Christos Lagos, Attorney

Christos Lagos is an experienced and accomplished trial lawyer who represents victims injured personally or financially due to the wrongdoing or negligence of others. He focuses on civil claims arising out of automobile accidents, defective products, unsafe premises, and business disputes. Mr. Lagos has tried numerous jury trials as lead trial counsel. He has achieved several multi-million dollar awards and judgments for his clients by settlement agreements and at trial. He is a member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which are prestigious memberships of trial lawyers in the United States who have won million and multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts. Mr. Lagos has received an "AV Preeminent" peer review rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory after a confidential peer review from members of the Bar and Judiciary. According to Martindale-Hubbell, this is the highest rating, indicating "the highest level of legal ability" and "the pinnacle of professional excellence." He has been AV rated since 2004. Mr. Lagos has received the highest rating of "Superb" from the Avvo attorney rating service. Mr. Lagos is listed in South Florida's Top Rated Lawyers, 2012 Edition.

Mr. Lagos began his legal career representing victims of crimes on behalf of the State of Florida as a Prosecutor in Miami-Dade County in 1998. He handled hundreds of cases ranging from traffic fatalities to first-degree and life felonies. He argued before Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Appeals, and tried numerous jury and bench trials as lead counsel with the majority of charges involving violent felonies. Mr. Lagos completed his tenure assigned to the Career Criminal Robbery Division, a specialized trial unit prosecuting violent career criminals. In 2001, Mr. Lagos entered private practice. Since then, he has focused on pursuing justice for injured plaintiffs in civil claims and has successfully litigated, tried, and resolved several large and complex damage cases for his clients against automobile and casualty insurance companies, trucking and transportation corporations, major consumer product and automobile manufacturers, and other entities and corporations.

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury - Plaintiff Automobile Negligence - Plaintiff (Personal Injury Claims) Products Liability - Plaintiff (Personal Injury and Business Loss Claims) Premises Liability - Plaintiff (Personal Injury) Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Complex Damage Claims - Plaintiff

West Practice Categories

Car Accident, Bad Faith Insurance, Wrongful Death, Products Liability, Drugs & Medical Devices, Toxic Torts, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Housing & Construction Defects, Business & Commercial