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David M. Carter
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David M. Carter

Gould Cooksey Fennell

Vero Beach, FL

34+ Years Experience
Licensed in 1 State
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About David

David Carter was born in Vero Beach, Florida, and has been a partner at Gould Cooksey Fennell since 1996. Mr. Carter founded and chairs the firm’s Personal Injury & Medical Negligence Group and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Carter is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in Civil Trial Law. Over the last 30 years, he has tried numerous catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. He maintains an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the largest and most comprehensive ratings document of lawyers in the world, and has twice been recognized as Best Lawyers “Lawyer of...

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Education

B.S. in Telecommunications

University of Florida

J.D.

University of Florida, College of Law

Awards & Recognition

Best Lawyers

Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs · 2026

Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year

Personal Injury · 2021

Florida Trend “Legal Elite”

Civil Trial · 2020

Florida Trend “Legal Elite”

Civil Trial · 2016

Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year

Personal Injury Litigation · 2015

Professional Associations

The Florida BarIndian River County Bar AssociationFlorida Justice Association, Senior FellowAmerican Board of Trial AdvocacyThe National Trial Lawyers Top 10019th Circuit Judicial Nominating CommitteeFlorida Justice Association Elected Board member
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4.9 rating (350 reviews)
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