Attorney Profiles

John W. Heilman is an attorney in the firm's Tampa, Florida office where he focuses his practice on casualty matters representing clients in retail liability, premises liability, product liability, automobile and trucking negligence, and long term care defense. As a member of the SIU Department, John handles PIP fraud litigation and medical provider investgations. He handles PIP disputes throughout the state of Florida on behalf of our clients.

He obtained final summary judgment in a state court case involving a trip and fall at a national pharmacy chain store. Additionally, John obtained final summary judgment in a federal court case involving a national retailer against a plaintiff alleging false arrest, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

A lawyer since 2000, John most recently practiced commercial litigation and casualty defense in the Florida office of the Philadelphia-based firm, Spector Gadon & Rosen, PC. Previously, John practiced commercial litigation with the Lakeland, Florida office of GrayRobinson, PA, a 200+ attorney firm with offices throughout Florida.  Prior to joining GrayRobinson, John was an attorney for Ullman Bursa Hoffman & Ragano, LLC, now doing business as Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, a 600+ attorney law firm. 

John had worked at the Fortune 100 company, Tech Data Corporation, negotiating contracts with companies such as Microsoft, Dell, and HP.  After graduating law school, John advised senior management of a venture-capital-backed Internet company regarding multi-million dollar contracts and acted as Chief of Staff for the company's CEO for his role on a U.S. Congressional Commission concerning regulations restricting children's access to pornography on the Internet.

John holds a law degree and MBA from the University of Florida.  He graduated with honors from law school, and completed his undergraduate studies summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Notre Dame.