TRIAL LAWYERS FOR PEOPLE WITH LIFE CHANGING INJURIES . Premises liability (slip and falls, negligent security), medical malpractice, car, bus, and truck crashes, boating and jet ski accidents. Serving Miami, Florida & Nationwide.
OVER $100 MILLION RECOVERED . John H. (Jack) Hickey was on the defense side for the first 17 years of his career. He switched sides over 25 years ago and built his firm from the ground up. In that short time, in one-off personal injury cases he has recovered in record breaking verdicts and settlements over $100 Million.
MY STORY . Hickey was born and raised in Miami, Florida. Florida State University, B.A. magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa Duke University School of Law
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS. Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar Trial Lawyer by National Board of Trial Advocates Admiralty & Maritime Law by The Florida Bar
SPECIALTIES . Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) Spinal cord injuries Neurological injuries such as CRPS and Central Pain Syndrome Orthopedic injuries of the spine and limbs Burn injuries
BAR LEADERSHIP. Past President of the Dade County Bar Association (largest voluntary bar association in Florida) Board of Governors of The Florida Bar (governing all 107,000 members of The Florida Bar) (2008 to 2020) AAJ Board of Governors (2021 to present Board of Directors of Florida Justice Association (FJA) 2019 to present. Chair of AAJ Section Leaders Council (2025 – 2026). AAJ State Delegate from Florida (2017-2021) Past Chair of AAJ Premises Liability Section. Past Chair of AAJ Admiralty Law Section Past Chair of The Florida Bar Admiralty Law Committee Past Chair The Florida Bar Grievance Committee 11-L Past Chair of AAJ Motor Vehicle, Highway Safety, and Premises Liability Section Past Chair 11th Circuit Fee Arbitration Committee AAJ PAC Board of Trustees (2012 to present) Recipient of The Florida Bar Certificate of Recognition "in recognition and appreciation of meritorious service to the public and legal profession in Florida Recipient of Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents Certificate of Recognition "dedicated leadership to the members of the legal community during service as President." American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) member The Florida Bar Foundation Fellow, Lifetime Member, and Bronze Giving Society American Bar Association Foundation Fellow Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents, Lifetime Member
RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS. National Trial Lawyers: Top 100—an invitation-only organization that selects members based on strict qualifications and peer nominations. The same organization lists Jack in the National Brain Injury Trial Lawyers Association’s Top 25. Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America. DCBA Legal Luminary in Admiralty (2016) Top Lawyer in South Florida in the areas of personal injury and maritime in the South Florida Legal Guide (2004- Present) Legal Elite in Florida Trend Magazine (top 1.7% of attorneys) (2006-Present) Superlawyer in the area of personal injury in Superlawyers.com (2006 -Present) Best Lawyers in America in 3 areas: Personal Injury Plaintiffs, Admiralty and Maritime, and Medical Malpractice. The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators Recipient, AAJ’s Richard D. Hailey Distinguished Service Award (2025), Maritime Attorney of the Year Award by Florida Legal Awards (ALM) (2025), 2017 Ervin Gonzalez Memorial Award (the first ever) by a committee of 20 lawyers and judges in Miami- Dade County, Florida – Awarded to an attorney who achieves excellence in the courtroom as a lawyer, in the classroom as a teacher, and in the bar as a leader Recipient, 2016 and 2017 Legal Luminaries Award in Admiralty and Maritime Law by the Dade County Bar Association National Law Journal’s Big Money Wins Top 50 Verdicts and Settlements of 2015, #6 Nationally and #1 in Florida Top Florida Verdicts & Settlements of 2011 in VerdictSearch Member of The Multi-Million Dollar Forum Attorney of the Month in Attorney at Law Magazine, April 2016 “Top Attorneys in Florida” named by his peers, as published in The Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Magazine & Orlando Life (2014) “Top Attorneys in Florida” named by his peers as published in the Wall Street Journal and Miami Magazine (2012) Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents Recipient of Certificate “in Recognition of Your Dedicated Leadership to the Members of Your Legal Community during your service as President”
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. American Inns of Court – Spellman-Hoeveler Chapter North American Brain Injury Society Brain Injury Association of America Brain Injury Association of Florida
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