Frank Ramos
Partner
Experience
Frank Ramos has dedicated his life to advocating for others. A nationally recognized legal advisor and litigator, Frank has been defending clients in civil litigation for more than 26 years, focusing his practice on retail, product liability, premises liability, trucking, insurance, and commercial disputes. A seasoned litigator, he has taken numerous trials and arbitrations to verdict or award.
Frank uses his extensive litigation experience to provide counsel, defense, and strategic guidance to retailers, developers, restaurants, fitness chains, hotels, resorts and other hospitality businesses. His representation has included negligent security, slip/trip and falls, catastrophic personal injury, trucking and motor vehicle accidents, employment and construction claims, as well as a variety of commercial disputes ranging from intellectual property and breach of contract to bad faith, franchise agreements, and landlord-tenant issues.
In his product liability practice, Frank has advocated for clients in cases alleging toxic exposure and personal injury for manufacturers and distributors in the pharmaceutical, medical, construction, asbestos and silica, machinery, household product, safety equipment, recreational vehicle, trucking and automotive industries. Highly regarded by his peers in the legal community, Frank was named Miami’s Product Liability Lawyer of the Year for both 2020 and 2023 by The Best Lawyers in America.
In addition to his active law practice, Frank is a prominent thought leader and industry advocate, having written more than 500 articles and given over 400 presentations to lawyers and claims professionals on a variety of topics including claims handling, pretrial and trial skills, leadership, litigation management, mentoring, diversity, communication skills, management, and the future of the practice, to name a few. He has authored 20 books on best practices and innovations in the practice of law published by such esteemed organizations as the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), the Defense Research Institute (DRI), and the American Bar Association (ABA).
Frank’s advocacy extends to the success of law firms and the professional development of individual lawyers. His books From Law School to Litigator and The Associates’ Handbook serve the next generation of lawyers, while titles like Deposition Drills and Getting Published for Lawyers allow experienced attorneys to polish their skills. Even other law firms get the benefit of Frank’s wisdom, with Strategic Planning for Law Firms and Attorney Marketing 101. Known as the “Miami Mentor,” Frank provides both training and mentorship through articles, podcasts, how-to videos, and one-on-one conversations. He has met with hundreds of young lawyers over coffee to lend an ear and offer advice on life and the practice of law.
A thought leader on cutting edge client challenges and solutions, Frank regularly presents and writes on helping clients adopt Artificial Intelligence in a safe, effective, and legal manner, assisting them in navigating the rules and regulations pertaining to AI and, when necessary, litigating AI-related matters. He also counsels insurance industry clients on best practices for harvesting their own robust data to improve efficiencies and outcomes.
Frank holds a Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV Preeminent, the peer review rating that recognizes attorneys who have reached the highest levels of skill and integrity. He has also been recognized consistently by the South Florida Legal Guide, Florida Legal Elite, Best Lawyers, and Florida Super Lawyers.
Related Areas
Honors & Awards
Martindale-Hubble Peer Review Rating: AV Preeminent
Florida Super Lawyers, 2013-24
- Rising Stars, 2009-12
Federation of Corporate Counsel Andrew C. Hecker Award, 2024
Best Lawyers in America
- Lawyer of the Year (Miami), Personal Injury Litigation — Defendants, 2025
- Lawyer of the Year (Miami), Product Liability, Litigation Defense, 2020, 2023
- Product Liability, 2010-21, 2025
- Personal Injury, 2020-23, 2025
Florida Trend Florida Legal Elite
- Legal Elite, 2009-23
- Up and Coming Attorney, 2004, 2009
Federation of Corporate Counsel President’s Award, 2020, 2022
Federation of Corporate Counsel Freddie Award, 2022
Federation of Corporate Counsel Strategic Plan Award, 2018
Federation of Corporate Counsel Joseph R. Olshan Award, 2015, 2017
Background
Admissions
- Florida
- U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
Education
- University of Miami School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1997
- Florida International University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1993
Professional Affiliations
- The Florida Bar, 1997 to present
- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), 2006 to present
- Board of Directors
- Executive Committee Member, 2023-25
- Senior Director, 2022-25
- Director, 2020-22
- AI Committee, Vice Chair, 2024-25
- Diversity Committee, Chair, 2023-24
- Sponsorship Committee, Chair, 2023-24
- Virtual Trial Program, Co-Chair, 2023-24
- Winter Meeting, Convention Chair, 2026
- Winter Meeting, Program Chair, 2024
- Member Communications Committee, Co-Chair, 2021-23
- Projects and Objectives Committee, Vice Chair, 2017-22
- Virtual Programming Committee, Chair, 2020-21
- Website and Social Media Committee, Chair, 2019-21
- Corporate Counsel Symposium, 2018-21
- Board of Directors
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Board Member, 2013-16
- Florida Defense Lawyers Association, 1998 to present
- President, 2009
- Eleventh Judicial Circuit Historical Society
- Chair, 2010
- Miami-Dade Defense Bar Association
- Board Member, 2013-16
Community Involvement
- Legal Services of Greater Miami, 2005-09
- Parent to Parent of Miami
- Board Member, 2001-09
- Florida Christian School
- Board Member, 2015-20
- Sidebar
- Advisory Board Member, 2019
News & Knowledge
Publications & Events
- Become Your Own CEO, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2021
- Question Everything – Questions Lawyers and Firms Should Ask Themselves, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2021
- Social Media Musings – Part 3, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2021
- Strategic Planning for Law Firms, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2021
- The Associate Whisperer, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2020
- Be Your Own Life Coach, DRI, 2020
- Confessions of a Latino Lawyer, DRI, 2020
- Deposition Drills, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2020
- Getting Published for Lawyers, DRI, 2020
- LinkedIn for Lawyers, DRI, 2020
- Social Media Musings – Part 2, DRI, 2020
- You’re Hired! Job Hunting Advice for Law Students and Young Lawyers, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2020
- Owning the Room, Editor, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2020
- The Practice and Process of Law – Checklists for Every Occasion, ABA Book Publishing, 2019
- Social Media Musings – My Reflections on the Practice and Life, DRI, 2019
- A Guide to Strategic Planning for State and Local Defense Organizations, DRI, 2018
- The Future of Law, DRI, 2018
- Attorney Marketing 101, Co-Author, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2017
- Go Motivate Yourself – Stop Chasing Gurus and Do the Hard Work, DRI, 2017
- Training Your Law Firm Associates, DRI, 2017
- Leadership for Lawyers, Editor, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2017
- The Associates’ Handbook, DRI, 2016
- From Law School to Litigator, The Florida Bar, 2007
- Profiled in “Meet ‘THE Frank Ramos’ 75k Followers Want to Hear What This Lawyer’s Got to Say,” Law.com, September 10, 2024
- Quoted in “How Law Firms Can Create Winning Generative AI Policies,” Law360, April 23, 2024
- Quoted in “From Deep Fakes to Discrimination,” Daily Business Review, ALM, March 26, 2024
- Quoted in “Trouble Over 2 Things: Here’s What Got Lawyers in Hot Water With the Bar,” Daily Business Review, ALM, January 2, 2024
- Quoted in “Every Lawyer Has a Book in Them: Local Attorney Authors Reveal Their Secrets,” Daily Business Review, ALM, October 23, 2023
- Quoted in “The Landscape is Shifting for Litigation Funding,” Daily Business Review, ALM, April 19, 2023
- Quoted in “Are Trials Dying? A Federal Judge is Championing a Program to Get Lawyers in the Courtroom,” Daily Business Review, ALM, March 20, 2023
- Quoted in “I Haven’t Handed Out a Business Card in Years: Is it Time for Lawyers to Upgrade?” Daily Business Review, ALM, March 8, 2023
- Quoted in “The LinkedIn Lawyer,” Above The Law, May 3, 2021
- “Virtual Mentoring: Using our Cellphones to Guide Young Lawyers,” Daily Business Review, February 4, 2021
- Quoted in “Ramos’ New Website Is Built to Benefit Beginning Lawyers,” Florida Bar News, September 23, 2020
- Quoted in “For Young Attorneys: Miami Lawyer Launches Website with Free Litigation, Mentorship Resources,” Daily Business Review, September 21, 2020
- Quoted in “A Digital Conversation with Author, Speaker, Podcast Host, Attorney Mentor and Educator, and High-Stakes Litigator Frank Ramos,” DRI The Voice, July 15, 2020
- Quoted in “Want to Create a Social Media Following? Here’s How Miami Lawyer Frank Ramos Jr. Did It,” Daily Business Review, ALM, June 22, 2020
- “Tips and Exercises: Teaching Cross Examination,” DRI For the Defense, March 2019
- “The Most Important Deposition You Will Never Take,” American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol: 42, 127, 2018
- “The Future of Law: Creating Your Own Marketplace of Ideas,” Co-Author, Law.com, June 1, 2018
- Quoted in “Ramos Has a Passion for Mentoring Young Lawyers,” Florida Bar News, May 15, 2018
- “The Future of Law: How In-House Counsel Will Hire Outside Counsel,” Co-Author, Law.com, May 8, 2018
- “10 Items to Secure Before Deposing the Opposing Party,” LinkedIn, March 23, 2018
- “10 Tips for Your Next Deposition,” LinkedIn, March 21, 2018
- “Chief Justice Roberts Wants You to Be Treated Unfairly – And He’s Right,” LinkedIn, July 10, 2017
- “Getting an Article Published,” LinkedIn, July 3, 2017
- “Write a Book in Sixty Days,” LinkedIn, June 25, 2017
- “The Office of a Trial Lawyer,” LinkedIn, May 24, 2017
- “Dealing with the Dunning-Kruger Effect in Litigation,” LinkedIn, May 7, 2017
- “10 Items to Pack for Your Next Business Trip,” LinkedIn, April 30, 2017
- “Superstar in the Making? 10 Qualities of a True Superstar and 10 Ways to Pick One,” MCCA, Diversity & The Bar, March/April 2007
- “Artificial Intelligence,” Panelist, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Symposium, September 16, 2024
- “How to Use AI Safely, Effectively and Ethically,” CLE Presenter, Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc., August 22, 2024
- “Artificial Intelligence,” Florida Insurance Network Symposium, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, August 15-16, 2024
- “Diversity Fatigue: Continuing the Conversation,” Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Annual Summer Conference, Toronto, ON, August 2, 2024
- “Teaching AI to Defense Lawyers,” Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Annual Summer Conference, Toronto, ON, July 29, 2024
- “Artificial Intelligence,” Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Annual Meeting & Convention, July 18-21, 2024
- “Using AI safely, ethically and effectually,” The Montana State Bar Technology Committee, July 11, 2024
- “Marketing in a Hybrid World,” DRI, July 10, 2024
- “AI – The Ethics, The Use, The Misuse, The Litigation, and The Future,” FDLA’s Annual Florida Liability Claims Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, June 6, 2024
- “Neurodivergent Attorneys: Unique Strengths, Hidden Struggles, and Why You Need Them,” FDLA’s Annual Florida Liability Claims Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, June 6, 2024
- “The New Age Law Firm: Lean Teams & Flexible Spaces,” Draft n Craft, April 17, 2024
- “Ethics of AI, ChatGPT and LLMs for Lawyers,” North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, 2024 Winter Workshop, An Online Live CLE, February 9, 2024
- “Legal Ethics in AI Technology,” Cuban American Bar Association, August 2023
- “How to Effectively Use LinkedIn Today,” Co-Presenter, Stefanie Marrone, The Social Media Butterfly, April 9, 2021
- “SLDO: Executive Directors Program,” DRI 2021 Annual Meeting, October 15, 2021
- “Go Motivate Yourself: Stop Chasing Gurus and Do the Hard Work,” National Creditors Bar Association, February 21, 2018
- “SLDO: National Program for State and Local Defense Organizations,” DRI 2018 Annual Meeting, October 18, 2018
- “Deposition Boot Camp,” Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2018
- “National Program for State and Local Defense Organizations,” DRI 2017 Annual Meeting, October 5, 2017
- “Great Ideas from Around the World: SLDO Best Practices,” DRI 2017 Annual Meeting, October 5, 2017
- “The Art of Attorney Marketing,” Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, 2016
- “Deposition Skills,” Frank Ramos
- “Attorney Marketing,” Frank Ramos
- “The Associate’s Life,” Frank Ramos
- “Associate’s Do’s and Don’ts,” Frank Ramos
- “LinkedIn for Lawyers,” Frank Ramos
- “Getting Published for Lawyers,” Frank Ramos
- “Marketing for Young Lawyers,” Frank Ramos
- “Personal Strategic Planning for Lawyers,” Frank Ramos
- “Delivering Bad News to the Client,” Frank Ramos
- “Your Client’s Documents,” Frank Ramos
- “Interviewing Witnesses,” Frank Ramos
- “The X Factor,” Frank Ramos
- “Getting In Early,” Frank Ramos
- “Responding to Discovery,” Frank Ramos
- “Be Proactive,” Frank Ramos
- “Delivering Bad News to the Client,” Frank Ramos
- “Frank Ramos – The Miami Mentor,” The Attorney Lounge, July 23, 2024
- “A Conversation With …” Host, Multiple Episodes, DRI, 2019 – 2023
- Tom Segalla, Featured Guest
- “Discovering Your Passion and Developing Your Skills,” Featured Guest, Find Your Passion, Host Janine Hamner, July 12, 2022
- “Diversity and Inclusion in the Legal Field,” Featured Guest, On Record PR, Host Jennifer Simpson Carr, Furia Rubel, Season 3: Episode 98
- “Hiring and Keeping the Best for Your Team,” Featured Guest, Notes to My (Legal) Self, Host Olga V. Mack, March 15, 2021
- “Lawyer & Prolific Thought Leader – Frank Ramos,” Featured Guest, Legally Speaking Podcast, Host Rob Hanna, Season 2, Episode 15, May 11, 2020
- “Creating Business Connections Through Social Media,” Featured Guest, The Lean Law Firm, Hosts Dave Maxfield & Larry Port, Episode 67, August 25, 2020
- “Why Associates Hate Law Firms (and What Lawyers Can Do About It),” Featured Guest, You Are a Lawyer, Host Kyla Denanyoh, Season 3, Episode 33
- “Speaker, Author, Mentor, Lawyer,” Featured Guest, Human Capital, Host Jeff Hunt, Episode 46, July 12, 2022
- “Business Growth Through Social Media,” Featured Guest, The Leadership to Wealth Podcast, Host Neil D’Souza, June 27, 2022
- “The Power of a Coffee Chat,” Featured Guest, Shock Your Potential, Host Michael Sherlock, Season5: Episode 66, May 13, 2022
- “LinkedIn for Lawyers with Frank Ramos,” Featured Guest, Legal Marketing Radio, LaFleur, Episode 30, January 11, 2021
- “The First Years: An Associate’s Journey to Happiness,” Featured Guest, Bad Law Worse Facts, Host Michael Takla, May 18, 2021
- “Frank Ramos: Advice for Young Lawyers on Building a Successful Career,” Featured Guest, The 1958 Lawyer, Hosts Ron Bockstahler and Kirsten Mayfield, April 27, 2021
- “Frank Ramos: Best Practices for LinkedIn Success,” Featured Guest, Be That Lawyer with Fretzin, Host Steve Fretzin, April 2021
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