Larry A. Strauss

Larry A. Strauss is a Senior Associate at Ged Lawyers, LLP. His practice focuses on personal injury, wrongful death, and property damage cases.

Mr. Strauss is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent-rated and Avvo Superb-rated attorney with 21-plus years of diverse litigation experience in state and federal courts throughout the United States, including trials and multi-million-dollar verdicts/settlements. He has both a plaintiff and defense background, and his vast experience includes complex personal injury, wrongful death, property damage, commercial litigation, employment law, real estate, and bankruptcy matters.

Strauss has previously worked in private practice at several law firms, served as in-house litigation counsel for a corporation, and in state government. In law school, he clerked for Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin.

Examples of the diverse cases he’s handled include:

● A wrongful death matter in South Carolina involving a father of four who died in a catastrophic crash after the liquid fuel truck he was driving was hit by another trucker who ran a stop sign. The matter was removed to federal court and ultimately resolved in excess of $9 million;

● Prevailing at trial in the Bronx, NY, for $1 million in a bus vs. bicyclist injury case;

● Resolution of federal court litigation against an insurer who initially denied any coverage of the developer’s insurance claim, which asserted millions in losses due to flooding of the construction site pre-construction due to Hurricane Irma. The case settled at mediation for $1.85 million;

● Prevailing at trial in Panama City against an insurer who denied the contractor’s assignment-of-benefits claim for Hurricane Michael damages;

● A rape case involving a ride share service driver who attacked a woman after bringing her home. The matter resolved for $5 million in mediation;

● A discrimination claim against a major brewery involving racial and gender discrimination against 17 employees at multiple plants which settled pre-litigation for $17 million;

● A discrimination claim brought by a minority-owned vendor against a major bank resulting in a multi-million dollar settlement at mediation for discrimination in contracting;

● Litigation of multiple Takata airbag claims against various auto manufacturers, which each resolved at mediation for multi-million dollar settlements due to the catastrophic injuries which resulted;

● A rape case of a teen while in treatment in a St. Louis, Mo., drug rehabilitation facility which resolved pre-litigation at mediation for $1.5 million;

● An assault case involving the inappropriate touching of a woman by her masseur while getting a massage at a luxury resort hotel in Miami Beach. The case settled for $500,000 at mediation.

Strauss’s diverse litigation skills, broad experience, and creative approach make him a valued member of the firm’s litigation team. A Florida native, Strauss worked as a journalist at newspapers throughout Florida and in Washington, D.C., for nearly a decade prior to beginning his legal career. Strauss obtained his law degree from Penn State, and journalism degree from the University of Florida. He is admitted to practice in: • Florida (Bar No. 654671); • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida; • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida; • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; and • U.S. Supreme Court