John W. Heilman

John W. Heilman is an attorney in the firm's Tampa, Florida office where he focuses his practice on casualty matters representing clients in retail liability, premises liability, product liability, automobile and trucking negligence, and long-term care defense. As a member of the SIU Department, John handles fraud litigation and medical provider investigations. He handles PIP disputes throughout the state of Florida on behalf of our clients. A lawyer since 2000, John most recently practiced commercial litigation and casualty defense in the Florida office of the Philadelphia-based firm, Spector Gadon & Rosen, PC. Previously, John practiced commercial litigation with the Lakeland, Florida office of GrayRobinson, PA, a 275+ attorney business as Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, a 800+ attorney law firm. John had worked at the Fortune 100 company, Tech Data Corporation, negotiating contracts with companies such as Microsoft, Dell, and HP. After graduating law school, John advised senior management of a venture-capital-backed Internet company regarding multi-million dollars contracts and acted as chief of staff for the company's CEO for his role on a U.S. Congressional Commission concerning regulations restricting children's access to pornography on the Internet. John holds a law degree and MBA from the University of Florida. He graduated with honors from law school, and completed his undergraduate studies summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Notre Dame.

• Associate

• Spector Gadon & Rosen, PC
• GrayRobinson, PA
• Ullman Bursa Hoffman & Ragano, LLC, n/k/a Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP
• Tech Data Corporation
• Education Networks of America
• Languages
• Spanish

• All Children's Hospital Telethon, participant, 2009
• Bay Area Legal Services, Intake Volunteer, 2001
• Guardian ad litem, 1997

• Florida, 2000
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida, 2009

• American Bar Association
• Business Networking International (BNI), Brandon, FL (2008-2009)
• Hillsborough County Bar Association (2003-present)
• Lakeland Bar Association (2006-2008)
• Lakeland Rotary Club (2007-2008)
• Polk County Code Enforcement Special Magistrate (2007-2008)
• Florida Assisted Living Association (2011-present)