Ian Kirtman

Ian Kirtman, born and raised in South Florida, was drawn to the law early. As a political science undergraduate at the University of Florida, a well-known trial lawyer brought him onto a product liability case against a recreational vehicle manufacturer; traveling to the accident site and helping find expert witnesses showed him what plaintiff’s work involved. Later, clerking at a Miami plaintiff’s firm, he watched the parents of a young man his own age seek accountability rather than money at a wrongful death mediation, the moment he says decided his career.

Kirtman built his practice on authenticity, treating clients, opposing counsel and jurors as people. “It’s not the result, it’s the process,” he says, measuring his work by process and human impact rather than the size of a verdict. He points to a young father he represented in a medical malpractice case as the kind of years-long relationship that defines the work. He also advocates for the civil justice system itself, supporting the Florida Justice Association and the American Association for Justice and warning what tort reform takes from people who need the courts.

Kirtman is a founding partner of Hersh Kirtman Injury Law in Boca Raton, Florida, which he opened after 11 years at the Miami plaintiff’s firm where he clerked. He represents people in catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and product liability cases, from serious motor vehicle collisions to complex malpractice claims. Results include a $4.35 million recovery for a client with brain and spinal cord injuries after a vehicle crashed through a storefront, a $4 million medical malpractice settlement and a $3.8 million recovery for a client who needed an above-the-knee amputation. The firm’s website is hkinjurylaw.com.

Kirtman earned a B.A. cum laude in political science from the University of Florida in 2007 and his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 2010, choosing to study where he intended to practice and earning honors in the school’s Litigation Skills Program. He was admitted to The Florida Bar in 2010 and to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He serves as a regional representative on the University of Miami School of Law Young Alumni Committee.

Kirtman has been listed in Best Lawyers in America for personal injury litigation and medical malpractice law from 2024 through 2027 and in Florida Super Lawyers for 2025 and 2026, after six years as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. He holds a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating and has been named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, Florida Trend Legal Elite Up and Comer and South Florida Legal Guide Top Up & Comer. He formerly served on the boards of the Florida Justice Association Young Lawyers Section and the Palm Beach County Justice Association.