Gary Toole serves as national, regional and local counsel for domestic and foreign product manufacturers and excess insurance carriers in catastrophic injury cases throughout the United States. He has served as lead trial counsel in trials involving catastrophic injury cases in California, New Mexico, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Florida. He also assists domestic manufacturers in coordinating discovery throughout the United States and with their foreign subsidiaries.
PRACTICE AREAS
Product Liability
Excess Coverage and Insurance Defense
Commercial Litigation
Trucking and Common Carrier Litigation
Discovery Practice
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
All State Courts of Florida
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
EDUCATION
University of Alabama, J.D., 1987
University of Alabama, B.S., 1984
- Phi Gamma Delta Social Fraternity
- Jasons Men’s Honor Society
- Order of Omega
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Interfraternity Council, President
- Student Government Association, Senator
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
• The Florida Bar
• Orange County Bar Association
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
• Defense Research Institute, Product Liability Committee
• Society of Automotive Engineers
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
• Faculty Member, 2009 IADC Trial Academy, Stanford University
• Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Product Liability, 2010-2024
• Listed, Florida’s Best Lawyers, Product Liability, 2013-2024
• Listed, Orlando Magazine, “Best Lawyers,” Product Liability Litigation, 2011-2014
• Board Member, Canterbury Episcopal Retreat & Conference Center
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Dothan, Alabama
Associate, Rumberger Kirk Caldwell Cabaniss Burke & Wechsler, Orlando, Florida 1987–1992
Partner, Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, Miami, Florida 1992–1998
Partner, Cabaniss, Smith, Toole & Wiggins,Orlando, Florida 1998–2009
Internship, U.S. Senator Howell Heflin, Alabama, 1983