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Howard Coker

Howard Coker

Shareholder/Founder

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Experience, Commitment & Integrity in the Pursuit of Justice

Education

University of Florida:

  • Bachelor of Science (1969)

  • Juris Doctor (1971)

Awards

  • AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

    • Million Dollar Advocates Forum

    • The Best Lawyers in America, 2022

    • Who’s Who in America?

    • American Board of Trial Advocacy, 2003 “Lawyer of the Year”

    • Florida Justice Association:

    • Golden Eagle Award

    • B.J. Masterson Award for Professionalism (2005)

    • Perry Nichols Award (2006)

    • W. McKinley Smiley, Jr. Award (2006)

    • Al. J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award (2009)

    • Florida Super Lawyers:

    • Selected each year since program’s inception in 2006

    • Consistently selected as Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers

    • 2007 Jacksonville Financial Times & Daily Record “Lawyer of the Year”

    • 2007 FLABOTA’s “Trial Lawyer of the Year”

    • Jacksonville’s Best Lawyers-Jacksonville Magazine (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

    • 2009 Jacksonville Bar Association’s “True Champion For Diversity Award”

    • 2010 Best Lawyers “Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year,” Jacksonville, FL

    • Lawdragon.com 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer Guide

    • Hall of Fame (2021)

    • Florida Trend Legal Elite, Plaintiff – Personal Injury, 2022

    Professional Associations

    • AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
    • Florida Trend Legal Elite, Plaintiff – Personal Injury
    • Best Lawyers in America, Plaintiff – Personal Injury
    • American Board of Trial Advocacy, 2003 “Lawyer of the Year”
    • B.J. Masterson Award for Professionalism (2005)
    • Florida Super Lawyers (2006-present)
      -Consistently selected as Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers
    • Florida Justice Association: Golden Eagle Award
    • Perry Nichols Award (2006)
    • W. McKinley Smiley, Jr. Award (2006)
    • Jacksonville Financial Times & Daily Record “Lawyer of the Year” (2007)
    • FLABOTA’s “Trial Lawyer of the Year” (2007)
    • Al. J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award (2009)
    • Jacksonville’s Best Lawyers-Jacksonville Magazine
    • Jacksonville Bar Association’s “True Champion for Diversity Award” (2009)
      -“Personal Injury Lawyer of the Year,” Jacksonville, FL (2010)
    • Jacksonville Business Journal, Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
    • Lawdragon.com 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer Guide
      -Hall of Fame (2021-present)
    • Million Dollar Advocated Forum
    • Who’s Who in America

    Community Associations

    • Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens: Board of Directors, Chairman

      • Florida Ducks Unlimited:

      • Life Sponsor

      • Area Chairman of the Year (1991-1992)

      • Florida Conservation Association (President, 1994)

      Mr. Howard Coker is the President and a founding partner of Coker Law Personal Injury Lawyers. Recognized by his peers as a prominent Florida trial attorney, he is a passionate and active advocate. In the pursuit of justice, Mr. Coker has tried over 350 jury trials to a conclusion and handled thousands of mediated settlements – a top record for results.

      For his tireless service and consistent commitment to both professional and community organizations, Mr. Coker has received a number of significant awards and honors. He holds multiple lifetime achievement awards, including the Jacksonville Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award (2017), and the Florida Justice Association’s Perry Nichols Award (2006) and Al J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award (2009).

      He has been named as one of Florida Trend Magazine’s top 1% “Legal Elite”, listed as a Florida Super Lawyer every year since the program’s inception in 2006, and consistently chosen as a Top 100 Florida Super Lawyer.

      Among Mr. Coker’s numerous professional affiliations are his 2008 appointment by the Florida Governor as a member of the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission and his 2010 appointment by the Florida Supreme Court to the Florida Innocence Commission. He was awarded the ABA-TIPS Award for Lifetime Pursuit of Justice in 2011, named Best Lawyers’ Jacksonville Personal Injury Litigator of the Year in 2014, received the 2016 Compassionate Gladiator Award for Strength, Skill, Drive and Heart from the Florida Justice Association and the 2017 Ultimate Attorney Lifetime Achievement Award from the Jacksonville Business Journal.

      Aside from these distinguished accomplishments, Mr. Coker continues to volunteer his time and efforts to a long list of civic and nonprofit organizations, even receiving the 2017 Bob Hayes “Man of the Year” Community Service Award.

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