FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – May 21, 2026 – As Kelley | Uustal Trial Attorneys marks its 20th anniversary, the law firm reflects on two decades defined by taking on the cases that can’t be won, for the families that can’t afford to lose.
For Kelley | Uustal, victories are personal. They mean everything to those who have been wrongfully harmed. And they’re the reason Kelley | Uustal exists. A child who needs round-the-clock care because of a brain injury, a person who can’t work because of a hospital’s negligence, grieving parents searching for the answers that a corporation spent years and millions of dollars to bury. Often, these were people told by other firms that their case could not be won.
Founded in 2006, Kelley | Uustal built its reputation case by case: catastrophic injury, product liability, medical negligence, complex disputes – each one demanding complete commitment. The firm didn’t grow by chasing volume but by going further than anyone else was willing to go.
“We use the term Personal Victories to talk about our clients and cases,” explains Founding Partner John Uustal. “These injuries are personal. What we’re really talking about is someone’s ability to walk, to be present for their family and friends, often their ability to work and even to survive. Every person who walks through our doors deserves everything we have. That’s what we signed up for twenty years ago, and it hasn’t changed.”
That commitment runs through every inch of the firm, where attorneys are known for living out K | U values such as drive all night and put the client first. But, they explain, the culture isn’t driven by policy, it’s driven by the people who built it: “From the beginning of my time here I saw we operated like a family,” said Manny Serra, Managing Partner who joined the firm in 2025. “When a client calls, we answer. When a case needs more, we give more, no questions asked. No one here clocks out mentally. You go home and you’re still thinking about your cases, still asking if there’s something else you can do. That’s not pressure from the top down, that’s just who the people here are. We treat every client the way we’d want our own family treated if they were in that situation.”
Reina Trucchio Williams, Senior Paralegal – and recipient of AIEG’s Paralegal of the Year award – has been with Kelley | Uustal since day one and seen it up close for two decades. “We have clients who would not be alive today if it were not for our firm and the work that we did,” said Trucchio Williams. “Our victories are deeply personal for each and every one of us. I’ve met with families who’ve suffered unimaginable loss and needed a firm to go up against the biggest corporations. We’ve been able to help improve so many lives, to give those families a path forward in a way they wouldn’t have had if they hadn’t come to us.”
The firm is using its 20-year milestone to tell the stories that define it. Throughout the year, Kelley | Uustal will release a series of short films that put the human experience at the center: what it means to fight for someone, what it costs, and what it looks like when you win. You can watch at @KelleyUustal on Instagram and Facebook, and at Kelley-Uustal on LinkedIn.
About Kelley | Uustal
Kelley | Uustal is a trial law firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a national reputation for taking on complex, high-stakes litigation against powerful corporations. The firm has secured numerous precedent-setting victories and multi-million dollar verdicts for clients harmed by corporate negligence and misconduct.
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