Hickey Law Firm, P.A.

Hickey Law Firm is a proud and long-standing member of BIAA. We specialize in representing people with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). Our attorneys understand the science and the medicine of TBI’s. And we listen to you.

JACK HICKEY AND GROWING UP. The leader of the firm is John H. (Jack) Hickey. Jack was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He attended Palmetto High School (public school in Miami where United States Supreme Court Justice Katanga Brown Jackson and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos went to school. Jack grew up boating, spearfishing, and camping out in the upper Keys.

EDUCATION. Jack did well academically. He was top .01% of his class at Palmetto, Magna Cum Laude with admission to honorary society Phi Beta Kappa at Florida State University with a major in Philosophy and a minor in Math, and went to Duke University for Law School.

BEFORE THAT. But before all that, he majored in fine arts and did drawing, painting, and film making. Now he uses the storytelling abilities developed in art in telling the stories of the lives of his clients.

DEFINING LIFE EVENTS. Defining events and experiences in Jack’s life include camping out and spearfishing in the Keys; visiting his grandmother every summer in Savannah, Georgia; and getting to know a diverse and colorful array of people growing up in Miami, visiting Savannah, Georgia, living in Greensboro, NC (first 2 years of college in a dorm at UNC-G), living in Tallahassee (2 years renting a room in a house full of students in Tallahassee, Florida while at FSU); the passing of his father when Jack was a freshman in college, hiking 240 miles of the Appalachian Trail most of which was the summer before law school, going to court and trying cases in his first law job which was with a large law firm in Miami where his mentor was the firm’s trial lawyer, starting his own firm, joining and leading bar associations all his career and being President of the Dade County Bar Association, and pivoting to represent only plaintiffs 20 years ago.

Jack is a self-proclaimed nut about designing and constantly changing the landscaping of his yard. He has a good working knowledge about the plants of south Florida including many species of palms. He also collects and knows the details of antique bottles.

Jack gets charged up about creating and executing the game plan for each of the firm’s cases, working with a team of highly motivated people at the firm, and lecturing about practice and trial tips to other trial lawyers which he does several times a year.

Jack also loves to serve in leadership positions in bar (lawyer) associations. He was President of the (Miami) Dade County Bar Association (the largest voluntary bar association in Florida) and served for 12 years on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. He currently serves on Board of Directors of the Florida Justice Association and on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice.

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS. Jack is Board Certified by The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocates as a Trial Lawyer. He is also Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Admiralty & Maritime Law. Jack is on the AAJ Board of Governors and the Florida Justice Association Board of Directors. Jack is also Chair of the Premises Liability Section and Past Chair of the Motor Vehicle Section and the Admiralty Law Section of AAJ. He is Past President of the Dade County Bar Association and was on the Florida Bar Board of Governors for 12 years.

Jack is an American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) member and Life Fellow, recognized by the National Trial Lawyers: Top 100, and holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale Hubbell.

LECTURES AND PAPERS FOR OTHER LAWYERS. Jack lectures and writes frequently – and with enthusiasm- on trial technique and preparing cases for trial. The articles and lectures to other lawyers which Jack has given only in the last 4 years include the following:

• Presenter: “Preparing your expert for deposition and for Daubert; How to survive both” – Online Webinar for Trial Guides (July 25, 2024)
• Author and Presenter: “Proving Notice in Premises Cases” presented at the American Association for Justice Annual Convention – Nashville, TN (July 22, 2024)
• Author and Presenter: “Daycare and School Liability: Overview of Holding Them Accountable” presented at American Association for Justice’s Premises Liability Section Seminar – Miami, FL (May 24, 2024)
• Presenter: “Overlooked Issues on Damages in the Personal Injury Case” presented at Louisiana Association for Justice Last Chance CLE Conference – New Orleans, LA (December 8, 2023)
• Presenter: “Prepare for and Defeat Frequent Defenses in TBI Cases” presented as a live webinar and on-demand for Trial Guides (November 28, 2023)
• Presenter: “Cross-Examination of Defendant’s Expert” presented at American Association for Justice Annual Convention – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (July 17, 2023)
• Presenter: “Confidentiality Agreements” presented at American Association for Justice Annual Convention – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (July 16, 2023)
• Moderator: “Building Blocks of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Case” at the American Association for Justice Winter Convention – Phoenix, AZ (February 4, 2023)
• Presenter: “10 Things to Make Sure You Do in TBI Trials” presented at TBI Summit Webinar (April 26, 2022)
• Presenter: “10 Primary Blunders (Things to do) in TBI Trials” presented at FJA Workhorse – Orlando, FL (March 28, 2022)
• Panelist: “Developments in Maritime & Cruise Line Law” presented at Bench and Bar Conference – Miami, FL (February 18, 2022)
• Presenter: “Overlooked Issues When Trying to Prove Damages in Motor Vehicle Crash Cases”, presented at the American Association for Justice Winter Convention – Palm Springs, CA (February 14, 2022)
• Author: “Beneath the Surface”, American Association for Justice’s Trial Magazine (May 2021)
• Presenter: “The 4 Ms of TBI: Medicine, Mechanics, Meaning and Money” live webinar for Connectionology (March 9, 2021)
• Presenter: “Multi-Million Dollar Verdicts for Older Plaintiffs” live webinar for Connectionology (February 16, 2021)
• Moderator: Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway and Premises Liability Section program during American Association for Justice’s “AMPED- UP” virtual convention (July 13, 2020)
• Moderator: American Association for Justice’s Jazz Fest Webcast “Stay Ahead of the Curve – Trucking and Auto Cases” (April 23, 2020)
• Panel Moderator: “Are There Secret Ingredients? The Latest Persuasion Techniques” – New Orleans, LA (February 8, 2020)
• Presenter: “Qualifying an Expert During Direct Examination” presented at the American Association for Justice Annual Convention – San Diego, CA (July 29, 2019)
• Author and Presenter: “Recent Developments in Cruise Ship Passenger and Crew Claims” presented at the American Association for Justice Annual Convention – San Diego, CA (July 28, 2019)
• Author and Presenter: “Recent Developments in Cruise Ship Passenger Claims” presented at the Florida Justice Association Annual Convention –Palm Beach, FL (June 13, 2019)
• Presenter: “Things to Establish in Discovery and Other Ways to Prevent Malpractice in the Premises Case” Online Lunch & Learn Webinar for Premises Liability Section of AAJ (November 20, 2024)
• Moderator: “Top 10 Defenses in the Premises Liability Case” Online Webinar for Premises Liability Section of AAJ (October 23, 2024)

WHAT CLIENTS SHOULD LOOK FOR IN A LAWYER. Experience. Leadership. Results.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES. Investigate the facts. Develop the game plan to win. Execute the game plan and be transparent to clients and referring attorneys what the game plan is and where we are now.