JONES LAW GROUPYour Lawyers for Life! Personal Injury Law Firm in St. Petersburg
Reviewed by Bobby Jones, Personal Injury Attorney, Jones Law Group | Published | Updated
Here is a fact most injured people in Clearwater do not know: if your case ever becomes a lawsuit, it gets filed a few blocks from Cleveland Street, at the Pinellas County courthouse in downtown Clearwater. You live in the county seat. The judges, the juries, and the courtrooms that would decide your case are all here. So when you are hurt in a crash on US-19 or a fall at a Gulf-to-Bay business and the insurance company will not treat you fairly, a Clearwater personal injury lawyer who actually litigates in that courthouse has leverage a billboard firm does not. At Jones Law Group, we have recovered more than $50 million for injured clients across Pinellas County and Tampa Bay, and we work on contingency, so you pay nothing unless we win.
Our office is on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, about 25 minutes down US-19, and we handle Clearwater cases the same way we handle every Pinellas case: locally, personally, and prepared for trial from day one.
Personal injury law covers any harm caused by someone else’s negligence, whether that is a rear-end crash on Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, a fall at a Countryside store, or a tourist-season wreck on the Memorial Causeway. Each case type below runs on its own statutes, evidence, and deadlines, so follow the link to the page built for your situation.
Florida’s no-fault system means your own PIP coverage pays the first $10,000, but serious injuries let you pursue the at-fault driver directly, which is where real compensation comes from. Our Clearwater car accident lawyer page explains the 14-day treatment rule and the injury threshold.
Riders are excluded from PIP, face severe injuries, and fight an insurer bias that assumes the biker caused the crash. Our Clearwater motorcycle accident lawyer page covers how we push back with evidence.
Commercial truck cases add federal safety rules, multiple defendants, and electronic evidence that can be overwritten within months. See our Clearwater truck accident lawyer page for why speed matters most in these cases.
Under Florida Statute § 768.0755, you must prove the business knew or should have known about the hazard, which is a higher bar than most people expect. Our Clearwater slip and fall lawyer page explains how that proof gets built.
Cyclists have full rights to the road under Florida law, and, surprisingly to most riders, PIP coverage usually applies when a car hits a bike. Details on our Clearwater bicycle and E-Bike accident lawyer page.
The US-19 corridor through Clearwater is one of the most dangerous stretches of road for people on foot in Florida. Our Clearwater pedestrian accident lawyer page covers right of way, insurance, and the blame-the-victim tactics we counter.
Uber and Lyft crashes turn on the driver’s app status, which decides whether a personal policy or a $1 million commercial policy applies. Our Clearwater rideshare accident lawyer page breaks down the phases.
When negligence takes a life, the Florida Wrongful Death Act controls who may file, who recovers, and what can be claimed. Our Clearwater wrongful death lawyer page walks through it with the care the subject deserves.
Not sure which category fits what happened to you? You do not need to know. Describe it in plain words and we will handle the legal sorting. Call (727) 571-1333 for a free consultation.
Whatever kind of case you have, three rules sit underneath it, and each one can make or break your recovery.
The two-year deadline. Florida Statute § 95.11 gives you two years from the date of injury to file suit, a window the legislature cut in half when it passed HB 837 on . Miss it and the strength of your case stops mattering, because the court will not hear it. Our guide to Florida’s two-year injury deadline covers the narrow exceptions.
Fault sharing. Florida’s modified comparative negligence rule reduces your compensation by your percentage of fault and eliminates it entirely if you are found more than 50% responsible. Insurers know this, which is why every adjuster call is quietly probing for something to pin on you. How the fault story gets framed, and by whom, is worth real money.
Contingency fees. You do not need savings to hire us. We front the costs of investigating and building your case, and our fee comes out of the recovery, only if there is one. If we do not win, you owe us no legal fee.
An injury claim is assembled from local facts, and we work with Clearwater’s every week.
We know the roads. US-19 through Clearwater, with its frontage roads, flyovers, and high speeds, produces some of the worst crashes in Pinellas County. Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard, McMullen Booth Road, Drew Street, and the Courtney Campbell Causeway carry the commuter load, and in season, the routes to Clearwater Beach across the Memorial Causeway jam with visitors who do not know the roads. We use county crash data from Forward Pinellas to show how a specific intersection or corridor behaves when fault is disputed.
We know the medical landscape, because your treatment records are the spine of your claim. Most injured Clearwater residents are treated at Morton Plant Hospital near downtown, while the county’s most severe trauma goes to Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital in St. Petersburg, the only Level II trauma center in Pinellas County. We know how to obtain and present records from both.
And we know the courthouse, because it is your courthouse. Clearwater is the county seat, and Pinellas injury lawsuits are filed with the Sixth Judicial Circuit in downtown Clearwater and decided by Pinellas judges and juries. Understanding how those juries tend to see injury cases is a local advantage no out-of-market firm can import.
Most people have never hired a lawyer, so here is the process without the mystery.
It starts with a free consultation, by phone or in person, where we listen and give you a straight answer about whether you have a case worth pursuing. If we take it, we go to work on the evidence: the crash or incident report, photos, surveillance video before it is recorded over, witness statements, and your medical records. From that point, the insurance adjuster calls us instead of you.
When your medical picture stabilizes, we send a demand and negotiate. Many Clearwater claims resolve there. If the insurer will not pay what the case is worth, we file suit at the courthouse downtown and prepare for trial, which by itself often moves the offer. A clean-liability case with moderate injuries can wrap up in months; a disputed, serious-injury case can run a year or more. We will give you an honest estimate for your facts, not a pitch.
The two-year clock started the day you were hurt. The earlier we start, the more evidence survives. Call (727) 571-1333 for your free, no-obligation consultation.
No lawyer can honestly promise a number, but Florida law defines the categories, and knowing them helps you recognize a lowball offer when it arrives.
Economic damages are the losses with paper behind them: emergency and ongoing medical bills, future care, lost wages, diminished earning capacity, and property damage. Non-economic damages are the losses without receipts: pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and scarring or disfigurement. In serious cases, the second category is often the larger one, and it is always the one insurers fight hardest.
The variables that move the number: how severe and permanent your injuries are, how strong the liability evidence is, how much insurance exists, how your fault share is framed under comparative negligence, and how thoroughly everything is documented. For the fuller math, see our guide on how much a Florida injury settlement is worth.
Jones Law Group is led by attorney Bobby Jones, a U.S. Air Force veteran and Stetson Law graduate who has practiced personal injury law in Tampa Bay for more than 20 years. The firm has recovered over $50 million for injured clients and holds a 4.9 rating on Google. We keep the caseload local and personal, so you deal with people who know your file rather than a rotating call center, and because we work on contingency, we do better only when you recover more. We also serve neighboring communities including Largo, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, and Countryside, and all of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County.
Generally two years from the date of the injury, under Florida Statute § 95.11 as amended by HB 837 in 2023. Limited exceptions can shorten or extend the window, so it is safest to speak with a lawyer early rather than gamble on the deadline.
At the Pinellas County courthouse in downtown Clearwater, which is the seat of Florida’s Sixth Judicial Circuit. Your case would be heard by Pinellas County judges and decided by a local jury, which is one reason local trial experience matters.
Jones Law Group works on a contingency fee. There is no up-front cost and no hourly bill; we advance the case expenses and collect a fee only if we recover money for you. The initial consultation is free.
Often yes. Florida uses modified comparative negligence, which reduces your compensation by your percentage of fault and bars recovery only if you are found more than 50% responsible. If you were 20% at fault, you can still recover 80% of your damages.
If your bills stayed within PIP and you fully recovered, maybe not. But if you missed work, needed ongoing treatment, have a lasting condition, or were hit by an uninsured or hit-and-run driver, a lawyer usually recovers far more than an unrepresented claimant. A free consultation tells you which situation you are in.
You are not required to, and it is usually a mistake. Adjusters are trained to draw out statements that reduce or deny claims, and an early recording can be used against you later. Let your lawyer handle that contact instead.
We represent injured clients throughout Clearwater and the surrounding communities, including Largo, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, and Countryside, as well as St. Petersburg and the rest of Pinellas County and Tampa Bay, from our office at 5622 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg.
If someone else’s negligence hurt you, the next step costs nothing: tell us what happened and get a straight answer about your options. No obligation, and no fee unless we win.
Jones Law GroupDisclaimer: This page is for general information only and is not legal advice. Reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship. Every case is different, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. The $50 million figure reflects total amounts recovered for clients over time, not a promise about any individual case. If you have a specific legal question, contact a licensed Florida attorney.
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