ATTORNEY Fiol
Honors & Awards
AVVO Rating Excellent Martindale Hubbell AV Rated for High to Preeminent Legal Ability and Very High Ethical Standards Top Rated Lawyers in Tampa’s Legal Leaders Published in the April 2015 Tampa Tribune
Professional Associations & Memberships
Latin Business Chamber of General Member, 2009 Florida Justice Association Member, 1991 – 2009 Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association Member, 2003 – 2009 Hillsborough County Bar Association Member, 2002 – 2009 Central Florida Hispanic Bar Association Treasurer, 1993 – 1995
Bar Admissions
New Jersey, 1991 Florida, 1991 New York, 1987 U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1994
Education
University of Bridgeport School of Law Bridgeport, Connecticut | J.D. – 1986 Furman University Greenville, South Carolina | B.A. – 1982
Alex Fiol was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba in 1960 and grew up in Stony Brook, NY. He graduated from Furman University with a B.A. in Spanish in 1982 and from the University of Bridgeport with a law degree in 1986. He is licensed to practice law in the state courts of Florida, New York, and in the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Prior to Fiol & Morros Law Group: Accident & Injury Lawyers, Alex Fiol was a personal injury lawyer for the firm of Morgan & Morgan from 1991 to 2002. He was an attorney in the Orlando office, prior to moving to Tampa to establish that firm’s Tampa office. He was a managing partner and head of Morgan & Morgan’s nursing home abuse attorney department in the Tampa office. Alex Fiol is responsible for nursing home litigation in Florida and New York. He also provides legal representation to victims of personal injury in Tampa.
Alex Fiol has now accumulated more than 35 years of legal experience, and is AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
Martindale-Hubbell, the preeminent resource for information on the legal profession, has issued Alex Fiol an AV rating*. Martindale-Hubbell describes the AV rating as follows: “The Martindale-Hubbell AV rating indicates very high to preeminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.” As a member of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Association, Alex Fiol has been active with the Bay Area Legal Services, as the Co-Chairperson of its fundraising phonathon, and is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association. Other memberships include the American Association for Justice and the Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association. He also served as the Treasurer of the Central Florida Hispanic Bar Association. *AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.