Cory D. Lapin, Esq.

When the case is serious, the lawyer matters.

Cory Lapin is a Miami personal injury lawyer who represents injured clients and families throughout Florida in catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, product liability, wrongful death, negligent security, car accident, truck accident, and serious crash cases.

Cory has litigated many of the country’s most significant injury cases, including cases resulting in nearly $2 billion recovered for injured clients and families. His experience includes numerous eight-figure recoveries, multiple verdicts exceeding $40 million, a settlement exceeding $100 million, and service on the litigation team in a case that resolved for $1.5 billion.

Cory’s career gives his clients a rare advantage. Before entering practice, he clerked for a Broward judge, giving him early insight into how judges evaluate arguments, evidence, and credibility. He then began his legal career representing injured plaintiffs, later represented insurance companies, corporations, and defendants in serious injury cases, and ultimately returned to representing injured people and families. That experience lets him see every case from all sides. He understands how plaintiffs win, how defendants fight, how insurance companies evaluate claims, and what persuades judges when the stakes are high.

Cory is not just a trial lawyer. He is also a skilled appellate advocate and legal writer. He has successfully handled appeals and understands how to frame legal issues, preserve arguments, and write with the clarity and force needed to persuade courts. That level of writing and appellate experience gives his clients an advantage at every stage of litigation, from motion practice through trial and appeal.

Today, Cory uses that experience to build powerful cases for people whose lives have been changed by negligence. He is relentless when it comes to uncovering the truth, exposing unsafe behavior, and obtaining maximum value for his clients. He knows the tactics defendants use to delay, deny, and minimize responsibility. He knows how insurance companies try to undervalue serious injuries. And he knows how to expose those tactics through evidence, strategy, persuasive writing, and trial preparation.

Cory does not prepare cases just to settle. He prepares every case as if it will go to trial. That approach creates pressure, exposes weakness in the defense, and gives his clients the best opportunity to recover maximum value. Whether the case involves a car accident, truck accident, medical malpractice, defective product, negligent security, preventable shooting, catastrophic injury, or wrongful death, Cory’s approach is the same: uncover the truth, prove the harm, expose unsafe behavior, and fight for the full value of the case.

Cory has written extensively on medical malpractice, product liability, and complex civil litigation. His legal articles have been published by Law360 and Defense Litigation Insider.

Cory graduated fourth in his class from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center. He made the Dean’s List every semester, received the Einstein Scholarship and Law Center Merit Scholarship, earned numerous highest-grade awards, and served as a junior associate for the Nova Law Review and the ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law. He earned his undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Florida.

If you or someone you love is looking for a Miami personal injury attorney after a serious accident, medical malpractice, defective product, shooting, negligent security incident, or wrongful death, do not trust your case to a lawyer who is learning as they go. Hire a lawyer with the experience, insight, skill, strategy, relentlessness, and results needed to fight back.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

RECOGNITION

Aventura Magazine’s Top Lawyers, 2024
Super Lawyers Magazine Rising Star, 2019-2024
Florida Trend Legal Elite Attorney, 2017
DCBA Legal Luminaries Award for Products Liability, Finalist, 2016
DCBA Advocate of Pro Bono Commitment Award, 2016
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center Pro Bono Honor Award

PUBLICATIONS

The Potentially Far-Reaching Impact Of Sports Betting Case, Law360, (May 30, 2018).
The Potentially Far-Reaching Implications of Murphy v. NCAA Outside of Sports Betting, Defense Litigation Insider, (May 30, 2018).
Florida Case Points to Speculative Nature of Asbestos Claims, Law360, (January 25, 2018).
Florida Court of Appeal’s Recent Reversal of $21M Asbestos Verdict Highlights the Inherently Speculative Nature of Asbestos Claims, Defense Litigation Insider, (January 8, 2018).
Florida Amendment 7 Objections Are On Life Support, Law360, (November 1, 2017).
Florida Supreme Court’s Recent Decision Places Objections to Amendment 7 Discovery on Life Support, Defense Litigation Insider, (November 1, 2017).
How The 3rd Circuit Stripped Down The ‘Bare Metal’ Defense, Law360, (October 23, 2017).
The Third Circuit Strips Some of the Protections of the “Bare-Metal Defense”, Defense Litigation Insider, (October 12, 2017).
Fourth Circuit Joins Unanimous Federal Circuits – No Requirement That Government Prohibit Contractor From Warning About Asbestos For Government Contractor Defense To Apply, Defense Litigation Insider, (July 17, 2017).
Florida Medical Malpractice Non-economic Damage Caps: Before and After Kalitan, Defense Litigation Insider, (June 15, 2017).
Pharmacists Are Not Robots: They May Be More Liable Than Prescribers!, The Verdict Magazine, Winter 2016
Generic Pharmaceuticals: Is There a Claim?, The Verdict Magazine, Fall 2014

BAR ADMISSIONS

Florida
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court – Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court – Middle District of Florida

EDUCATION

Nova Southeastern University -Shepard Broad Law Center, J.D. summa cum laude, 2014
University of Florida, B.S. Business Administration, Economics, 2011

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