Thomas W. Cope

• Direct: 727-369-6071
• Main: 727-369-6070
• Fax: 727-431-9080
• Email: TCope@czcfirm.com

Personal Background

Thomas W. Cope was born and raised in Pinellas County and graduated from Tarpon Springs High School. Mr. Cope attended Florida State University for his undergraduate degree, which he completed in under three years. He graduated cum laude from the University Of Florida Levin College Of Law in 2003. During law school and college Mr. Cope lived abroad in several exchange programs in Costa Rica and Spain, where he became fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Cope began his legal career as a prosecutor in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, specifically Pinellas County. He prosecuted crimes from petit theft to first degree murder during his three year employment commitment. He was a member of the DUI manslaughter response squad and earned awards from local MADD and RIDD chapters for his trial work prosecuting DUIs.

Upon fulfillment of his commitment to the State Attorney's Office, Mr. Cope worked for a prominent casualty and property defense firm in St. Petersburg. He focused his tenure on the trial of complex civil injury cases involving businesses, coverage issues, commercial policies, trucking accidents and catastrophic injuries. As a defense lawyer, Mr. Cope never lost a case at trial.

Since 2012 Mr. Cope has used his experience litigating for the government and the country's largest insurance companies for the benefit of his local and regional clients in insurance disputes, personal injury litigation, and white collar crime.

Practice Areas

• Commercial Litigation
• Litigation Avoidance
• Bankruptcy
• Local Counsel
• White Collar Criminal Defense
• Fish and Wildlife Regulations
• Insurance Disputes

Awards & Recognitions

• Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star - 2010

Bar Admissions

• Florida

Court Admissions

• United States District Court, Middle District of Florida

Education

• 2003 - J.D., University of Florida, Levin College of Law, Magna Cum Laude
• 2000 - BA., Florida State University