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Paul M. Anderson, Esquire
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Karla Hart, Esquire
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Paul M. Anderson, Esquire - paul@becausejusticematters.com

Paul is the founding partner of Anderson & Hart, P.A. He limits his practice to serious personal injury, wrongful death and workers' compensation cases. Paul is admitted to practice in all Florida courts and in the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida.

Education: Bachelor of Arts, Florida State University (1979). Juris Doctor with Honors, Florida State University College of Law (1987).

Trial Experience: Paul handles all aspects of courtroom trial work. He has tried more than two hundred-fifty personal injury and workers' compensation cases. He has also represented plaintiffs in approximately twenty-five cases at the appellate court level. Paul has been a workers’ compensation board certified attorney since 1998.

Caseload: While the bulk of Paul’s caseload is located in the Panhandle of Florida, Paul represents accident victims across Florida. Representative cases Paul has handled or is currently handling include a paralyzed brain-damaged teenager in Ft. Myers, a partially-paralyzed police officer in Gainesville, a partially-paralyzed construction worker in Pensacola, the estate of the father of two children murdered by a co-worker in Tallahassee, electrocuted power line workers in Tallahassee and Marianna, and the surviving children of a father crushed at a mill in Graceville.

Memberships: Paul serves as an officer of the Florida Justice Association (formerly the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers), the pre-eminent association for Florida trial attorneys. Paul also serves as a member of the Executive Council of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Florida Bar , making him one of only fifteen Florida plaintiffs attorneys so serving. Paul is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Workers' Advocates.

Paul is a member of the Trial Law and Workers’ Compensation Sections of the Florida Bar, the Tallahassee Bar Association, the Capital City Justice Association, and the American Association for Justice.

Lectures/Seminars: Paul has served as a guest lecturer on workers’ compensation at the Florida State University College of Law. His most recent lectures include the 2011 Conference of the Judges of Compensation Claims, the 2008 FJA Annual Convention (automobile litigation) , the 2008 Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Board Certification Forum (indemnity benefits) and the 2008 FWA Annual Convention. Prior lectures include the Florida Bar Media Law Committee Reporters Workshop, the Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Vital Signs Seminar, the 2002-2005 Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers annual conventions and the 2003-2005 FWA annual conventions. Paul has also previously lectured at the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute’s Annual Convention (to the Judges of Compensation Claims) and the Southeast Builders Association Annual Convention.

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Karla Hart , Esquire - karla@becausejusticematters.com

Karla Hart is a shareholder at Anderson & Hart, P.A. Karla has been practicing law since her admission to the Florida Bar in 2004. She graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelors Degree in 2000 and obtained a Juris Doctorate Degree from Stetson University College of Law in 2004. Karla concentrates her practice in the areas of workers’ compensation and employment law.

Karla is admitted to practice law in all Florida Courts and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. She is a member of the Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Section, the Florida Bar Young Lawyer's Division and the Florida Bar Trial Lawyer's Section. Karla is also a member of the Florida Workers' Advocates and the Florida Justice Association (formerly the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers).

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Paul M. Anderson, Esquire • Karla Hart, Esquire


1584 Metropolitan Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
(850) 894-3000
(850) 894-9664 (fax)

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(850) 526-7505

647 Jenks Avenue, Suite B-1
Panama City, Florida 32401
(850) 913-0013

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