Dave Blake is recognized in both Florida and Michigan as a preeminent personal injury trial attorney concentrating his practice in the areas of personal injury, trucking accidents, premises liability, civil rights, and mass tort litigation. Dave is an aggressive and committed trial attorney who has spent his entire career trying cases to verdict to juries throughout the United States. Dave has personally tried more than 60 jury trials to verdict as a first-chair attorney.
Known throughout the legal community for his affable personality, “down to earth” nature, quick wit and near photographic memory, Dave has a unique ability to use his characteristics to truly connect with jurors, witnesses, and judges alike. Dave takes tremendous pride in the matters that he handles and his passion for his clients extends far beyond the realm of the cases he tries in the courtroom – he takes each case personally and ensures that his clients are provided for in every way possible.
In addition to maintaining an active caseload, Dave is a member of the prestigious American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). ABOTA is one of the foremost invitation-only trial organizations in the United States. ABOTA members are selected based on a rigorous criteria of trial skills and ability, ethical considerations and the promotion of the civil justice system. In addition to ABOTA, Dave is a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an invitation-only organization limited to trial attorneys who have achieved jury verdicts or settlements exceeding two million dollars. This organization is limited to less than 2.5 % of all civil trial attorneys in the entire United States.
Dave has previously been selected as a Superlawyer Rising Star, National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Attorneys and is routinely nominated for recognition by his peers and colleagues as a top attorney in the fields of personal injury and civil rights law in leading business and trade publications. For his work in these fields, Dave has been featured in articles and news broadcasts highlighting his cases in the Huffington Post, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, and The Flint Journal.
Dave is an active member of the American Association of Justice, Florida Justice Association, Michigan Association for Justice and Southern Trial Lawyers Association. He has been a former member of the John J. Scheb American Inns of Court, and the Detroit Metropolitan Inns of Court. Dave is an active member of various federal, state and local bar associations. Dave has a passion for helping the less fortunate and routinely volunteers his time assisting the homeless through Tampa-based community outreach programs.
