Steve Pajcic
Attorney Profile
Partners in life as well as law, Steve and brother Gary Pajcic founded Pajcic & Pajcic in 1974. Steve not only supervises all Pajcic & Pajcic cases and jury selections, but still also actively argues cases to juries and judges.
Steve Pajcic's work at Pajcic & Pajcic includes:
- Over $11 Million in Recoveries Despite Only $25,000 in Insurance
- Landowner Pays $1 Million Policy Limits to Teenager on ATV
- $8 Million for Paralyzed Young Man Despite Inadequate Insurance
- Homebuilder Agrees to Confidential Settlement for Quadriplegic Mexican Laborer
- Over $11 Million for Driver Wrongly Charged with Accident
- Seven Figure Recovery for Patient Given 50 (Instead of 15) CCs of Insulin
- Trucker Pays $7 Million Even Though Not Charged With Accident
- Restaurant Pays for Serving Alcohol to 20-Year-Old
- Multi-Million Dollar Recovery for Fall from Houseboat
- Multi-Million Recovery In Roll-Over Case
- Seven Million Dollars In Total Settlement
Biography
Stephen J. Pajcic III, born Jacksonville, Florida, August 4, 1946; admitted to bar 1972, Florida; 1974, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. EDUCATION: Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa 1968); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1971).
Contributing Author, “The Pros and Cons of the Constitution Revisions—Which Levers to Pull,” 52 Florida Bar Journal, 678, 1978. Co-Author, “Truth or Consequences: Florida Opts for Truth in Millage in Response to the Proposition 13 Syndrome,” 8 Florida State University Law Review, 593, 1980. Member, Florida House of Representatives, 1974-1985. MEMBER: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The Florida Justice Association; The American Association for Justice. (Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) REPORTED CASES: Abrisch v. United States, 359 F.Supp.2d. 1214 (M.D. Fla. 2004); Clay Electric Co-Operative, Inc. v. Johnson, 873 So.2d 1182 (Fla. 2003); Thompson v. Gallo, 680 So.2d 441 (Fla. 1 DCA, 1996); Hyster v. Stephens, 560 So.2d 1334, Fla. 1 DCA 1990); Bush Leasing v. Gallo, 634 So.2d 737 (Fla. 1DCA, 1994); Thompson v. Publix, 615 So.2d 796 (Fla, 1 DCA 1993).PRACTICE AREAS: Personal Injury; Trucking Accidents; Auto Negligence; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Premises Liability; Wrongful Death.
Personal Interests
Steve bikes to work, except in the summer when commutes from his and wife Anne’s place on the marsh at Amelia Island where he tries to kayak and fish every day.
Steve enjoys not only working with the younger Pajcics at the law office, but also helping his four sisters care for their elderly mother who is the fifth of nine generations of native Floridians.
Public Service
Steve and Gary’s charitable contributions have focused on the education of disadvantaged children
including a $1 million to establish a college scholarship program at their former high school and an additional $1 million for teacher salary incentives at their struggling elementary school. Steve has also given his time as the organizer and a coach of over 50 teams of disadvantaged youth.