Brett J. Kurland
Brett J. Kurland
- Attorney
Practice Areas:
- Personal Injury
Biography
Brett Kurland, founding partner of Culpepper Kurland, is a former Scholar Athlete from the University of South Carolina, where he graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration majoring in Finance and Marketing. He obtained his Juris Doctor and Master in Business Administration from Stetson University College of Law/Stetson University in 1997.
Brett's career is devoted to fighting for victims and those who have been injured. He began his career as an Assistant State Attorney representing victims of crime and has spent the last 20 years as a personal injury attorney representing injured victims. His practice areas include automobile, motorcycle, trucking, boating, bicycle and pedestrian accidents, DUI related accidents, wrongful death claims, personal injury matters, and premises slip and/or trip and fall accidents.
Brett's career is devoted to fighting for victims and those who have been injured. He began his career as an Assistant State Attorney representing victims of crime and has spent the last 20 years as a personal injury attorney representing injured victims. His practice areas include automobile, motorcycle, trucking, boating, bicycle and pedestrian accidents, DUI related accidents, wrongful death claims, personal injury matters, and premises slip and/or trip and fall accidents.
Education
- Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport/St. Petersburg, Florida
- J.D. - 1997
- University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
- B.S. - 1993
- Major: Finance and Marketing
- Stetson University, Deland, Florida
- M.B.A. - 1997
Bar Admission
- Florida, 1998
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1998
Honors
- Florida Super Lawyers, 2023
- America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys, 2023
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, 2023
- Lawyers of Distinction, 2023
- Lifetime Charter Member of the renowned Best Attorneys of America
- Martindale Hubbell Client Champion Platinum Award, 2023
- Top 25 - Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association, 2023
- Best Law Firms in Florida - U.S. News & World Florida, 2023
- Top One Percent - National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2023
- Top Lawyers in Florida - Legal Network, 2023
- Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Lawyers - National Trial Lawyers Association, 2023
- Florida Legal Elite - Florida Trend Magazine
- RID Award - RID (Remove Intoxicated Drivers)
- AVVO “Superb” highest rating of 10/10
Past Positions
- Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Attorney, 2001 to 2007
- State Attorneys Office, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Assistant State Attorney, 1998 to 2001
Professional Associations
- The Florida Bar, Member
- Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), Member
- Florida Justice Association, Member