Todd Michaels Esq, a lifelong Miami-Dade resident, joined The Haggard Law Firm in 2009. In May 2014, he was named a partner. Todd handles a wide array of the firm’s cases involving wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury, representing clients who were injured through the negligence of others. His practice primarily involves negligent security throughout the State of Florida and nationwide.
In June of 2024 he was sworn in as the President of the Florida Justice Association.
Todd has been a frequent speaker on various aspects of negligent security law to different legal and security industry groups and has had articles relating to negligent security cases published. In addition to his negligent security work, Todd also handles rideshare (Uber/Lift) liability, premises liability, aviation, pool drowning, auto accident and other injury cases.
In 2019 Todd Michaels tried a medical malpractice wrongful death case alongside co-counsel Daniel Harwin that resulted in a $24.5 million verdict (click to learn more about the case) in Broward County Court. The case involved the death of a mother of four children due to avoidable complications during childbirth caused by a condition the medical team responsible for her care was aware of. The jury took two hours to deliberate after a four-day trial.
EDUCATION:
University of Miami School of Law, Juris Doctorate (2002)
University of Michigan, Bachelor of Arts (1999)
ADMISSIONS:
State Bar of Florida
Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
