James Michael Papantonio
Levin Papantonio Rafferty Law Firm
Mike Papantonio is a senior partner with the law firm of Levin Papantonio Rafferty. He has received numerous multi-million dollar verdicts on behalf of victims of corporate malfeasance. His award-winning work handling thousands of mass tort cases throughout the nation has helped make Levin Papantonio Rafferty one of the largest plaintiff law firms in the country.
Mr. Papantonio is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers. He is a member of The National Trial Lawyers (past president), American Board of Trial Advocates, the American Association for Justice, the Southern Trial Lawyers Association, and the Florida Justice Association, where he served on the board of directors for five years.
Mr. Papantonio is one of the few living attorneys inducted into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame. He is listed in the publications Best Lawyers in America and Leading American Attorney.
In 2019, Mr. Papantonio was awarded the Compassionate Gladiator Award from the Florida Justice Association.
In 2017, Mr. Papantonio and the firm’s C8 trial team helped secure a $920 million dollar settlement against DuPont, related to the company’s West Virginia plant discharging the chemical PFOA (C8) into the air and water around the Ohio River Valley and exposing citizens to this toxic Teflon chemical.
In 2016, Levin Papantonio Rafferty won the Special Litigation (Environmental) category in the National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers recognition program, after Mr. Papantonio led the firm’s C8 trial team to one of several successful trials against DuPont.
In 2015, Mr. Papantonio was awarded the Defender of Justice Award by the American Association for Justice.
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
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I provide absolutely free confidential consultations, and never charge any fees or costs unless we first recover for you. My law firm's 40 attorneys, 4 investigators, and 2 medical staff work together as one team for you.
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- Levin Papantonio Rafferty
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- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
- J.D. (1981)
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- Compassionate Gladiator Award
- Florida Justice Association
- Special Litigation (Environmental) category in the National Law Journal Elite Trial Lawyers recognition program
- National Law Journal
- Defender of Justice Award
- American Association of Justice
- Inducted into the National Trial Lawyers’ Hall of Fame
- Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame
- Temple University Beasley School of Law Inaugural Award for Social Justice
- Temple University
- International Academy of Trial Lawyers
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- International Society Of Barristers
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- The National Trial Lawyers
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- American Board of Trial Advocates
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- American Justice Association
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- Florida Justice Association
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- Florida State Bar # 335924
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- Clarence Darrow, The Journeyman - Lessons for the Modern Lawyer
- Closing Arguments - The Last Battle (co-author)
- In Search of Atticus Finch - A Motivational Book for Lawyers
- Law and Disorder
- Resurrecting AESOP - Fables Lawyers Should Remember
- Board Certified Trial Lawyer
- The Florida Bar
- Board Certified Trial Lawyer
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
