Tom Slater
Attorney Profile
Tom Slater has been with Pajcic & Pajcic since 1995 and has been lead attorney in over 300 cases with total recoveries of $70 million. Tom is a board certified trial lawyer with an AV rating and has served as president of the Jacksonville Area Legal Aid and the Jacksonville Justice Association.
Tom Slater's work at Pajcic & Pajcic includes:
- Over $11 Million in Recoveries Despite Only $25,000 in Insurance
- $1.75 Million for Hand Injury After Car Skids Underneath Truck
- $1.85 Million from Truck that T-Boned Police Car
- $2 Million from Alarm Company and Apartment Complex for Failure to Protect Elderly Woman
- Trial Shows Controllers Liable for Plane Crash
- Seven Figure Recovery for Patient Given 50 (Instead of 15) CCs of Insulin
- Two Million for Death of Wife and Mother
- Supreme Court Holds Utility Company Has Duty to Maintain Streetlights
- $5.25 Million for Truck Crash
- Restaurant Pays for Serving Alcohol to 20-Year-Old
- Verdict for Coffee Burns in Nursing Home
- Nursing Home Pays Three-Quarter Million For Putrid Sores
- Sexual Assault in Hospital Elevator
- Death on Boat from Silent Killer
- Employee Plugged Between Eyes
- Legs Crushed in Pipe Factory
- Trucking Company Pays $9.65 Million for Death
Biography
Thomas F. Slater, born Saint Augustine, Florida, September 24, 1961; admitted to bar 1986, Florida, U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1990, U. S. Supreme Court. EDUCATION: University of Florida (B.S.,B.A., 1983; J.D., 1986).
Florida Blue Key. Member, Board of Directors, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, 1993-1999, 2005—. MEMBER: Jacksonville and St. Johns County Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Florida Justice Association; 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); Moates v. Register, 556 So2d 503 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989); Capps v. Kem, 564 So2d. 259 (Fla 1st DCA 1990); Moates v. Register, 588 So.2d 40 (Fla 1st DCA 1991); Gillins v. Trotwood Corp., 682 So.2d 693 (Fla 5 DCA, 1996); Northeast Transp. v. Lavender, 643 So2d 1193 (Fla 5th DCA 1994); Lavender v. Northeast Trasp., 674 So.2d 157 (Fla 5 DCA, 1996); Goodman v. Juniper Springs Canoe, 983 F.Supp. 1384 (M.D. Fla, 1997); Johnson v. Lance, 790 So2d 1144 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).PRACTICE AREAS: Trucking Law; Aviation Law; Pharmaceutical Law; Nursing Home Litigation; FELA; Admiralty; Medical Malpractice. EMAIL: tom@pajcic.com
Personal Interests
With parents who taught at the Florida School for Deaf and Blind and a father in law who served as Jacksonville Mayor, Tom continues a proud heritage of public and charitable service.
Still, he always finds time for his and Amy’s children, a politically interested daughter at Boston College and a son who will soon be playing shortstop at Stanford.
Public Service
Tom has served as president of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, the Jacksonville Justice Association and the Jacksonville Speech and Hearing Center.