Stanley T. Padgett

Stan Padgett was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and grew up in Kentucky. He graduated from high school in Montgomery, Alabama, and received a Bachelor of Science in Government from Auburn University at Montgomery in 1979. He graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1982, and has been practicing law in Tampa since then. He has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell by Martindale Hubbell since 1992 based on the opinions of judges and other lawyers in the Tampa Bay area. Stan worked for his father's civil engineering firm from the time he was 14 years old, surveying, drafting and doing inspections. During breaks from college, he did utilities construction work. After his first year of law school, he worked for a law firm in Mobile, Alabama assisting in a National Environmental Policy Act case arising out of the reconstruction of the Dolphin Island bridge after a hurricane damaged the original bridge. After law school, he worked with the Trenam Kemker law firm in Tampa for ten (10) years as a litigation associate and shareholder before starting his own law firm in 1992. Over nearly 43 years of practice, he has handled hundreds of litigation matters for national, regional and local companies and for individuals. His goal is to bring value by using 40+ years of experience to find cost-effective solutions to business and personal problems. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Stanley T. Padgett included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors AV Rating - Martindale Hubbell, 1992 Super Lawyers, 2007, 2020 - 2025 Other Sources of Feedback About Stanley T. Padgett Included on the 2026Florida Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Florida Super Lawyers list 2024 Florida Super Lawyers list 2023 Florida Super Lawyers list 2022 Florida Super Lawyers list 2021 Florida Super Lawyers list 2020 Florida Super Lawyers list 2007 Florida Super Lawyers list

• Managing Partner
• Languages
• English

• Construction Contract Workshop, Half Moon Education, Inc., 2015 - Present
• Thunderbird Global Wealth Mgmt. Summit, Thunderbird Univ., 2010 - 2011
• Representative Clients
• Poole & Kent Company of Florida
• Wilder Corporation of Delaware
• AFS Janitorial, LLC
• Bay to Bay Lending, LLC
• Granada Lakes Villas Condominium Association, Inc.
• Cool Air Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Graham Heating & Air Conditioning
• NASCO Aerospace & Electronics, LLC
• McBride Kelly & Associates, LLC
• Sunny Coast Construction, Inc.
• All Trades Historical Restoration, LLC
• Brisa Del Mar, LLC

• Niven v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. 1985 WL 1785 (M.D. Fla.1985)
• Walsh v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. 1985 WL 1786 (M.D. Fla.1985)
• Bonar v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc 835 F. 2d 1378 (11th Cir. 1988)
• Allen v. Interstate Securities, Inc. 554 So. 2d 23 (Fla. 2d DCA 1989)
• Interstate Securities Corp. v. Hayes Corp. 920 F.2d 769 (11th Cir. 1991)
• Creighton v. State Farm Auto Ins. Co. 696 So.2d 1305 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997)
• Coryell v. Morris 754 So. 2d 787 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000)
• Boyd v. Halstead 817 So. 2d 1092 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002)
• Wallace v Buttar 378 F.3d 182 (2nd Cir. 2004)

• Florida, 1982
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2003
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1997
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1995

• The Florida Bar, 1982 - Present
• Hillsborough County Bar Association