Gary R. Jodat

Gary Jodat enjoys living in Sarasota with his wife, 2 younger children and their dog Drake, a Yorkshire Terrier. During leisure time, his family enjoys swimming, boating and the beach. The 3 older children attended Manatee County schools and are no longer at home. Gary R. Jodat is the founding attorney of Jodat Law Group, P.A. started in 1994. He received his Juris Doctor Degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1993 and his undergraduate degree from Roger Williams University. Fresh out of law school he was an Assistant Public Defender trying criminal, Juvenile and Dependency cases before concentrating on litigating Personal Injury matters. He is a member of The American Bar Association, The Manatee County Bar Association, The Florida Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity and the Florida Justice Association. He is an Eagle Patron for giving to the Endowment for Association Giving to Law & Education. His past memberships include The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce, The Manatee County Chamber of Commerce, American Inns of Court and the Manatee Chapter of the American Heart Association. Gary has been published: Illegitimate Children Gain Rights in Wrongful Death, Pinellas County Review, March 2, 1993, at 25. Grant v. Thornton, 749 So. 2d 529 - Fla: Dist. Court of Appeals, 2nd Dist. 1999. He is a Distinguished Expert with a handgun. Gary has been Awarded the Life Saver Award from the Rotary Club of Sarasota and also recognized for saving a life by the Sarasota Police Department. He is a Board Member of Healthy Start of Sarasota. The National Trial Lawyers has named him to the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers.”

Stetson University College of Law

J.D. (1993) | Law

1990 - 1993

Honors: Best Oralist Freshman Moot Court

Of Counsel

Jodat Law Group, PA

1994 - Current

Illegitimate Children Gain Rights in Wrongful Death

Pinellas County Review

July 12, 1993

Pre-Injury Release on Behalf of Minor Child, Florida Legal Updates Seminare, Sarasota, FL

May 12, 2016

Jodat Law Group, PA

People's Choice Award Favorite Attorney

Bradenton Herald

2016

Voted Best Attorney

1st Place Law Firm - Manatee Readers Choice Award

Herald Tribune

2016

Voted Best Law Firm

Reader's Choice Award - Law Firm

Venice Gondolier

2013

Top Law Firm

Citizen's Award of Merit

Sarasota Police Department

2007

Awarded for Saving a Person's Life

Life Saver Award

Rotary Club of Sarasota

2006

Awarded for saving a person's life

Florida Justice Association

Eagle Member

2014 - Current

Manasota Trial Lawyers Board

Member

2011 - Current

Florida

Since 1993

Massachusetts

Since 2010

Federal Circuit

Since 2005

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