Charles T. Wiggins
Mr. Wiggins is a partner in the firm's litigation group and represents companies and individuals in tort claims and business disputes. He also handles criminal cases. He is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Civil Trial Law, and has tried over 75 civil and criminal jury trials.
Mr. Wiggins has defended a wide variety of personal injury and wrongful death claims involving product defects, industrial accidents, premises liability, automobile/truck accidents and nursing home claims. He has also successfully prosecuted and defended many types of business disputes in the fields of banking, real estate development, energy and health care.
Mr. Wiggins received his bachelors degree, magna cum laude, in 1991 from
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury Defense
- Automobile Accidents and Injuries
- Premises Liability
- Products Liability
- Health Care Contracts
- Hospital Law
- Nursing Home Litigation
- Insurance Defense
- Utility Law
- Telecommunications Law
- Public Utility Law
- Contract Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Business Law
- Corporate Law
- Banking Law
- Criminal Law
- Felonies
- Misdemeanors
Certified Legal Specialties
- Civil Trial Law, The Florida Bar, 2008
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Florida, 2009
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2004
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2004
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 1998
- Florida, 1995
Education
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida
- J.D. (With Honors) - 1994
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- B.S. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1991
- Major: Public Relations
Representative Cases
- Stevens Family Ltd. Partnership v. Paradise Island Ventures, LLP, WL 3177568 ((N.D. Fla. 2009) 2009)
- Taminco, N.V. v. Gulf Power Co., 332 Fed.Appx. 732, 2009 WL 883994 (11th Cir. 2009)
- Ballard-Cannon Dev. v. Sandman Properties, 933 So.2d 1251 ((Fla. 1st DCA) 2006)
- Feraci v. Grundy Marine Constr. Co., 315 F.Supp.2d 1197 ((N.D. Fla.) 2004)
- Santa Rosa Island Authority v. Pensacola Beach Pier, Inc., 834 So.2d 251 ((Fla. 1st DCA) 2002)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member, 1996 - Present
- The Florida Bar, Sections on Trial Lawyers, Criminal Law, Member, 1995 - Present
Past Employment Positions
- Office of the State Attorney, First Judicial Circuit, Assistant State Attorney, 1995 - 1997
