Kent Whittemore

Kent Whittemore
Attorney
721 First Avenue North
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
(727) 898-7210
Paralegal: Tara Dillon
tdillon@eflegal.com

Areas of Practice:

• Personal Injury Claims – Plaintiff
• Insurance Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Circuit Civil Mediator, Florida Supreme Court certified

Education:

• University of Florida, BSBA, 1970
• Stetson University College of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1973.

Bar Admissions:

• Florida

Court Admissions

• Florida – all courts, including the Supreme Court of Florida
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

Court Admissions:

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Eleventh Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Professional Recognition:

• W. McKinley Smiley, Jr. Award, 2003
• Jon E. Krupnick Award for Perseverance, 2007
• The Barney” from the Barney Masterson Inn of Court,
• Compassionate Gladiator Award for “Strength – Skill – Drive – Heart. An Unwavering
  Advocate…A Master of the Trial…A Champion for Victims”, 2018
• AV Preeminent TM Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• “Top 100 Trial Lawyers: Florida”.

Publications and Speaking Engagements:

He is a frequent lecturer in the areas of his practice, with regard to both substantive law and
procedure.

Professional and Civic Activities:

• served on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the Florida Justice
  Association (formerly the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers)
• Past President of the Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association (2003-2004)
• Sustaining member of the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of
  Trial Lawyers of America)
• Member and Director of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association
• Past President of the St. Petersburg Bar Association (1996-1997).