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BETHANY J. LAPOLLA
Associate
St. Petersburg

360 Central Avenue, Suite 700
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

T (727) 436-9416
F (727) 821-1968

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Bethany LaPolla is an Associate in the firm’s St. Petersburg office.  She practices in the firm’s First Party/General Trial Practice Group in the areas of insurance defense, including automobile negligence, personal injury litigation, property damage litigation, and insurance fraud.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Banker Lopez Gassler P.A., St. Petersburg, FL
    Associate, December 2022 to Present
  • Sixth Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office, Clearwater, FL
    Division Director, December 2019 to December 2022
    Assistant Public Defender, July 2009 to December 2019
  • Law Office of John Trevena, Largo, FL
    Associate Attorney, December 2006 to November 2008
  • Office of the Hillsborough County State Attorney, 13th Circuit, Tampa FL
    Assistant State Attorney, September 2006 to December 2006
    Certified Legal Intern, May 2006 to September 2006
    Legal Secretary, October 2002 to April 2003
  • Department of Children and Families, Tampa FL
    Certified Child Protective Investigator, April 2003 to December 2003

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • The Florida Bar
  • Florida Defense Lawyers Association
  • Clearwater Bar
  • Pinellas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
PRACTICE AREAS
  • Civil Litigation
  • First Party Litigation
  • Insurance Fraud
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Personal Injury Protection (PIP)
  • Property Damage Litigation
EDUCATION
  • J.D., cum laude, Stetson University College of Law, 2006, Advocacy Concentration (Consecutive Dean’s List semesters, certified in Leadership development through diversity and conflict management workshops, Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities, LEXIS and WESTLAW certified)
  • B.A., University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2002, Psychology & Criminal Justice (Dean’s List, Chancellor’s List, Psi Chi Scholar)
BAR ADMISSIONS
  • Florida
  • North Carolina (Inactive)
COURT ADMISSIONS
  • Florida State Courts