Attorney Biography
Jerry Hamilton is a trial lawyer. He is board certified by the Florida Bar and has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Insurance Defense Lawyers in the United States by one of the world's largest insurance companies, AIG. He is a founding partner and managing shareholder of Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP, a Martindale Hubbell AV rated minority certified law firm ranked as the 3rd most diverse law firm in South Florida by the Daily Business Review.
Mr. Hamilton has dedicated his practice to civil trial litigation, defending major insurers and corporations in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death, premises liability and negligent security, insurance coverage and bad faith, medical/professional malpractice, admiralty and maritime, commercial litigation, insurance fraud, hospitality, transportation, class actions, and product liability.
He has been named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, an invitation-only trial honorary society composed of less than one half percent of American lawyers. He has been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics every year since 2006 and named as one of Florida's "Legal Elite" by Florida Trend. He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell and honored as one of "100 Most Accomplished Blacks in Law" by ICABA.