Perhaps it’s only fitting that in his spare time, Tom Culmo competes in triathlons. Perseverance, dedication, and discipline are, after all, qualities that Tom has honed in courtrooms all across Florida. The cases he takes on don’t start at trial, but they don’t end there, either: Throughout his decades advocating for individuals and families, Tom’s goal has been to obtain not just a fair recovery
, but the right recovery -- the treatment, the care, the assistance that will most improve someone’s life. For just like those triathlons, you need to go the extra mile if you’re truly going to win. Born and raised in Miami, Tom has spend more than two decades fighting for those who have been harmed through no fault of their own -- sometimes irreversibly. In the process, he’s taken on some of the country’s largest insurers, hospitals, and corporations in virtually every type of personal injury matter, business dispute, and insurance claims. He has also gained a reputation for doing what it takes to make a case -- and a difference. In 2007, Tom was named by the Daily Business Review as one of four “Most Effective Lawyers in South Florida” in products liability law, after unraveling an international corporate shell game and obtaining an unprecedented multimillion-dollar recovery against a Chinese manufacturer that had put its best interests before its customers’. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, Tom has been awarded the “AV” rating from the Martindale Hubbell Directory -- the highest possible designation and one based upon the recommendation of fellow attorneys in the community. He is one of the few trial lawyers in Florida to be board certified as a specialist in civil trial practice by both the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocates. Tom has also served as the president of the Miami-Dade County Trial Lawyers Association and on the board of directors for the Florida Justice Association, advocating not just for clients, but for his peers -- and the future of the civil justice system.
