Steve Yerrid
The Yerrid Law Firm, P.A.
Steve Yerrid is a medical malpractice, wrongful death and personal injury trial lawyer with The Yerrid Law Firm, P.A. in Tampa, Florida. J.D., Georgetown University Law Center.
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Bank of America Plaza, Suite 3910
Tampa, Florida 33602-5148
C. Steven Yerrid, known as Steve Yerrid, is a Tampa, Florida, trial lawyer at The Yerrid Law Firm, P.A. who has tried cases for more than 45 years. According to the firm, he has obtained more than 300 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more for individuals and families of people injured or killed by the wrongdoing of others.
His results include a $217 million jury verdict described by the firm as the largest medical malpractice award in Florida history and a $330 million wrongful death verdict in 2009. He also obtained a $27.5 million settlement for the City of Tampa from BP after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and he served as Special Counsel to then-Governor Charlie Crist on the disaster in 2010.
Yerrid was the youngest lawyer appointed to the 11-member group of private lawyers that brought Florida’s lawsuit against the tobacco industry in the 1990s. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where he later served as a visiting adjunct professor, and has taught as an adjunct professor at Stetson Law School. He is a lifetime member of the Inner Circle of Advocates and was inducted into the National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame in 2016.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Practice Areas
- Inner Circle of Advocates (Lifetime Member)
- Florida Justice Association (Distinguished Fellow)
- American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomate)
- National Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame (2016)
- Perry Nichols Award, Florida Justice Association
- Excalibur Award, Florida Justice Association (2013)
- Outstanding Pro Bono Award, Florida Justice Association
- Eagle Awards (Gold, Silver and Crystal), Florida Justice Association
- Trial Lawyer of the Year (Tampa Bay), American Board of Trial Advocates
- Best Lawyers in America (listed continuously over five decades)
- $217 Million Verdict: Jury verdict described on the firm page as the largest medical malpractice award in Florida history and the nation's largest verdict in 2006.
- $330 Million Wrongful Death Verdict: In 2009, a jury award of $330 million that the firm page describes as the country's largest verdict in a wrongful death case that year.
- $27.5 Million Settlement for City of Tampa: Retained by the City of Tampa to hold BP responsible for economic damages from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Yerrid obtained a $27.5 million settlement in July 2015, described as the largest recovery paid to any municipality by BP.
- Florida Tobacco Litigation: As the youngest lawyer appointed to an 11-member group of private lawyers by Governor Lawton Chiles, Yerrid took a leading role in Florida's lawsuit against the cigarette industry, which resulted in a settlement that ultimately topped $17 billion.
- Sunshine Skyway Bridge Disaster: At age 30, Yerrid secured the complete exoneration of Captain John Lerro, pilot of the freighter that struck the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, using an "Act of God" defense.
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