Fja Research And Education Foundation

Chris Searcy grew up in trial practice in Miami, hanging around legendary lawyers such as Bill Frates, Larry Stewart, Bill Coleson, Bill Hicks, and J.B Spence, to name but a few.  As a young law student at Stetson University in 1972, he became involved with the predecessor of the Florida Justice Association, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, at an early age, attending seminars and getting early career guidance. And boy what a career he’s had, becoming one of today’s legendary trial lawyers.  Chris Searcy is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an invitation-only group of 100 lawyers.  He has been honored with the Al J. Cone Award for lifetime achievement and the Perry Nichols Award, this association’s highest honor.  He is a past president of the Florida Justice Association, and the association’s seminar on Voir Dire bears his name.But it was the two terrible personal tragedies in his life that caused him to gravitate to representing clients in death cases and is ultimately the passion that fuels hi