Attorney Mark Roman is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer practicing across the State of Florida. He founded Roman Austin Personal Injury Lawyers in 1996 out of a passion to help accident victims rebuild their lives. He is a Tampa Bay native, and is passionate about representing the injured in his hometown. He received his undergraduate education from the University of Florida College of Journalism in 1981, and after working as a writer for a season, he decided to return to school to pursue his Juris Doctor, which he obtained from Florida State University College of Law in 1986. Mark has an incredible work ethic. He was born to immigrant parents and worked many blue-collar jobs to pay his way through school. Attorney Mark Roman is one of the few attorneys who has passed the rigorous examination to become Board Certified as an expert in Civil Trial Law. This designation is something that less than 2% of Florida attorneys possess. Mark has also been rated and recognized time and again for his exceptional representation in the field of personal injury. He is a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, has been listed as one of Tampa Bay’s “Top Lawyers,” has received a 10/10 “Superb” rating on Avvo, and is rated AV Preeminent™ on Martindale-Hubbell®. He has previously served on the Florida Bar Grievance Committee for Pinellas County and was recently the Chairman of the Florida Bar Grievance Committee in Pasco County.

Mr. Romano received his undergraduate degree cum laude from Brandeis University and his Juris Doctorate degree from The John Marshall Law School. Mr. Romano litigates workers compensation claims, including cases involving occupational exposure, asbestos and industrial irritants. He has lectured extensively to labor unions and medical providers. Mr. Romano is a Past President of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group and current President of the Society of New York Workers Compensation Bar Association. He is a member of the Leader's Forum of the American Association for Justice and Past Chair of the workers compensation section. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, the Jewish Lawyer's Guild, and New York Committee for Occupational Safety & Health (NYCOSH). Mr. Romano serves on the Advisory Committee of the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program at Mt. Sinai Hospital and on the Advisory Board of the I.J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Gary Romer is a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Lewis Brisbois, vice-chair of the Real Estate & Land Use and Commercial Lending Practices, and a member of the Corporate Practice. Mr. Romer is also Lewis Brisbois’ Florida title agent, conducting settlement for real estate transactions and issuing title insurance policies to purchasers. Mr. Romer helps business owners buy and sell their businesses and real estate, and also assists with their day-to-day operational needs. This includes shareholder and operating agreements, merger and acquisition transactions, commercial real estate transactions and commercial lease agreements, loan transactions, employee boarding documents, confidentiality agreements, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, work for hire and proprietary rights agreements, internet business agreements and domain name transactions, manufacturing and supply agreements, and a variety of business to business agreements. Mr. Romer also uses his business and real estate knowledge to drive strategy in real property, landlord-tenant, and commercial litigation matters working closely with the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice group.

Crystal L. Rorabaugh is a senior associate practicing in the Orange County, California office of McNeil Tropp & Braun, LLP. She currently focuses her practice in the areas of general liability, premises liability, and insurance defense. Ms. Rorabaugh has extensive experience in law and motion, including at the appellate level, and has argued dispositive motions in courthouses throughout California. Ms. Rorabaugh received her Juris Doctor summa cum laude from the University of La Verne College of Law as the valedictorian of the 2016 class, and a Bachelor of Art from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida in 2006 with a major in linguistics. While attending law School, she earned over 13 CALI awards for excellence including torts, contracts, sales, property, and constitutional law. Ms. Rorabaugh is licensed to practice law in California. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the California Women Lawyer’s Association, the California Lawyer’s Association, and the Orange County Bar Association.