With over fifty years of protecting the rights of the individual, Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin is one the foremost client advocacy firms in the nation. We would be honored to review your case and, if taken, to fight vigorously for you.
 

Our Awards and Honors

With so many lawyers today claiming personal injury expertise, it's wise to ask for credentials. You want an attorney that knows his or her stuff and can professionally handle your case.

Four of our firm's senior partners have been recognized as Civil Trial Advocates by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (www.nblsc.us/) and are board certified as civil trial lawyers by the Florida Bar, the highest level of evaluation by the Bar of a lawyer’s competency and experience within an area of law. Bill Wagner, Roger Vaughan, John McLaughlin, and Alan Wagner have also been recognized as board certified Civil Trial Lawyers by The Florida Bar. In addition, Bill Wagner is a board certified Aviation Attorney and Roger Vaughan is board certified in Admiralty. Board certification is an accomplishment by fewer than 2% of attorneys in Florida (see Consumer Services at www.flabar.org). John McLaughlin is a degreed engineer.

Bill Wagner, Roger Vaughan, John McLaughlin and Alan Wagner have been honored repeatedly with listings in The Best Lawyers in America (www.bestlawyers.com). This annual law directory rates the nation's attorneys on their experience, professional reliability and legal qualifications within their specialized areas of practice and compiles its ratings from attorneys' and judges' opinions, written questionnaires and personal interviews.

The firm’s four senior members have also earned election to the American College of Trial Lawyers (www.ACTL.com), an honor limited to fewer than 1% of the nation’s lawyers. The College is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada and is widely considered to be the premier professional trial organization in America. Two are also invited members of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (www.IATL.net), honors reserved for only a limited number of trial attorneys. In addition, they have held important leadership positions in local, state and national professional organizations.

Among these distinctions have been the presidencies of both the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA - www.ATLA.org) and the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (AFTL - www.AFTL.org), and chairmanships of The Florida Bar's and ATLA's Admiralty and Maritime Law Section.

Wagner, Vaughan & McLaughlin attorneys were instrumental in founding the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, a public interest law firm based in Washington, D.C., which today litigates consumer issues of national importance.

The firm has earned an "AV" rating, a designation of "very high to preeminent." This rating is the highest available from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Isn't this the team you want on your side?