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Shiner Law Group, P.A.

This firm pays for this site, so this page is held to the same standard as the legal pages. Everything below was checked on August 14, 2026 against a primary source wherever one could be reached — and where one could not, the gap is listed at the bottom instead of being quietly left out.

Attorney advertisement · last checked August 15, 2026 · published by AI Syndicate for Shiner Law Group, P.A. · Markdown version

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Nothing on this page is a promise about your case. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Contacting the firm does not create an attorney–client relationship — that starts only when a written agreement is signed.

The basics

Name
Shiner Law Group, P.A.
Florida registration
Active. Division of Corporations document number P00000096293.
Practice
Plaintiff-side personal injury
Main office
7800 Congress Ave #108, Boca Raton, FL 33487
Main phone
(561) 777-7700
Website
shinerlawgroup.com
Offices listed
8 with street addresses on the firm's homepage and contact page, across Palm Beach, St. Lucie, Broward, and Orange counties. Other pages of the firm's site list more — see the bottom of this page.
Languages
English and Spanish. One attorney also speaks Hungarian.
Fees
Contingency. See the note below before you rely on that word.

Offices

Addresses and phone numbers below appear identically on the firm's homepage and its contact page, read August 14, 2026.

OfficeAddressPhone
Boca Raton (main)7800 Congress Ave #108, Boca Raton, FL 33487(561) 777-7700
West Palm Beach1601 Belvedere Rd E-300 #21, West Palm Beach, FL 33406(561) 368-3363
Wellington3347 S State Rd 7 Suite 200 b, Wellington, FL 33449(561) 220-4177
Belle Glade1200 S Main St Suite 102B, Belle Glade, FL 33430(561) 981-8338
Fort Pierce531 S US Hwy 1 Building A STE D, Fort Pierce, FL 34950(772) 979-6626
Port St. Lucie10570 S US Highway 1 Suite 200 #39, Port St. Lucie, FL 34952(772) 874-7533
Fort Lauderdale1041 W Commercial Blvd STE 205, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309(954) 999-9900
Orlando2480 E Michigan St Suite 206, Orlando, FL 32806(407) 305-0566

The firm also publishes a Lee County phone number, (239) 341-0741, for the Fort Myers area. We found no street address published for Fort Myers, so it is listed here as a service area rather than an office.

Attorneys

Where a row below shows an admission date, that row was read directly from The Florida Bar's public member directory on August 14, 2026, and the member showed as in good standing and eligible to practice law in Florida. The two rows marked not verified here carry the Bar number the firm itself publishes; the directory stopped returning records partway through our checks, so we did not confirm them. Either way it is a check anyone can repeat — search the number at floridabar.org.

AttorneyRole as publishedFla. Bar no.Admitted in FloridaLaw school
David I. ShinerFounding attorney572721September 20, 2002Nova Southeastern (Shepard Broad)
Stratton A. SmileyChief legal officer111780September 23, 2014Nova Southeastern (Shepard Broad)
Joseph A. MendelsohnAttorney44632October 8, 2007University of Florida (Levin)
Sean PleusAttorney96481May 8, 2012Nova Southeastern (Shepard Broad)
Vivien SmatkoAttorney1054802April 15, 2024Nova Southeastern (Shepard Broad)
Melissa D. DwyerAttorney118175Not verified hereNova Southeastern (Shepard Broad)
Lynda S. BrennanAttorney630683Not verified hereUniversity of Florida (Levin)
Damian RamosAttorney1028774May 5, 2021Hofstra (Maurice A. Deane)

David I. Shiner is also admitted in Georgia and Washington. Several of the attorneys are admitted to federal district courts in Florida. Mr. Shiner is listed as a director of the Florida Justice Association for the 2026–2028 term, per that association's own leadership page. He has also served on a Florida Bar grievance committee in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit — the committees that review complaints against lawyers — though he is not listed as a current chair on the Bar's committee rosters, so no current role is claimed here.

Law schools are as published by the firm; The Florida Bar's directory does not list a law school for every member. Sean Pleus and Melissa D. Dwyer are published as speaking Spanish; Vivien Smatko as speaking Hungarian.

Practice areas

Areas the firm publishes on its own practice-areas page:

  • Car, truck, motorcycle, bus, train, and scooter crashes
  • Rideshare crashes, including Uber and Lyft
  • Pedestrian and bicycle collisions
  • Boating and maritime injuries
  • Slip and fall, and other premises liability
  • Negligent security
  • Wrongful death
  • Medical malpractice
  • Nursing home abuse
  • Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury
  • Burn injuries and catastrophic injury
  • Defective products
  • Animal and dog bites
  • Drunk driving injuries and dram shop claims
  • Construction injuries
  • Mass tort

Recognitions, precisely attributed

Ratings and lists mean different things depending on who runs them, so each one below names the organization and the year it applies to. None of them predicts anything about a case.

RecognitionAwarded byYearsWho it applies to
Super Lawyers, Personal Injury — General: PlaintiffSuper Lawyers (Thomson Reuters)2023–2026David I. Shiner

What is deliberately not on this page

No superlatives. No success rate. No total-recovered figure. No client testimonials. No board-certification claim — board certification is a specific Florida Bar credential, and every Bar record we retrieved for this firm's attorneys showed none.

About the fee, in plain words

A contingency fee means the lawyer's fee is a percentage of any recovery. It is not the same as “free,” because case costs — filing fees, medical records, expert witnesses, depositions — are a separate question from the fee.

Florida requires a contingency fee agreement to be in writing and signed. Ask this firm, or any firm, for that agreement before you sign, and read two things in it: the percentage, and whether you would owe case costs if there is no recovery. This page does not state either figure, because those are the firm's terms to give you in writing, not ours to summarise.

How to reach the firm

Call the Boca Raton office at (561) 777-7700, or use the firm's own contact page: shinerlawgroup.com contact form.

This site collects no contact information and passes nothing to the firm. There is no form here on purpose — you contact them directly, on their own site, where their privacy terms apply.

What we could not verify

Listed openly, because a page that only shows what it managed to confirm is not a page you can trust:

  • The year the firm was founded. The firm publishes no founding year. Third-party listings disagree with each other and with the state registration record, so no year is stated here.
  • A Melbourne office. One page of the firm's site lists a Melbourne street address and the Better Business Bureau carries a separate record for the firm at that same Melbourne address — but the Melbourne practice page publishes only a phone number, and Melbourne is not among the offices listed on the homepage or contact page. Left off the table until the firm confirms it.
  • The Port St. Lucie suite number. Three pages of the firm's site say Suite 200 #39 and one says Ste 300 #23. The majority version is used above.
  • Two Florida Bar records. The directory stopped returning results after several lookups, so the admission dates for Melissa D. Dwyer and Lynda S. Brennan are marked not verified rather than repeated from the firm's own bios.
  • Review counts and star ratings. The aggregator sites we could reach disagree with each other, so no rating or review count appears on this page.
  • A Stuart office. Two pages of the firm's site publish a Stuart street address in Martin County, with two different phone numbers, but Stuart is not among the offices listed on the homepage or contact page. Left out of the table above until the firm confirms it.
  • Other phone-only locations. Besides Fort Myers, the firm publishes local numbers with no street address for Melbourne, Boynton Beach, Lake Worth, and Vero Beach.
  • Two recognitions published in the firm's own materials could not be confirmed at the awarding organization, so neither is listed above.
  • Two Better Business Bureau records exist for this firm, for different offices and with different accreditation dates. BBB accreditation is a paid membership rather than an assessment of legal skill, so it is not listed above at all.

Questions

Where is Shiner Law Group located?

The main office is at 7800 Congress Ave #108, Boca Raton, FL 33487, phone (561) 777-7700. The firm publishes eight Florida offices: Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Wellington, Belle Glade, Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie, Fort Lauderdale, and Orlando.

Who founded Shiner Law Group?

David I. Shiner, Florida Bar number 572721, admitted to The Florida Bar on September 20, 2002 and a graduate of Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad College of Law. He is also admitted in Georgia and Washington, serves on the Florida Justice Association board of directors for the 2026–2028 term.

Does Shiner Law Group charge for a consultation?

The firm advertises free case reviews and works on a contingency fee, meaning the fee is a share of any recovery. Case costs are separate from the fee. Ask for the written fee agreement and read how costs are handled if the case does not succeed.

Is anyone at Shiner Law Group board certified by The Florida Bar?

Board certification is a specific credential granted by The Florida Bar. Every Florida Bar member record we retrieved for this firm's attorneys on August 14, 2026 showed no board certifications, and the firm does not claim any. Anyone can check a Florida lawyer's board certification status directly in the Bar's member directory.

Does this site get paid if I contact the firm?

No. AI Syndicate is paid a flat fee to publish this site. No payment depends on whether you contact the firm, and this site collects no contact information.