Gregory H. Maxwell

Greg Maxwell is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Jacksonville Bar Association, the Jacksonville Federal Bar Association, and the Florida Justice Association.

Greg holds an AV-rating from Martindale Hubbell, the highest peer-review rating bestowed on attorneys by that leading organization. Over his career he has focused on representing both plaintiffs and defendants in civil trials. He has represented numerous corporate clients in literally thousands of asbestos personal injury cases. Additionally, Greg has been deeply involved in successfully representing a number of injured persons with claims against the cigarette industry, including the ground breaking case of Carter v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation. That case concluded with a judgment in excess of $2 million and represented the very first successful judgment in history obtained by an injured smoker against a cigarette company.

Greg graduated with honors from Stetson University with degrees in Philosophy and Political Science and then served three years in the United States Navy as one of the youngest commissioned officers on active duty. A Viet Nam Era veteran, he was assigned as a Naval Gunfire officer to the 2^nd Marine Division and was certified as a Naval Marine Corps Parachutist. As a paratrooper, he was involved in extensive field operations with the Marine Corps and the United States Army’s 82^nd Airborne Division, making numerous parachute jumps stateside and abroad.

After his military service, Greg attended Florida State University’s College of Law where he was awarded a Juris Doctorate degree with honors. He was then honored to serve a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Howell W. Melton, a United States District Judge presiding in Jacksonville, Florida.

Greg was born in Huntington, West Virginia, is married and has three children. He considers his family to be his greatest success.

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