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Bruce Greenspan was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1952 and raised in Jacksonville, where he attended public schools, graduating from high school in 1970. After receiving his B.S. degree (with high honors) from the University of Florida in 1974, Bruce received his J.D. (law), degree from the University of Florida College of Law, Holland Law Center, with honors, in 1976, and was admitted to The Florida Bar as a practicing attorney in May, 1977.
Bruce began his legal career as an Assistant Public Defender in the Office of the Public Defender, Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida (Jacksonville), in January, 1977, defending persons charged with crimes ranging from DWI to robbery and murder. He left the Public Defender’s Office in June, 1979, as Felony Division Chief, having tried cases to jury verdict on the average of once a month throughout his tenure.
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Since June, 1979, Bruce has been engaged in private law practice in Jacksonville, initially as a solo practitioner, then in partnership as Greenspan & Goodstein, Attorneys at Law, then as Greenspan, Goodstein & Link, Attorneys at Law, representing individuals and families in all manner of litigation, including criminal defense, marital and family law, and personal injury cases. Since 1985, Bruce J. Greenspan Attorney and Counselor at Law (incorporated as Bruce J. Greenspan, P.A. in 1990) has been dedicated to representing individuals in claims involving serious bodily injury and/or wrongful death.
After completing the forty-hour Circuit Civil Mediation Training course offered by the Florida Mediation Academy in May, 1998, Bruce Greenspan was certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Court Mediator in April, 2001.
Duval County
Keene v. Chicago Bridge and Iron Company--$400,000 verdict for a man who sustained traumatic fingertip amputations on a construction site when a sandblaster fell on his hand. The jury verdict was overturned by the trial judge, who was later reversed by the District Court of Appeal. Read entire appellate opinion here.
Castleberry v. Total Wire Concepts, Inc. - substantial confidential settlement for a woman disabled by previous knee replacements to both knees, who sustained a serious femur fracture in an automobile accident when her van was struck by a Nissan truck which turned in front of her.
Bessinger v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - structured settlement (with lifetime monthly payments, cost of living increases and periodic lump-sum payments) for an eighteen-year-old sailor who was struck by a car while walking along the Arlington Expressway at midnight, and underwent below-the-knee amputation.
Wilson v. Warren Motors, Inc. - significant confidential mediated settlement for motorcycle accident victims (on two separate motorcycles) who were both struck on the Interstate by an automobile dealership owner.
Clay County
Stackable uninsured motorist insurance policy-limits settlement for a teacher struck by a drunk driver who was traveling north in the southbound lane of a divided highway.
McKee v. Lucas Imports, Inc. d/b/a Steve Lucas Honda - jury verdict for man who, after injuries in a motorcycle accident and extensive surgery, was informed by his employer that the health insurance premiums deducted from his paycheck had been a "mistake" and were really for "shop uniforms", and was further informed that he had no health insurance.
Confidential policy-limits settlement for a twelve-year-old girl struck in the eye when she was accidentally shot by her fifteen-year-old cousin wielding a CO2 cartridge pellet pistol.
St. Johns County
Fergus v. Aeschbach, d/b/a Panama Hatties - jury verdict for a woman who sustained injury on a defective nightclub dance floor when she twisted her knee while dancing in a slip and fall-type accident.
Confidential policy-limits settlement for a man struck in the eye by a golf ball which ricocheted off a tree when he and his brother were hitting balls in the brother’s backyard.
Putnam County
Confidential stackable uninsured motorist insurance policy-limits settlement for a man who, having previously had nine prior back surgeries, was involved in an automobile accident at an intersection and suffered additional back injuries.
Nassau County
Battersby v. O’Berry - significant confidential settlement for a fifteen-year-old unlicensed driver who, while skipping school with a friend, pulled out in front of a large truck transporting pulpwood and was struck broadside at the driver’s door, causing serious orthopedic injury and mild brain damage.
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