Award-Winning Personal Injury Attorney & Bilingual Injury Litigation Lawyer
Meet Jim L. Delgado
Managing Partner
Jim Delgado is an award-winning, bilingual personal injury litigation lawyer with more than 20 years of trial experience. He has earned a reputation in Manatee County and throughout the State of Florida as a trusted and tenacious injury lawyer.
Jim is a United States Air Force veteran holding the position of Navigation Systems Specialist on F-4 Wild Weasels. He is also fluent in Spanish and enjoys bringing his Spanish-speaking clients the justice they deserve.
Experience & Practice Areas
- Former Bradenton Public Defender – misdemeanor and felony courts
- Personal injury litigation
- Criminal defense
Education
- Stetson College of Law, JD, 1997
- Stetson university, MBA, 1997
- Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, BA, 1994
Awards, Accolades, & Affiliations
- Manatee County Bar Association Community Service Award (2007)
- Florida Trends’ Best Up and Coming Attorneys Award (2008)
- William Grimes Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service (2018) – Manatee County Bar Association. (This is the highest honor awarded by the Association for community service.)
- Past President of the Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce
- Past President of the Manatee Educational Television
- Member of:
- Central Economic Development Committee
- Manatee Community Action Agency
- Legal Aid of Manasota
- Community Leadership Council for USF Sarasota-Manatee
- Served as an attorney coach for the St. Stephens Episcopal School Mock Trial Team
- Served as a judge in the Teen Court Program at the Manatee County Courthouse