Brett Kurland, founding partner of Culpepper Kurland, is a former Scholar Athlete from the University of South Carolina, where he graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration majoring in Finance and Marketing. He obtained his Juris Doctor and Master in Business Administration from Stetson University College of Law/Stetson University in 1997.
Brett's career is devoted to fighting for victims and those who have been injured. He began his career as an Assistant State Attorney representing victims of crime and has spent the last 20 years as a personal injury attorney representing injured victims. His practice areas include automobile, motorcycle, trucking, boating, bicycle and pedestrian accidents, DUI related accidents, wrongful death claims, personal injury matters, and premises slip and/or trip and fall accidents.
Areas Of Practice
Personal Injury
Bar Admissions
Florida, 1998
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1998
Education
Stetson University College of Law, St. Petersburg, Florida
J.D. - 1997
Stetson University, Deland, Florida
M.B.A. - 1997
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
B.S. - 1993
Major: Finance and Marketing
Honors and Awards
Florida Super Lawyers, 2021
America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys, 2021
The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, 2021
Lawyers of Distinction, 2021
Lifetime Charter Member of the renowned Best Attorneys of America
Martindale Hubbell Client Champion Platinum Award, 2021
Top 25 - Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers Association, 2021
Best Law Firms in Florida - U.S. News & World Florida, 2021
Top One Percent - National Association of Distinguished Counsel, 2021
Top Lawyers in Florida - Legal Network, 2021
Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Lawyers - National Trial Lawyers Association, 2021
Florida Legal Elite - Florida Trend Magazine
RID Award - RID (Remove Intoxicated Drivers)
AVVO “Superb” highest rating of 10/10
Professional Associations and Memberships
The Florida Bar, Member
Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association, Member
American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), Member
Florida Justice Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Attorney, 2001 to 2007
State Attorneys Office, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Assistant State Attorney, 1998 to 2001
