Orlando Personal Injury Lawyer
Council Wooten, Jr.
Mr. Wooten, a Florida personal injury lawyer, received his undergraduate, M.B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Florida. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is Board Certified by The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy in Civil Trial. His practice exclusively is devoted to representing plaintiffs in the area of general liability and products liability. He has been with the firm since 1968.
Mr. Wooten was born in Tallahassee, Florida and was admitted to the bar in Florida in 1968. He received his B.S.B.A., M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Florida. He was a member of Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Phi and Florida Blue Key. He was Chairman of the Florida Citrus Sports Association in 1987 and was appointed President of the Board of Directors in 2002. Mr. Wooten became Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida in 1989 and still holds the position.
As a Florida personal injury attorney, Mr. Wooten is a member of the following organizations:
- Orange County Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- The Florida Bar, Chairman, Trial Lawyers Section, 1984–1985
- Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Section, 1969–1977
- Fourth District Court of Appeals Nomination Commission, 1976–1979
- Evidence Code Review Committee, Chairman, 1977–1978
- The American Association of Justice
- Florida Justice Association, Board of Directors, 1977–1981
- American Board of Trial Advocacy, Member, National Board of Directors, 1990
- Central Florida ABOTA, Officer, 2004
- Florida Board of Legal Specialization and Education
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Mr. Wootens’ Recipients:
- Recognized as Florida’s Top Attorneys, The Wall Street Journal, June 2011
Council Wooten, Jr. is also a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and has been certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1983. He was named in the top 1% of Florida Lawyers in Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite in 2004, 2005 and 2007 and was named Florida Super Lawyer 2006, 2007 and 2008. Orlando Magazine named him as one of Orlando’s Best Lawyers 2009 — Personal Injury Litigation.