One of the country's best personal injury firms, based in Miami, Florida — recognized as such by peers, publications, and legal organizations. We are the firm that clients turn to when a preventable tragedy or disaster has happened, and only the best will do.
Recognized by peers, publications, and legal organizations as one of the country's best personal injury firms — Miami-based, practicing throughout the State of Florida. Built for the matters where only the best will do.
The Biondo Law Firm represents individuals and their families in serious personal injury and wrongful death matters arising from preventable accidents and tragedies. We have litigated against — and prevailed over — some of the largest and most resourced opponents in the world: corporations, hospitals, manufacturers, insurance conglomerates, construction companies, national trucking firms, and municipalities.
We chose our office near the Dade County Courthouse for a reason. We are a trial firm that actively litigates. Most of our work arrives by referral from attorneys and former clients who know that, when a case has merit, this firm has the preparation and resources to take it the distance.
We are not, and will never be, the largest firm by lawyer count or office count. We do not handle a high volume of cases. The boutique model is intentional — and it is what allows us to give each client the attention the work demands.
The willingness to try a case is what creates the leverage to resolve one. Every matter at this firm is built on that posture.
A limited docket of significant catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters, allowing genuine attention to each client.
Every case is prepared as though it will be tried. This is what produces leverage in negotiation and confidence at verdict.
A team approach — attorney, paralegal, and legal secretary — with the attorney directly accessible to every client.
The majority of our work comes from attorneys and former clients who have seen our preparation up close.
We focus on serious personal injury and wrongful death matters across Florida. Experienced, nimble, and focused, we have the resources and the will to take on any adversary — no matter their size.
Representing passengers and seamen injured by cruise ship accidents and assaults, boating accidents, and other hazards on navigable waters. Cruise tickets often shorten the limitations period to one year and require suit in Miami — the venue we know well.
Aircraft cases — private and commercial — involving pilot or operator error, mechanical or design failure, and air-traffic or weather-related causes. A field that demands command of FAA regulations and overlapping state liability frameworks.
Traumatic brain injury matters — often missed at intake, often life-altering. We work with treating physicians and experts to document cognitive, physical, and emotional impact, and to secure the long-term care these injuries require.
Hundreds of automobile collision matters investigated and litigated across Florida. No collision is "routine." Our first advice to anyone who calls: do not give a recorded statement to an insurance adjuster before retaining counsel.
Falls from height, falling objects, machinery and equipment failures, electrocution, chemical exposure, inadequate training, and roadway intrusions. Workers' compensation does not always foreclose third-party claims against contractors, subcontractors, or equipment manufacturers.
Manufacturing defects, design defects, and inadequate warnings. Manufacturers, suppliers, distributors, and retailers can each share liability when a defective product causes catastrophic harm. We have the resources to take on national companies.
Misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, surgical and birthing errors, medication and dosage errors. We are highly selective — we do not take cases of questionable liability or minimal injury — and we prepare every case we accept for trial, supported by a network of medical experts.
International air travel claims governed by the Montreal Convention — passenger death and injury on international flights. The treaty imposes strict liability up to a defined limit, special multi-forum jurisdiction provisions, and a two-year limitations period. Miami's role as an international hub puts these cases on our doorstep.
Assaults, shootings, stabbings, and sexual violence at parking lots, apartments, hotels, resorts, retail centers, banks, and nightclubs. Property owners owe a duty of reasonable safety to their invitees — and bear responsibility when foreseeable harm goes unprevented.
Commercial and residential building accidents, elevator failures, defective maintenance, sidewalk hazards. Florida law favors property owners; these cases require prompt scene investigation, witness interviews, and engineering experts before evidence disappears.
Catastrophic collisions involving 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers, and commercial trucks. These cases turn on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, electronic logging data, and the chain of liability among driver, motor carrier, cargo loader, and equipment manufacturer. The injuries are typically severe, the available coverage substantial, and the most important evidence — driver logs, ECM data, and dashcam footage — disappears quickly without prompt preservation.
When a death results from another's negligence, the personal representative of the estate may pursue a wrongful death action. We help families navigate the immediate legal questions that follow a loss while building a case that fully accounts for economic and human damages.
Trial Attorney · Personal Injury · Maritime · Aviation · Wrongful Death
Garrett Biondo is a second-generation Florida attorney. His trial practice centers on personal injury, maritime, aviation, products liability, negligent security, and wrongful death litigation. He has tried dozens of personal injury matters to verdict in courts throughout the state.
A Miami native, Mr. Biondo earned a degree in finance from The University of Texas at Austin, studied economics at Cambridge University, and graduated from the University of Miami School of Law on a Dean's Merit Scholarship. He founded The Biondo Law Firm in 2004 to focus on a small number of significant matters.
Beyond the firm, Mr. Biondo has held senior leadership roles in the legal community at the local, state, and national levels. He is a Past President of the Miami-Dade County Bar Association — Florida's largest voluntary bar, with more than 4,000 active members — and is also a Past President of its Young Lawyers Section. He served two consecutive terms on the Board of the Florida Justice Association and is also a Past President of its Young Lawyers Section. He has also served on the Boards of the Miami-Dade Justice Association and the New Lawyers Division of the American Association of Justice.
He lives in Coral Gables with his wife, Karoline, and their three children: Gunnar, Astrid, and Axel.
Mr. Biondo is a Miami native committed to playing an active role in the city he grew up in — through service to legal aid, civic boards, and programs supporting at-risk children and the indigent.
The firm believes there are many ways to make a difference in a community: financial support, volunteering, and partnerships with non-profit organizations. Throughout his career, Mr. Biondo has helped pioneer initiatives and support local programs aimed at the social issues affecting at-risk children and underserved populations across South Florida.
He has spent countless hours in leadership roles within legal and public organizations throughout the state — and believes that this collaboration with other community leaders has, in turn, sharpened the firm's thinking on behalf of its clients.
When he sets his briefcase down, Mr. Biondo answers to a different title around Miami: "Coach Garrett" — earned over years on the sidelines of the Pinecrest Premiere Soccer League and the Tamiami Basketball League, where he has coached and mentored hundreds of children; most importantly, his own.
Most of our work arrives by way of attorney referral — often cases that other firms have declined for financial or procedural reasons. We welcome the opportunity to talk with you and your client about how we can help.
Many referring attorneys choose to stay involved as participating counsel. We make that easy. In every referral, we pay a portion of the contingency fee to the referring or participating firm, fully consistent with the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar. Terms are documented in the representation agreement.
Practical answers to the questions we field most often. None of this is legal advice — every case turns on its own facts.
The firm works on a contingency basis. You owe nothing unless and until we recover a verdict or settlement on your behalf, at which point the firm takes an agreed percentage of the recovery and reimburses case costs from it.
Contingency fees in Florida personal injury cases are regulated by the Florida Bar. The exact terms — percentages, costs, and any participating-counsel arrangement — are spelled out in the representation agreement before any work begins.
No. Any referral or participation fee is paid out of the gross contingency fee — you pay no additional money. These arrangements are governed by the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar and are documented in the representation agreement.
To ensure you are fully compensated under the law for your injuries. The fact that so much of our work comes from former clients and referring attorneys — repeatedly, over years — is the metric we are most proud of.
Each case is assigned a small team: an attorney, a paralegal, and a legal secretary. The paralegal and secretary support the attorney in gathering evidence, records, and case facts. The team works together to make sure nothing is missed.
Anyone on your case team is glad to answer questions. Our attorneys are sometimes out of the office for depositions, hearings, and other case matters. If you leave a message, we aim to return calls within 48 hours unless you've been told otherwise.
It varies widely. Personal injury matters typically resolve in twelve to eighteen months, though some take significantly longer if the case is litigated.
Court backlogs and the complexity of the underlying facts also affect the timeline.
Every personal injury case is different. Two questions drive value: liability (can we prove the defendant's negligence caused the injury?) and damages (what has been lost?).
Damages can include past and future medical expenses, past lost wages and diminished earning capacity, pain and suffering, and — in spousal cases — loss of consortium.
You do. The decision is always the client's. We will give you our honest assessment of any settlement offer — whether we think it's fair, what we think you'd face at trial, and where the genuine uncertainties lie — but the final call is yours.
A settlement guarantees a result and removes trial risk. A trial may produce more, less, or nothing. If we cannot reach an acceptable settlement, we have the experience and resources to take the case to verdict.
If we cannot reach an acceptable resolution, we file suit. Filing a lawsuit does not mean trial is inevitable — cases settle before, during, and even after trial. But filing puts the case in a posture where the defense knows we mean business.
Most civil cases settle before trial. A small percentage do not. We prepare every case as though it will be tried — that preparation is what gives the firm its leverage in negotiation, and it is what allows us to perform if a trial does become necessary.
Keep us fully informed. Tell us everything — the helpful facts and the difficult ones. Most negative facts in a case can be managed by the lawyer; an unpleasant surprise at trial cannot.
Let us know about any change of address, marital status, employment, treating physician, or new accident or injury that arises during the case.
If you've been seriously injured — or are seeking counsel after the loss of a loved one — we'll listen, evaluate the matter, and tell you honestly whether and how we can help.