John F. Romano
John Romano is a senior partner in the West Palm Beach, Florida, law firm of Romano Law Group, an "a./v." rated law firm. He is a former President of both the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Romano is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He was chosen to Florida Trend Magazine's 2006 "Legal Elite" naming Florida's top one percent of lawyers in various specialty areas; and named one of Florida's 2006, 2007, and 2008 "Super Lawyers." He has served as former Chairman of the National College of Advocacy and former Chairman of the ATLA Criminal Law Section. He is board certified by both the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a civil trial advocate. He has lectured and authored extensively on trial advocacy, litigation techniques, demonstrative evidence, and more. He has authored several books, including the textbook Strategic Use of Circumstantial Evidence; The Deposition Field Manual, published in 2002 by PESI Law Publications; and Opening Statement: Winning the Jury, published in 2004 by PESI Law Publications. Recently handled or currently pending cases include the following: wrongful death, medical negligence, product liability, insurance litigation, trucking death, and environmental/pollution cases. John Romano is the recipient of the Al J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award presented to him in 2005 by the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and he received the prestigious Perry Nichols Award presented by the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (as its highest honor) in 1997. John Romano previously served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. John Romano lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife, Nancy. Nancy and John have four children and nine grandchildren. John and Nancy are the co-founders of Vive Verde, Inc., the entity which owns and is developing the "world's first living office building" – an environmental wonderland office building in South Florida which is "green" and "LEED-certified" and "living" (water purification systems).
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