A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, C. Steven Yerrid has been recognized as one of America’s top trial lawyers. Steve has obtained over 230 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more, including a jury verdict of $217 million, the largest medical malpractice award in Florida’s history, and the nation’s largest verdict in 2006. In 2009, he obtained the year’s largest verdict in a wrongful death case with a jury award of $330 million. Steve is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates — a prestigious organization whose membership consists of the top 100 trial lawyers in the country. He is a past recipient of the Perry Nichols Award and the EAGLE Excalibur Award, the two highest honors bestowed by the Florida Justice Association. Steve was named Top Lawyer in the Nation by Lawyers USA and selected by the National Law Journal as one of the top ten litigators in Florida. He is a Diplomate with the American Board of Trial Advocates and was selected as Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Outstanding Lawyer. Steve devotes much of his time and personal resources to philanthropic efforts and is the chairman of The Yerrid Foundation, a non-profit organization that has supported and donated millions of dollars to numerous causes.

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