Vincent M. D’Assaro

Vincent M. D’Assaro has been certified as a mediator since 2005. He was focused on an active litigation practice until May 2023 and now devotes his professional time to dispute resolution. He brings a unique perspective to his mediation practice, having developed an extensive working knowledge of handling cases for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Vinny was born in New York, N.Y., and grew up and attended high school in Daytona Beach, Fla. He attended Wake Forest University and graduated with a bachelor of arts in English from the University of Florida in 1977. After college he attended Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., and earned his juris doctorate in 1981.

He started practicing at an insurance defense firm in Atlanta and moved to Orlando in 1984. He continued to practice civil defense litigation with Cameron, Marriott, Walsh, Hodges & D’Assaro, P.A., until he formed D’Assaro & Hall, P.A., in 1996. He handled all types of cases during his defense career, and was exclusive trial counsel for the nation’s largest retailer throughout Florida for 12 years.

In 2001, he started representing plaintiffs in personal injury cases with a large multi-state firm, focusing primarily on litigation involving catastrophic injuries. He has obtained numerous multi-million-dollar results for his clients over the past 21 years.

In a career spanning more than 40 years in two states, Vinny gained considerable expertise representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of injury and wrongful death cases, including automobile, trucking, insurance, construction, malpractice, product liability, premises liability and dram shop disputes. He has been named to Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers and has earned an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He has tried well over 100 cases to verdict.

•  J.D., Mercer University, Walter F. George Law School, 1981
• B.A., University of Florida, 1977
  • Wake Forest University, 1973-74
• Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator

• State Bar of Georgia
• The Florida Bar
  • Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer
  • Trial Lawyers Section
• American Board of Trial Advocates

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