Steve Watrel

Shareholder

32 yrs experience
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Bar admitted 1992
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Jacksonville, FL

Bar admissions

Florida
1992
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
1992

Education

B.S.M. in Finance: Syracuse University College of Law1992
Undergraduate: Tulane University1989

Awards and recognition

01Best Lawyers in America (2022-present)
02Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated
03Florida Super Lawyers (2018-present)
04Florida Trend Legal Elite (2018-present)
05Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College Graduate (2003)

Memberships

Florida Justice Association (Board Member, CLE Committee Co-Chair, Nursing Home Task Force Chair)
Jacksonville Justice Association (Former President)
Melvin E. Belli Society
Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College

Background

Steve Watrel is a shareholder at Coker Law in Jacksonville, Florida, with over 32 years of experience in personal injury litigation. He is widely recognized as one of the leading trial lawyers in nursing home abuse and assisted living facility litigation, with numerous six- and seven-figure results in these cases. Watrel earned his J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law in 1992 and his B.S.M. in Finance from Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business in 1989. He is a graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College (2003), an intensive trial advocacy program. Watrel founded Steve Watrel, P.A. in 1993 and practiced independently for nearly three decades before merging his practice with Coker Law in January 2020. He is a long-time EAGLE member of the Florida Justice Association, serves on the FJA Board of Directors, chairs the FJA Nursing Home Task Force, and co-chairs the FJA Continuing Legal Education Committee. He previously served as President of the Jacksonville Justice Association.

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