Thomas R. Bopp

Thomas R. Bopp practices in all phases of personal injury and first party property damage litigation with emphasis defending automobile and premises liability claims and representing carriers and insured in multiple competing claims cases.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

•Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., Tampa, FL
Shareholder, November 2008 to Present
•Fowler White Boggs Banker P.A., Tampa, FL
Shareholder, March 1983 to October 2008
•13th Judicial Circuit, Tampa, FL
Assistant State Attorney, 1981 to 1983
•Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Tampa, FL
Assistant to Legal Advisor, 1979 to 1980
•Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Tampa, FL
Special Deputy Sheriff, 1977 to 1979

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Presentations

Mr. Bopp is a frequent speaker at seminars on vehicular liability issues to auto insurance carriers including bad faith avoidance and handling multiple competing claims cases.

• Duties of Carriers and Multiple Competing Claims Cases , Speaker, USAA, 2018
• Settlement Duties in Multiple Claimant Cases , Speaker, Allstate, 2017
• Settlement Duties in Multiple Claimant Cases , Speaker, Carolina Casualty, 2016
•“Settlement Duties in Multiple Claimant Cases”, Speaker, USAA, 2016
•“Settlement Duties in Multiple Claimant Cases”, Speaker, Allstate, 2016
• New Developments In Insurance Bad Faith and Coverage , Speaker, Mercury, 2015
• New Developments In Insurance Bad Faith and Coverage , Speaker, Allstate, 2014
• Settlement Duties in Multiple Claimant Cases , Speaker, Nationwide and Mercury, 2013
• Spoliation of Evidence and “Pre-Suit Bad Faith Avoidance”, Speaker, Traveler’s, 2012
• Pre-Suit Bad Faith Avoidance , Speaker, Nationwide, 2011
• Multiple Competing Claims , Speaker, Allstate and First Acceptance, 2010
• Wrongful Death and Settlement of Minor’s Claims , Allstate, August 2010
• Trends in Bad Faith , Florida Liability Claims Conference, June 2010
• Settlement Duties in Multiple Claimant Cases , Allstate, February 2010

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

•Selection Committee for 13th Circuit Pro Bono Awards, 2015
•Florida Bar President’s Pro-Bono Award Selection Committee: Chair, 2015-2017
•Forest Hills Pony Baseball: Coach, Florida State Champions 2007
•Hillsborough County Bar Foundation: Member, 2007-2008
•Jesuit’s Dad’s Club

DISTINCTIONS

•AV Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
•The Best Lawyers in America, 2011-2014, 2016-2020
•Florida Super Lawyers , 2013-2016