Steve Yerrid has a national reputation as one of the best trial lawyers in the country. His career is dedicated to helping those who have been wronged in a wide array of areas including personal injury, wrongful death, medical negligence, product liability, maritime law, and complex commercial litigation. He has been continuously listed in Best Lawyers in America over the last 4 decades.
Throughout his career, he has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the people he serves in obtaining justice. In Florida’s landmark litigation against Big Tobacco, he was the youngest of the 11 trial lawyers selected by the late Governor Lawton Chiles as Florida’s “Dream Team.” He was appointed and acted as Special Counsel to Governor Crist during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. He also obtained the largest settlement amount for a municipality in his representation of the City of Tampa against BP.