Rose, Amanda C.

All trial attorneys at the Gregory Law Firm believe that there is a social purpose to tort law – accident and injury prevention. Our duty, as trial lawyers who are safety advocates, is to educate the public on the dangers that accompany preventable injuries and deaths. The following text provides a personal profile for Safety Advocate Rodney G. Gregory Esquire.

Rodney Glenn Gregory, Esq. has over thirty-three (33) years of trial litigation experience. He has been very successful in his representation of plaintiffs in civil matters and defendants in criminal matters.

Mr. Gregory is a veteran board member of The American Association for Justice (AAJ) and the Florida Justice Association (FJA). He is also a member of the Florida Bar and the American Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court (1985), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh and Fifth Circuits (1981), and the Middle and Northern Districts of the Federal Courts in Florida (1980). He is a past member of the boards of the Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association (President), National Bar Association (Director), Southern Trial Lawyers Association (Director), National Urban League (Trustee), Jacksonville Urban League and Jacksonville Urban League Foundation (Chairman), D.W. Perkins Bar Association (Officer) and the Jacksonville Chapter of the NAACP (Board Member and Counsel). Mr. Gregory recently became a member of the INJURYBOARD, a national network of personal injury attorneys spanning almost every State, bound together by a common set of values – professional competency, lasting client relationships, results outweigh rewards, and trial lawyers working for the greater good for all of us.

Mr. Gregory graduated from University of Illinois (B.S. Management), Washington and Lee University, The School of Law (J.D.), and Nottingham Trent University , The School of Law (LLM – Advanced Civil Litigation), Nottingham, England. He was an Associate, Assistant, and Lecturer at the innovative Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, Florida. He has lectured extensively on numerous legal topics across North America and abroad, including in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Gregory also has lengthy record of active involvement in community and civil affairs.

Mr. Gregory was a participant in the U.S. – Japan Bilateral Session on Law and Economics held in Tokyo, Japan from August 26, 1988 to September 2, 1988.

In June 1992, Florida Governor Lawton Chiles appointed Mr. Gregory to the Jacksonville Sports Development Authority (now known as the Jacksonville Sports and Entertainment Board) where he held several offices, including serving as its chairman. He was reappointed in 1994, 1996, and 2000. In July 1993, Jacksonville Mayor Ed Austin appointed Mr. Gregory to the Mayor's Base Conversion and Redevelopment Commission, later renamed Cecil Field Conversion and Redevelopment Commission. He was also a member of the Board of Directors for the Northeast Florida Aids Network, Inc. (NFAN). He was twice appointed by separate Jacksonville Mayors to the General Counsel Legal Research Committee (1987 and 1991), and led or served on numerous hiring, recruitment, and selection committees.

Mr. Gregory has served in several significant administrative, supervisory, and financial positions, prior to and after law school, involving management of large groups of professional and volunteer associations and organizations over the last thirty (30) years, serving in the role of chairman, president, or as an executive officer.
He has also appeared extensively in the print and electronic media discussing litigation matters, high profile cases, community issues, and other matters of civic concern, including numerous appearances on Court TV, C-Span, PBS, CNN, Fox News, other national programs and on every local news operation.

Mr. Gregory has received numerous awards and certified recognition including placement in Who's Who Worldwide Registry, Platinum Edition, and a registry of notable persons in Business, Arts, Education, Science, Professions, and Government. Mr. Gregory also has a profile on Linkedin, Injury Board, and Facebook.

Outside of the office, Mr. Gregory enjoys family time, fitness training, Jacksonville Jaguars, HBO/Showtime/ESPN Boxing, painting, reading, writing a novel, traveling, and mentoring youths and students.