Florida Workers Compensation Lawyers

Workers Compensation Law

714 Ballard Street, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

Workers Compensation Law

7300 N. Kendall Dr., Suite 550, Miami, FL 33156

Mario R. Arango is a bilingual (Spanish) lawyer who has been serving the needs of those who have been injured on the job, in accidents and from other's negligence, in the South Florida community since 1998. He was admitted to practice by the Florida Bar and the United States District Court For the Southern District of Florida in 1998. Since 1999, he has focused his efforts in the areas of worker's compensation, artist representation, contract negociation, personal injury and Longshoreman/Harbor Act. Additionally, he has handled cases in the area of employment law, including cases involving sexual harassment/hostile work environment, commercial litigation, overtime and social security disability.

Workers Compensation Law

2645 Executive Park Drive, Suite 139, Weston, FL 33331-3624

Workers Compensation Law

817 S University Dr, Ste 100, Plantation, FL 33324

Richard B. Berman is the principal of the Law Offices of Richard B. Berman, P.A., whose firm specializes in Workers’ Compensation and whose practice is limited to representing injured workers. Mr. Berman received his Undergraduate Degree Cum Laude in Speech Communication from American University and his J.D. Degree from the University of Miami School of Law. He has been a member of the Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Rules Committee, Broward County Legislative Task Force on Health Care and the Advisory Board of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of Florida. Mr. Berman is on the Executive Council of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar. Mr. Berman is on the Board of Directors of Florida Workers’ Advocates, an organization whose focus is to fight for the rights of injured workers in the State of Florida, is Chairman of its Media Relations program and member of the sub-committee on insurance rates. Mr. Berman is affiliated with a number of other professional organizations, including the Broward County Justice Association, the American Association of Justice, American Bar Association, Florida Bar and the Washington D.C. Bar. Mr. Berman is also a Member of the Workers’ Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG), the national organization of attorneys whose focus is to fight for the rights of injured workers. Mr. Berman has been given an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell, an honor accorded only two (2%) percent of attorneys nationwide, and has been elected to the Marquis Who’s Who in American Law, Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America, the National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals, Strathmore’s Who’s Who, Continental’s Who’s Who, and Stanford’s Who’s Who. Mr. Berman is a frequent lecturer on various workers compensation topics around the state of Florida.

Workers Compensation Law

7300 North Kendall Drive, Suite 550, Miami, FL 33156

Mr. Powers was born and raised in Miami, Florida. After graduating from Archbishop Curley High School in 1964, he attended the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and majored in French. He spent the summer after his junior year traveling abroad in Europe and studying French at a school in Pau, France while living with a local French family. After graduation from college in 1968, Mr. Powers returned to Miami and attended University of Miami Law School and joined Delta Theta Phi law fraternity. However, law school was interrupted by the War in Vietnam. After the first year of law school Mr. Powers enlisted in the Navy and served as a personnel man aboard a destroyer DD-763 William C. Law based in Jacksonville, Florida and as a French interpreter for the Navy at Mare Island, California. Later he attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island and Damage Control School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served as a line officer aboard a cable repair ship ARC-2 Neptune for two years. After the decommissioning of his ship, Mr. Powers served in the Naval Reserves and subsequently received an honorable discharge. Mr. Powers returned to the University of Miami School of law and graduated in 1976. While in law school Mr. Powers clerked for a defense law firm on Miami Beach and worked in the law school library. In the last year of law school he was an intern with Legal Services of Greater Miami and specialized in civil litigation. After passing the Florida Bar Mr. Powers worked in a large law firm in Miami for 11 years and specialized in the defense of cases concerning general liability, products liability, and medical malpractice involving doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes. Mr. Powers then worked for two years in a small law firm in Ft. Lauderdale with a varied legal practice and he gained experience in probate estates, liability cases, domestic cases, and landlord-tenant cases. In 1990 Mr. Powers started working for a law firm in Miami specializing in workers’ compensation law. For five (5) years Mr. Powers spent his vacations in Costa Rica in a two week total immersion Spanish language program attending language school and living with a local family in San Jose, Costa Rica. Mr. Powers obtained a Masters Degree of Business Administration from Barry University and in 1994 he was admitted into Delta Mu Delta, the National Honorary Society in Business Administration. Mr. Powers also obtained a Master of Science Degree in Health Services Administration from Barry University. In the year 2000 Mr. Powers joined a law firm specializing in the defense of employers and carriers in workers’ compensation cases throughout the State of Florida. In 2013 Mr. Powers concentrated on representing only injured workers in workers compensation and became of counsel to the law firm of DeVarona Arango & Weinstein, P.A. as well as starting his own law firm. Mr. Powers obtained an LLM. In Elder Law from Stetson University College of Law in 2018. Throughout his years of practice, he has regularly attended continuing legal education courses, seminars, and conferences in order to keep up with the latest developments in laws, rules, and judicial decisions.

Workers Compensation Law

2400 E. Commercial Blvd., Suite 520, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308

Salisu "Sal" Richardson is a Native of Miami, Florida, received a BS (Finance/Honors), a JD, and joint MA (Real Estate), all from University of Florida (Go Gators!). With Law School accolades from Trial Team, he began defending Employers/Carriers in Workers' Compensation claims throughout Florida. In Jan 2011, he was chosen to open the Florida office of Testan Law, the largest WC defense firm in the country. He has since become a Certified Litigation Management Profession (CLMP), as awarded by the CLM. He regularly teaches CEU's to Adjusters, has published opinions on FL Law, and has been a panel participant on a number of occasions. Sal represents clients in a manner which is bold, efficient, and effective, settling where viable, and trying cases as needed. He is most highly regarded for his passionate and strategic approach to cases, focused on closure rates for clients. Sal is a Married father of 3, is on several non-profit Boards, and respected in his legal community.

Workers Compensation Law

100 Almeria Ave, Suite 320, Coral Gables, FL 33134

Scott H. Silver is one of Florida’s most prominent workers’ compensation litigators. Mr. Silver is a senior equity partner and manages firm operations for the Fort Lauderdale office while maintaining an active litigation and trial caseload. He is a certified expert speaker in the field of workers’ compensation who frequently lectures to claims professionals, employers, risk managers, and attorneys with an emphasis on aggressive defense litigation strategy, accelerated claims closure and adjuster ethics. Mr. Silver is a member of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Institute’s Planning Committee for its annual Educational Conference with a concentrated focus on developing the Claims Professional’s breakout programs. Mr. Silver has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards, indicating his professional excellence; been named a ‘Best Lawyer’ by The Best Lawyers in America; included within Corporate Counsel Magazine’s edition of the Best Lawyers in America; was an invited guest on both Forbes Business Network and Time Magazine’s broadcast interviews on their American Premier Lawyer presentations: topics entitled ‘Minimizing Workers’ Compensation Claim Exposure’ and ‘Proactive & Aggressive Approaches to Combat Workers’ Compensation Fraud’ respectively; been selected for inclusion in the National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals; recognized by the South Florida Legal Guide as both a ‘Top Lawyer in South Florida’ as well as a ‘Top Lawyer in the Practice Area of Workers’ Compensation’; and designated a ‘Super Lawyer’ by Florida Super Lawyer Magazine.

Workers Compensation Law

13031 W Linebaugh Ave, Suite 102, Tampa, FL 33626

Tonya A. Oliver is a Tampa workers’ compensation attorney and a shareholder at Oliver & Fox, P.A. She represents injured workers, with a practice focused on first responder benefits, workers’ compensation and pension claims. Her appellate work has included representing claimants in the First District Court of Appeal in cases involving the “Heart / Lung Bill.” Oliver & Fox serves first responders injured at work across Florida from its Tampa office. Oliver entered private practice in 2007 after working as a prosecutor for the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office. Before becoming a prosecutor, she completed a certified legal internship; her career began with an internship at the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. Her education took her to Colorado Christian University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree with a double major in 1994, and then to Valparaiso University School of Law for her J.D. in 1997. Outside her casework, Oliver has lectured for Florida Workers’ Advocates and the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar. Her firm profile names Women Lawyers of Pasco and the Hillsborough County Bar Association among her memberships, along with the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group. It also lists admissions to the United States Middle District of Florida and the United States Court of Federal Claims. The Florida Bar identifies her as Tonya Anne Oliver and lists her as eligible to practice in Florida and a member in good standing.