Evan J Yegelwel

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The firm has been involved in multi-defendant litigation in the toxic tort field for over two decades and has extensive experience in the field of punitive damages. The firm represents thousands of victims of asbestos exposure statewide. We have extensive trial experience representing victims and their families in the areas of wrongful death; motor vehicle, trucking, or bicycle accidents; defective products; medical and nursing home malpractice; motel, apartment or shopping center attacks; burn injuries; insurance coverage; and toxic tort exposure.
* Asbestos/Lung Cancer/Mesothelioma
* Auto Accidents
* Bicycling Accidents
* Child Abuse
* Class Action
* Construction Accidents
* Dangerous Machines
* Defective Drugs
* Dog Attacks
* Slip & Fall / Trip & Fall
* False Arrest
* Insurance Disputes
* Medical Malpractice
* Nursing Home Abuse
* Pools / Drowning
* Product Liability
* Railroad Accidents
* Ships/Boats/Jet Skis
* Trucking Accidents
* Unsafe Medical Devices
* Wrongful Death
* Vaccines

Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer - National Board of Legal Specialty Certification

Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney - Florida Bar

Evan J Yegelwel
Terrell, Hogan, Ellis & Yegelwel
Blackstone Bldg #804
233 E Bay St
Jacksonville FL 32202-3452
Tel: 904 632-2424; 635-2424
Fax: 904 632-0549; 632-2027
E-mail: yeg@terrellhogan.com

EVAN J. YEGELWEL is a partner of the law firm of Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel, P.A. and has been a member of the firm for over 25 years. He is a Florida and National Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, has focused his personal practice in the field of products liability and toxic torts and, in trials in which he has served as lead counsel, has obtained some of the largest verdicts in Florida for victims of asbestos diseases.

Mr. Yegelwel is a member of The Florida Bar, the D.C. Bar, The United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Mr. Yegelwel chaired the Jacksonville Bar Association trial advocacy retreat seminar for almost a decade. He has chaired seminars for the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and has lectured nationally and internationally on toxic torts. He was a member of The Florida Bar Grievance Committee 1992-1995, Jacksonville Bar Association, American Bar Association, Florida Justice Association, Endowment for Academy Giving to Law and Education and American Association for Justice. He served on the Executive Committee of the Chester Bedell Inn of Court, served as Counselor for the Chester Bedell Inn of Court, and is past-President (2003) of the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).

Mr. Yegelwel graduated from Rutgers College in 1977 (B.A. with Highest Honors) and was elected into Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated from the University of Florida, Holland Law Center in 1980 (J.D. with Honors) and was elected into the Order of the Coif.

Mr. Yegelwel is a former Trustee of the University of Florida School of Law (now serves as Trustee Emeritus) and was a member of the Executive Committee of the University of Florida College of Law Alumni Council.In 1995 he established The Evan J. Yegelwel Book Award in Environmental Law: Toxics - Established in Honor of Professor E. L. Roy Hunt.

In January of 2000 Mr. Yegelwel founded The Evan J. Yegelwel Fellowship, which supports legal internships for University of Florida law students in conjunction with the Anti-Defamation League concentrating on the prevention of all forms of anti-Semitism, racism and bigotry.

Mr. Yegelwel was featured in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Mass Tort Litigation; Florida Super Lawyers 2006 and 2007 in the area of Personal Injury Plaintiff: Products and in Florida Super Lawyers 2008 and 2009 in the area of Class Action/Mass Torts; and in the July 2006 issue of Florida Monthly magazine as one of Florida’s best lawyers in the field of mass tort litigation.

In 1997 he was the recipient of the Israel Bonds 50th Anniversary - “Independence Issue” Award, and in 2001 he was the recipient of the Jacksonville Jewish Federation’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Award, the Boy Scouts of America Whitney M. Young, Jr., Service Award, and the Jacksonville Jewish Center Men’s Club “Man of the Year” Award.