Same Attorneys. Same Community.
Same Fight Since 1982.
Four Tampa-native attorneys. The same founding partners. A team that has spent decades on one side of the table — yours.
Thirty-Five Years of Showing Up for Florida Workers and Families
Since 1982, this firm has done one thing: represent people navigating the legal consequences of getting hurt, getting denied, or getting treated unfairly. Workers' compensation. Personal injury. Social Security disability. Labor and employment. Estate planning. Five practice areas that grew from the same conviction — that individuals facing institutional opponents deserve experienced attorneys in their corner.
Four decades in. The same partners, the same staff, the same commitment to the people sitting across from us.
What makes this firm different from most isn't longevity alone. It's the specific knowledge we've accumulated about how the other side operates. Our attorneys have represented both claimants and defendants — including time on the carrier and employer side of workers' compensation and personal injury matters. We know which claims insurers contest, which tactics adjusters use to delay benefits, and how defense attorneys build their cases. That perspective is built into how we approach every file we open.
Meet the Attorneys
Meet the Legal Team
Jessica
Lori
Limaris
John
Vikki
Yasmin
Emily
Alexander
Mayra
Alexandria
Annery
Recognized Across Florida for the Work We Do
The awards don't file the briefs. But they reflect something real: a sustained record of performance across thousands of cases, evaluated by professional bodies with rigorous standards.
AV Preeminent
Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer-review rating
Super Lawyers
Statewide recognition for outstanding attorneys
Florida Legal Elite
Florida Trend magazine's top attorney recognition
Best Lawyers in America
Peer-nominated, criteria-based selection
Avvo 10.0
Highest rating on the Avvo attorney platform
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Membership limited to attorneys with million-dollar-plus verdicts or settlements
AV Preeminent
Martindale-Hubbell's highest peer-review rating
Super Lawyers
Statewide recognition for outstanding attorneys
A Firm That Reflects
The Community It Serves
We built this firm for the people who need it — which means removing every barrier between an injured worker and the legal help they're entitled to. Our website meets ADA accessibility standards. Two of our founding partners handle cases in Spanish as fluently as English. And our virtual appointment system means geography isn't a barrier either.
If you need to speak Spanish, your attorney speaks Spanish.
Hablamos español — de verdad.
We Know How the Other Side Thinks — Because We've Been There
Our attorneys have represented both sides of workers' compensation and personal injury matters. That's not a liability — it's an advantage. When you've advised carriers and employers, you understand how they evaluate claims, where they look for weaknesses, and how they decide when to fight and when to settle.
That knowledge doesn't disappear when we're sitting across from them on your behalf. When a settlement offer comes in low, we know whether it reflects the case's actual value or a carrier's opening play. When a defense-retained physician submits an IME report, we know what they were asked to find. Forty years of working inside this system — on both sides of it — means we don't get surprised.
Still Here After 40 Years — and Ready to Take Your Call
If you want to know who you're hiring before you make the call, we built this page for you. Tampa workers' compensation law firm Barbas Nunez Sanders Butler & Hovsepian has one client: the person on the other side of the phone. Free consultation, no obligation, available in English and Spanish.
