Florida Lawyers

Intellectual Property Law

100 N Tampa St suite 1900, Tampa, FL 33602, USA

Area of Practice: Mr. Thomas is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest distinction awarded. In 2011, in the area of insurance law, he was selected as a member of Florida Trend’s “Florida Legal Elite,” which names the state’s Legal Leaders named by their peers. Mr. Thomas served on The Florida State University College of Law Board of Directors and has endowed an academic fund at the Law School in the names of his parents, John & Judith Thomas. Jed was born on December 9, 1968, in Satellite Beach, Florida at Patrick Air Force Base and grew up in Niceville, Florida as an Air Force kid. During his second year of law school, he was selected as one of only thirty persons statewide to receive a fellowship at the Florida House of Representatives. During his third year of law school, he was also a legislative aide for the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. As a legislative aide, Mr. Thomas was responsible for bill drafting, legal analysis of proposed laws, and oral and written presentations to the Legislature. While in law school, Mr. Thomas served as a principal aide to Lt. Governor Kenneth H. “Buddy” Mackay during the 1994 gubernatorial campaign. As Gov. Mackay’s aide, he traveled extensively statewide assisting the Governor in campaign strategy and policy. Mr. Thomas is also active in the Florida Bar Association, currently serving as a Chair of the Hillsborough County Grievance Committee. Jed is a member of Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa and frequently serves at the Portico, a ministry dedicated to assisting the homeless in Tampa. Jed is also a certified Circuit Court Mediator and available to mediate all cases in Florida Circuit and Federal District Courts.

Personal Injury Law

210 Wymore Rd, Winter Park, FL 32789, USA

He attended Florida State University and obtained degrees, with honors, in both Finance and Insurance/Risk Management. Mr. Main stayed at Florida State for law school where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree with honors. After passing the Bar, Mr. Main served as a Prosecutor at the Orange/Osceola County State Attorney's Office where he prosecuted thousands of cases, which included the successful argument of countless motions and the trial of many cases as both lead and co-counsel. Mr. Main uses his knowledge from defending the insurance companies to now helping injured persons fight against the insurance companies. He also served as a Fellow for the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. While serving as a Fellow for the Speaker, Mr. Main authored several bills which were subsequently filed in the Florida House of Representatives.

Personal Injury Law

7000 SE Federal Hwy suite 310, Stuart, FL 34997, USA

Jeff Vastola earned his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Florida in 1993 and his Juris Doctorate in 1996 from St. Thomas University School of Law. Mr. Vastola founded the firm in 1997 after gaining valuable insight working for both a plaintiffs’ personal injury firm and a statewide defense firm. He is proud to be a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization limited to attorneys who have secured verdicts/settlements exceeding one million dollars. Mr. Vastola was a member of the Palm Beach County Justice Association’s Board of Directors for two years, and the Chairman of the Personal Injury/Wrongful Death Committee of the Palm Beach County Bar Association for five years. Mr. Vastola’s experience in the courtroom and his proven results demonstrate that he represents his clients with the dedication and desire you want when referring a case to a personal injury attorney. Most importantly, when you hire Jeff as your attorney, you are given his very personal attention to your case with access to his personal cell phone number and email address. We like to say that Vastola Legal is putting the ‘personal’ back into personal injury cases.

Personal Injury Law

1680 Emerson Street, Jacksonville, FL 32207

Family and Divorce Law

5385 N Bay Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA

JEFFREY A. RYNOR is a founding member of Mitrani, Rynor, Adamsky & Toland, P.A., who practices in matrimonial and civil litigation where he is also a certified family mediator. He earned his law degree from the University of Florida in 1980 and received an LL.M. degree in Taxation from George Washington University in 1982. He received his undergraduate degree, with high honors and Phi Beta Kappa distinction, from the University of Florida in 1978. Mr. Rynor has been named one of South Florida’s “Top Lawyers” in the areas of civil litigation and matrimonial law in the “South Florida Legal Guide” and named one of Florida’s Super Lawyers. Currently, Mr. Rynor is on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of The Hebrew Academy and the Board of Trustees for the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust. In addition, he was elected a member of the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar in 2018, which has exclusive authority to formulate and adopt matters of policy concerning the activities of the Bar. Mr. Rynor has held the Presidential position from Temple Emanu-El, the Dade County Bar Association, the Miami Beach Senior High Alumni Association, Vizcayans, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Miami (for which he received national honors). Other positions held by Mr. Rynor includes the Past-Chair of the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens and Trust, Florida Bar’s Equal Opportunities in the Profession Committee, Dade County Bar Association By-laws Committee, the Editorial Board of the Dade County Bar Bulletin and the Dade County Bar Association Matrimonial Law Committee. He has also served on the Florida Bar Grievance Committee. Mr. Rynor is the author of Comparative Negligence and Contribution in Florida: "Contribution from Parties Otherwise Immune from Suit," The Florida Bar 4th Edition 1992, and was a finalist in the 1996 Up & Comers Award established by the South Florida Business Journal. He was recognized by the Ronald McDonald House in 2002 as one of South Florida’s 12 “Good Men” and by the Miami News in 1988 as one of Dade’s “Good People.” In 2004, Mr. Rynor was inducted into the Miami Beach Senior High School Hall of Fame.