Law offices of Paul M. Doolittle

Paul Doolittle has long been passionate about protecting and defending the rights of the injured, particularly workers injured on the job. His Jacksonville based practice is focused on personal injury, automobile accidents, insurance and Social Security Disability claims. Inside that practice, he represents longshoremen and handles claims nationally for civilian contractors to the U.S. military that are injured overseas - two unique and highly specialized areas of the law. In addition to mediating Florida Workers' Compensation disputes, he also mediates Longshore and Defense Base Act disputes throughout the United States.

A native of New Mexico, Paul obtained his law degree in 1987 from the Oklahoma City University School of Law, where he served as editor of the Law Review. In 1989, Paul moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he defended employers and their insurance carriers. In 1992, disillusioned with representing insurance carriers, Paul began representing the injured and their families, handling all types of personal injury cases, including automobile accidents, injuries caused by defective products, serious falls, and, in particular, injured workers and longshoremen. Founding his current practice in 1992, Paul has since been actively engaged in the fight for workers' rights.

In 2002, Paul was selected by his peers to chair the Workers' Compensation Section of the Florida Justice Association, formerly known as the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.

Paul is one of just forty-three attorneys in Florida who have been elected to the board of Florida Workers' Advocates, an organization of attorneys devoted to protecting the rights of injured workers through lobbying and legislative efforts. In 2002, Paul spent several months in Tallahassee lobbying against legislation designed to limit injured workers' benefits - laws that eventually passed and impact workers' rights today.

Paul has won numerous awards from the Florida Justice Association and the Florida Workers' Advocates. Paul regularly publishes and lectures to other attorneys in the practice areas of workers' compensation and longshore.

Paul is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubble, achieving the highest possible rating from the most recognized law rating organization in the world.