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Contact
Contact Information
789 S.W. Federal Highway
Suite 101
Stuart, FL 34994
Biography
Benjamin S. Pahl, Esq., is the Co-Managing Partner at the firm’s Stuart office. Benjamin is an experienced trial attorney, having tried cases in both the state and federal court. Ben is the co-chair of the Boating and Maritime practice group. He focuses his practice handling slip and falls, trip and falls, falling objects, foreign substances, defective conditions, roadway construction, code/safety violations on the premises, and negligent hiring matters. Ben also handles defense of homeowners, government entities/agencies, HOAs, insurers, trucking, automobile negligence, admiralty and maritime, premises liability, sexual misconduct and negligent security matters. Ben has experience representing general contractors and subcontractors in construction litigation cases and worker’s compensation defense. The majority of Ben’s cases involve surgical and catastrophic injuries resulting from automobile, boating, premises, roadway construction, and trucking accidents.
Prior to joining the firm, he represented national corporations in the defense of catastrophic claims including wrongful death/survival and complex liability matters. Ben has successfully defended homeowners insurance liability claims, condominium associations, underinsured/uninsured motorist actions, and indemnity claims.
Benjamin earned a Bachelor of Arts from Baldwin Wallace University (2011). During his undergraduate studies, he played football and attended school on a Presidential Merit Scholarship. Benjamin obtained his Juris Doctor from St. Thomas University School of Law (2014). While attending Law School, he was a member of the Moot Court Board representing his school in numerous moot court competitions.
Benjamin is admitted in Florida (2014). He is also admitted in the United States District Court for the Southern (2016) and Middle (2020) Districts of Florida and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2014).
Practice Areas
Practice Areas
- Auto & Fleet Liability
- Bad Faith | ECO
- Boating | Maritime
- Construction Defect
- Directors & Officers
- EPL Labor and Employment Law
- Federal Practice
- First Party Property
- General Liability
- Government Liability
- Home Owners Association and Condo Association
- Liquor Liability
- Negligent Security
- PIP | PD | MedPay
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability | E&O
- Professional Liability
- Roadway Construction
- Sexual Misconduct Liability
- SIU | Fraud Special Investigations
- Surgical LOP Abuse
- Time & Policy Limit Demands and Tenders
- Trucking Liability
- Workers' Compensation
Experience
Bar/Court Admission
- 2014, Florida
- 2016, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
- 2020, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- 2014, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- Baldwin Wallace University, B.A., 2011
- St. Thomas University School of Law, J.D., 2014
Industries Represented
- Office Product Retail Stores
- Home Improvement Retailers
- Retail Specialty Stores
- Supermarket Chains
- Suppliers
- Hotels
- Shopping Malls and Centers
- Restaurants
- Insurance Companies
- Third-Party Administrators for Claims Management and Risk
- State Bureaus & Agencies
- Public and Governmental Entities
- Homeowner and Condominium Associations
- Rental Car Companies
- Construction Companies
- Contractors and Subcontractors
- Gas Convenience Stores
- Hauling and Owner Operators (trucking)
- Marinas
- Vessel Manufacturers
- Vessel Resellers