jacksonville office. In this capacity, Jim oversees a team of experienced attorneys handling corporate, commercial and civil litigation matters including workers’ compensation across Northern Florida.

Jim transferred to the Jacksonville office in 2012 after a 23-year career defending manufacturers, hospitals, trucking and transportation carriers, retail establishments and construction professionals throughout Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Jim is an experienced first-chair trial lawyer and has taken over 150 civil jury trials to verdict since 1989.

In Florida, Jim has put his broad based experience to work by assuming the statewide supervision of matters for key clients in a wide range of cases including products liability, trucking and transportation, commercial premises liability and construction related injuries. Jim continues to handle significant and catastrophic injury cases involving automobile and general liability claims with an emphasis on the defense of brain injury claims. He has also expanded his practice to include representing condominium and homeowners associations as well as representing employers in matters involving ADA, FLSA/Wage & Hour, and Title VII before the EEOC and the Florida Commission on Human Relations.

Jim maintains a Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV Preeminent, the highest rating for professional competence and was recognized in 2010 as a Super Lawyer. He is board certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar. Jim is licensed to practice in all state and federal District Courts of Florida.

Honors & awards

AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell

Ohio Super Lawyer
2010

Year joined

2006

Certifications

Board Certified Specialist, Civil Trial Law, The Florida Bar

Results

Defense Prevails in Mobile Home Product Liability Case

Product Liability
April 21, 2016

Obtained a defense verdict in a product liability case following a week-long jury trial. The case involved product liability and warranty claims arising out of the manufacture of a mobile home. The plaintiffs claimed that the home was defectively designed and manufactured by our client and that the defects created violations of Florida warranty statutes and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.

Thought Leadership

James P. Hanratty Inducted Into The American Board of Trial Advocates

November 26, 2018
James P. Hanratty has been inducted into the membership of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).

Reducing Workplace Accident Liability

Jacksonville
General Liability
Workers Compensation
Premises and Retail Liability
December 15, 2014

Benefits of Involving Counsel When an Accident Occurs

Jacksonville
Construction Injury Litigation
June 1, 2013
By James P. Hanratty, Esq.*Key Points: Defense Digest, Vol. 19, No. 2, June 2013

A Defendants Guide To Approaching Head Injury Cases

Jacksonville
Health Care Liability
February 8, 2013

Avoiding Headaches in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases

Jacksonville
Health Care Liability
December 1, 2012
Key Points: Defense Digest, Vol. 18, No. 4, December 2012

Benefits of Involving Counsel When an Accident Occurs

Jacksonville
Construction Injury Litigation
December 1, 2012

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Classes/Seminars Taught

Top 5 Challenges Relative to Workers' Compensation Claims, Property and Casualty Claims and For Mediators, FCCI Educational Conference, October 2018

Defending Catastrophic Injury Claims - How to Stack the Deck in Your Favor, Marshall Dennehey Florida Claims Symposium - Casino Royale, Tampa, FL, September 20, 2018

Courtroom Warriors Present: Trying Your Case To A Defense Verdict; Opening Statements; Making A Good First Impression, Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, August 2008

Use, Selection of Expert Witnesses , Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, 2003

Insurance Relations Round Table , Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, 2003

Defense of Wrongful Death Case , Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, 2002

Law Office Management , University of Akron, 1992, 1995

Insurance Seminar , Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1992

Media Commentary

Delivery Driver Crime: The Restaurant Industry Problem Nobody Talks About, QSRweb and Pizza Marketplace, September 7, 2018

Military Service

United States Army Reserve, 1981-1990