Ryan Christopher Rodems

Biography Overview

Ryan Christopher Rodems was born in Buffalo, New York, in December 1966 and moved to Lakeland, Florida, in 1973.

Mr. Rodems has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1992 and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Middle District and Southern District of Florida and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Rodems is also a member of the Unites States Supreme Court Bar.

Mr. Rodems graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Business Administration, and from the Florida State University College of Law, where he was a member of the Florida State University Law Review from 1990-1992. In 1991, Mr. Rodems interned with the Florida Tenth Judicial Circuit State’s Attorney’s Office. In 1992, Mr. Rodems interned with then-Chief Justice Leander Shaw, of the Florida Supreme Court.

Mr. Rodems is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Civil Trial law, and has extensive trial experience, representing clients in actions involving automobile accidents, injuries in retail and other public places, and in lawsuits arising under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Florida Civil Rights Act, ERISA, and has complex litigations and class actions.

Mr. Rodems is a coauthor of two books, Florida Practice Handbook, Workers’ Compensation with Forms, Volumes 1 and 2, 1995 and Florida Practice Handbook, Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law, 1998.

Mr. Rodems has been an adjunct instructor at Hillsborough Community College, where he taught Business Law I and II. Mr. Rodems has also lectured for the Florida Association of School Board Officers, the Hillsborough County Bar Association Public Law School, the National Safety Council, and the American Liver Foundation, Gulf Coast Chapter. He has also lectured on the topic of ethics for lawyers through Lorman Business Services.

Mr. Rodems has also received the highest rating of “AV” by Martindale Hubbell, the preeminent lawyer review service which bases its ratings on confidential opinions of members of the bar.

Mr. Rodems joined Morgan & Morgan, P.A. in January 2014.

Practice Areas

• Personal Injury

Recent Successes

• Randall E. Hendricks, Jr. v. Lonny Drew and Everwood Treatment Co., Inc.

  $5,049.00

  Verdict - 2017

• Nichelle Durham v. Sylvie Donche-Gay

  $450,000.01

  Verdict - 2018

• Myrtice Jackson v. City of Orlando

  $70,544.41

  Verdict - 2018

Memberships

• The Florida Bar
• U.S. District Court, Middle District and Southern District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
• United States Supreme Court Bar

Education

• University of Florida, B.S., Business Administration
• Florida State University College of Law, Juris Doctor