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Born in Highland Park, Michigan, in 1943, Bob Kerrigan moved to Florida in 1959, graduating from high school in Port St. Joe. In 1967 he graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Florida State University. As a Certified Public Accountant, he worked for Price-Waterhouse before beginning the study of law. In 1971, he graduated with honors from the Florida State University College of Law. Bob came to Pensacola in 1971 to assume a position with the Public Defender's Office, where he later attained the position of Chief Assistant. In 1973, he went into private practice with emphasis on criminal defense trial work. Over the years, Bob has tried many high profile murder cases. In 1975, he formed a partnership with George Estess and began to concentrate on personal injury litigation.

He was one of eight trial lawyers selected by the Governor of the State of Florida to prosecute the State's claim for Medicaid recovery against the tobacco industry. the case settled during jury selection for, at the time, the largest civil judgment in the history of the United States.

He has obtained numerous multi-million dollar jury verdicts. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and is a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. Bob was legal advisor to the minority caucus of the Florida Senate during the election controversy in Florida in 2000. He is a member of the Florida Association of Attorney-CPAs and a member of the International Bar Association.

Bob has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America and was named as one of Florida's Top Lawyers in Florida Monthly Magazine. In 2006, he was named as one of the top 500 Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America by LawDragon, an independent listing of the nations top plaintiffs' lawyers and a distinction that is awarded to less than one-half of one percent of America's 1.1 million attorneys.

In recent years, Bob has dedicated a major portion of his time to the prosecution of international human rights cases. He acted as co-counsel in two recent trials, Ford v. Garcia and the Estate of Winston Cabello, et al. v. Armando Fernandez-Larios.

He has also endowed the Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights.

Mr. Kerrigan along with partner Mr. Bill Rankin host a local TV program Within Reason on WUWF-TV. Within Reason is broadcast live on Monday at 7:00 PM (Central Time) and rebroadcast on Wednesday at 10:00 PM and on Friday at 8:00 AM and again at 10:00 PM.

The most recent broadcast (and archived programs) of Within Reason can also be watched in Adobe Flash Player format by clicking on the following link:

http://wuwf.org/radiotv/wreason.shtml

Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Human Rights

Certification/Specialties:
Civil Trial, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education

Bar Admissions:
Florida, 1971

Education:
Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 1971
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1967
B.S., Bachelor of Science

Representative Cases:

Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co. v. Gillette, 519 So.2d 1059 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1988)

Johnson v. Travelers Indem. Co., 438 So.2d 1045 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1983)

Strickland v. Progressive American Ins. Co., 468 So.2d 525 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1985)

Camp v. Kimbell, 526 So.2d 691 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1988)

Williams v. Escambia County, 725 So.2d 392 (Fla. App. 1 Dist. 1998)

Burklow & Associates, Inc. v. Belcher, 719 So.2d 31 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1998)

Padgett v. Horace-Mann Ins. Co., 704 So.2d 627 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1997)

Citizens & Peoples Nat. Bank v. Head, 701 So.2d 887 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1997)

Houghton v. Bond, 680 So.2d 514 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1996)

Miller v. Affleck, 632 So.2d 79 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1993)

Loevinger v. Northrup, 624 So.2d 374 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1993)

Wynn v. Muffs, 617 So.2d 794 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1993)

Davidson v. Gaillard, 584 So.2d 71 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1991)

Frye v. Suttles, 568 So.2d 983 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1990)

Futch v. Head, 511 So.2d 314 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1987)

State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Stiller, 553 So.2d 314 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1989)

Sanderson v. Freedom Sav. & Loan Ass'n., 548 So.2d 221 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1989)

Okaloosa Asphalt Enterprises, Inc. v. Okaloosa Co. Gas Dist., 524 So.2d 1095 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1988)

Cross v. C&P Motors, 495 So.2d 906 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1986)

Wilson v. State, 487 So.2d 1130 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1986)

Rhames v. State, 473 So.2d 724 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1985)

Sewell v. Flynn, 459 So.2d 372 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1984)

Sewell v. State, 443 So.2d 164 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1983)

Santa Rosa County v. Pollak, 418 So.2d 300 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1982)

Delmarco v. State, 406 So.2d 1169 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1981)

Peadon v. State, 398 So.2d 485 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1981)

State v. Yu, 400 So.2d 762 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1981)

Dunn v. Stack, 394 So.2d 1076 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1981)

Sullivan v. Price, 386 So.2d 241 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1980)

State ex rel Price v. McCord, 380 So.2d 1037 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1980)

Furnams v. Santa Rosa Island Authority, 377 So.2d 983 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1979)

Pittman v. State, 370 So.2d 1207 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1979)

thames v. Melvin, 370 So.2d 439 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1979)

Sullivan v. Price, 368 So.2d 614 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1979)

Armstrong v. Southern Bell Tel & Tel Co., 366 So.2d 88 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1979)

McLin v. Grady, 363 So.2d 395 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1978)

State v. Feldman, 362 So.2d 481 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1978)

Ganey v. Goodings Million Dollar Midway, Inc., 360 So.2d 62 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1978)

Bourne v. State, 341 So.2d 264 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1977)

McBride v. State, 338 So.2d 567 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1976)

Furnans v. Santa Rosa Iland Authority, 315 So.2d 481 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1975)

Johns v. State, 269 So.2d 52 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1972)

Dortch v. State, 265 So.2d 719 (Fla.App. 1 Dist. 1972)

Cabello Barrueto v. Fernandez Larios, 2003 WL 22697724 (S.D. Fla. 2003)

Cabello Barrueto v. Fernandez Larios, 291 F.Supp.2d 1360 (S.D. Fla. 2003)

Cabello Barrueto v. Fernandez Larios, 205 F.Supp.2d 1325 (S.D. Fla. 2002)

Bonnie L. v. Bush, 2001 WL 1400051 (S.D. Fla. 2001)

Venn v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 169 B.R. 735 (N.D. Fla. 1994)

Camp v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 989 F.2d 428 (11th Cir. (Fla.) 1993)

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Adjunct Instructor, Florida State University, College of Law, Oxford Program, 1979
Adjunct Professor of Law, Florida State University College of law, 1985 - 1987

Honors and Awards:
Florida Bar Pro Bono Service Award, 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association
Member
Okaloosa-Walton Bar Association
Member
American Bar Association
Member
the Florida Bar
Member
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
Member

Past Employment Positions:
Post Secondary Education Planning Commission of Florida, Chairman, 1987 - 1992

Assistant Public Defender, 1971 - 1973

ROBERT G. KERRIGAN