• Employed from 2000 - present at Brush & Pujol, P.A. as President and shareholder
• Employed from 1982 - 2000 at Lane Trohn, now Gray Robinson, in Lakeland, Florida. Engaged in the trial practice of personal injury, wrongful death, defense and plaintiffs work, medical malpractice, general civil litigation, insurance coverage issues, insurance disputes, real property litigation and EEOC claims and defenses, non-compete contract litigation

• Born in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania; Amish Country
• Married with two children, residing in Lakeland, Florida since 1982
• Amateur cowboy, enjoys cattle ranching and hunting

• Graduated from University of Florida w/ Honors - College of Law, 1982
• Graduated w/ Honors in Premedical Sciences from Juniata College, 1978
• Graduated National Honor Society, Wilmington Area High School, 1975

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A member of the Florida Bar, Mr. Pujol is on the Executive Boards of the Polk County Trial Lawyers Association and the Wilson Inns of Court. He is also a member of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and the Academy of Trial Lawyers of America. He is licensed to practice in all Florida State Courts, Federal Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, Federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Pujol started his legal career working on complex commercial litigation and products liability cases in Miami and Tampa, Florida. He joined the then central Florida law firm Lane, Trohn, Clarke, Bertrand, Vreeland, and Jacobson. In 2000, Mr. Pujol founded his own trial firm with trial attorney Robert Brush. He has spent a significant amount of his time involved as both plaintiff and defense counsel in complex commercial litigation, personal injury cases, insurance disputes, and products liability cases. The experience representing major national corporations enables Mr. Pujol to more adequately advise the consumers he now primarily represents.

In his personal life, Mr. Pujol enjoys his family, and is married with four children. He volunteers extensively at his church, The Salvation Army, and has been called to emergency volunteer service for local, state and national emergency situations.

Mr. Pujol graduated with a 3.98/4.0 from the University of South Florida with dual majors in Liberal Arts and Political Science. He received his Juris Doctorate with Honors from the University of Florida where graduated number five in his class. Throughout his undergraduate and legal education Mr. Pujol received numerous honors, distinctions and memberships to select organizations including American Jurisprudence Book Award in Contracts I and II, Executive and Senior Articles Editor with the Florida Journal of International Law, Phi Delta Phi National Honor Society, Law I and II Scholarships, Pre-Law Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, USF Legal Briefs, Editor.

• Licensed in All Florida State Courts
• Florida Supreme Court
• Federal Court, Florida Middle District
• Federal Court, Florida Southern District
• Founded in Lakeland, Florida, 2000

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