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Michael received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Florida in 2006, and his law degree from Barry University’s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law in 2012. Prior to and during law school, Michael was employed with Sedgwick Claims Management Services as a workers’ compensation adjuster, handling complex lost time and litigated claims in Florida and the Carolinas. Michael is licensed to practice law in Florida.

I have been representing injured Floridians since 1999.  My practice is maily focused on first reponders throughout the state in matters relating to the Heart Bill Presuption as well as Pensionon Disability and Personal Injury.

Geoff Bichler is the founding member and managing partner of Bichler & Longo, PLLC and represents first responders around the State of Florida with work related disability issues. Mr. Bichler received both his M.A. and J.D. from the University of Miami and has been handling workers’ compensation and pension matters for firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians and correctional officers for more nearly thirty years.. Mr. Bichler speaks frequently to first responder groups, lawyers, and law school classes about the unique occupational health and safety issues facing first responders and special legislation protecting these groups. With a unique focus on First Responder occupational injury and disease, Mr. Bichler and his firm have played a prominent role in many of the most significant cases involving heart disease, hypertension, PTSD, cancer, and repetitive trauma injuries in these populations. In 2016 two of the firm’s cases involving First Responders resulted in findings that Florida workers’ compensation law was unconstitutional and in 2018 an adverse decision related to PTSD coverage for a client of the firm provided an impetus for successful legislative action.. Mr. Bichler spends a great deal of time in Tallahassee supporting legislation specific to first responders and was instrumental in the passage of the PTSD bill for Florida first responders during the 2018 legislative session. He continues to work for the passage of legislation that will make certain types of cancer presumptively work-related in fire service, and for positive legislation that will enhance benefits and improve safety and wellness for injured workers more generally.. Mr. Bichler is a member of the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group, the Executive Council of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, and Florida Workers Advocates. He was also recently appointed to the Board of Directors for Kids Chance Florida which provides scholarships for children of parents who suffer catastrophic work injuries. He has been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers in America, is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, and has appeared in both Florida Trend’s Legal Elite Edition and Orlando Magazine’s Best Lawyers Edition for the last fifteen years. Mr. Bichler was named Claimant “Lawyer of the Year” for 2014 and 2017 in the State of Florida.. When he is not practicing law Mr. Bichler enjoys travel, sports, and time with his family.

Dan DeCiccio. Over 30 years of litigation experience. The goal is money in the client's pocket. Compensation means matching with money the client's harms and losses. Some of the greatest American documents, the Declaration of Independence (Jefferson), the United States Constitution (Madison) and the Emancipation Proclamation (Lincoln) were penned by lawyers. My thinking was who would not want to be part of that proud tradition.  I chose to be a lawyer. As a lawyer, one could make a difference, help people; history proved that to be true.. I was born and raised in North Providence, Rhode Island, was graduated from the University of Rhode Island and obtained a law degree at the New England School of Law  in Boston, Massachusetts.  Having passed the state bar examinations of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Florida, I married Sheila, and we moved to central Florida in 1982 where I have been practicing law ever since.. Over the last 30 years my law practice has focused mainly on the prosecution and defense of civil matters in the area of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, motor vehicle accident, workers' compensation and employment matters. I received board certification in workers’ compensation law in 1989.. Early on in my law practice I represented a man who suffered a serious workers' compensation spinal cord injury and obtained a good and fair recovery for him. In handling his case I befriended an expert, Mike, who was actually hired by the other side in the case. Mike was a quadriplegic and owned a rehabilitation company that catered to spinal cord patients like him and my client. Spending time with Mike at his home and in his specially equipped van exposed me to what a catastrophic injury does to a person and how an injury changes a person's life. As a side note, Mike had been a Navy SEAL before his injury so Mike's journey was itself a very difficult one.. Mike became one of my closest friends, and he introduced me firsthand to the challenges faced by brain injured and spinal cord clients. Mike and clients that share catastrophic injuries are, in my way of thinking, heroes; every day just the little things we take for granted, like getting out of bed or eating, are performed by such folks (or for them) with a great deal of effort and difficulty and without complaint, praise or reward.. Ever since then, fighting for spinal cord and brain injured clients has been the most rewarding part of my law practice. These folks are the most seriously injured and need the hands of an experienced lawyer to guide them through a legal system that would otherwise present insurmountable obstacles.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Maitland and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Maitland and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Maitland and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Maitland and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Maitland and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Maitland and surrounding areas.

Experienced Workers Compensation attorney serving clients in Maitland and surrounding areas.