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The Coye Law Firm Attorney Profiles
Firm Overview ♦ Wade Coye's Biography ♦ Attorneys ♦ Case Managers ♦ Interns ♦ Orlando location
At The Coye Law Firm, our attorneys and staff devote their work to counseling individuals on the diverse legal issues related to personal injury—including workers’ compensation, probate administration, and social security disability. Contact our central Florida offices for accomplished legal expertise from a personal injury lawyer.
Wade Coye is the son of a fourth generation dairy farmer from upstate New York. He graduated from the State University of New York at Morrisville with an Associate of Arts degree. He proceeded to the State University of New York at Buffalo and obtained a Bachelors of Arts. He attended law school at the State University of New York at Buffalo, receiving a Juris Doctor, cum laude. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1989 and to the District of Columbia Bar in 2008.
Coye has a background in politics; serving in various capacities of state, local and congressional campaigns. In Washington, D. C. he was on the staff of Hon. Gerald B. Solomon, Congressman from Glens Falls, New York. He also served on the campaign staff of Hon. George C. Wortley, Congressman from Syracuse, New York.
Mr. Coye served in the United States Army, Infantry, 1/41st Infantry Battalion, 2nd Armored Division, and was part of the team initially testing the Bradley fighting vehicle. His military experience makes him knowledgeable when it comes to veteran's affairs. The Coye Law Firm routinely and aggressively handles employment cases involving discrimination based on military service.
He began his legal career with a large commercial law firm. His work included handling work on behalf of the Resolution Trust Corporation, products liability, directors and officers liability, and other commercial matters. In 1991, Mr. Coye formed the Coye Law Firm as a consumer focused practice handling personal injury, workers compensation, wrongful death, and insurance claims. He was an early adapter of computer technology and the internet; appearing on one of the first national lists of lawyers using the internet. His continuing interest in technology led him to develop a custom database to increase efficiency and accuracy in his service to clients.
The firm has enjoyed outstanding resolution of various client matters. Cases have included successful suits against a major theme park in the Orlando area, utility companies, construction companies and major insurance carriers. The Coye Law Firm has obtained million dollar recoveries in catastrophic injury cases and has successfully handled appeals to the First and Fifth District Court of Appeals as well as the Florida Supreme Court. It has additionally tried cases to a successful verdict in Circuit court and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
The Coye Law Firm routinely handles administrative matters including workers compensation and social security disability. Additionally, it handles routine legal matters involving small businesses and probate.
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Daniel E. Smith II is an attorney whose practice areas include personal injury, social security disability, workers compensation, employment disputes, ERISA, USERRA, litigation, and appellate cases. Mr. Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois to a middle class family. His father worked in the factory industry and his mother was in the service industry. Mr. Smith's passion for justice started at an early age. Even as a child, he was known for protecting people and standing up for what is right. His interest in law grew naturally out of this fierce integrity, even having aspirations to become a police officer at one point.
He was raised in Orlando and graduated from Edgewater High School, which is down the street from the Coye Law Firm's College Park location. At Edgewater, he was active in sports, including wrestling, football, weightlifting, and track and field. Mr. Smith was number one in his college and earned his undergraduate degree in legal studies with a minor in criminal justice from the University of Central Florida.
Mr. Smith chose to pursue law because he knew that the work of past attorneys helped people, including his own father, on a large scale. Without the enterprising plaintiff's attorneys of the past, factories, products, and services would not be as safe as they are today. Dan started an internship at the Coye Law Firm in 2000 while he was still an undergraduate student and worked as a case manager in litigation.
He began work towards a Juris Doctor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. At UF, he served as Editor in Chief of the university's Journal of Law and Public Policy and interned for the Honorable Martha Ann Lott, Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Alachua County. Mr. Smith performed his clinical training at the Gator Team Child Juvenile Law Clinic. During summer breaks from law school, Mr. Smith returned to the Coye Law Firm as a law clerk. He worked on several projects, such as appellate cases, litigation, and workers' compensation. He graduated from the Levin College of Law with magna cum laude honors and was invited to become a member of the prestigious Order of the Coif.
He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2005. Mr. Smith enjoys being an attorney because of the many different people he meets and helps on a daily basis. He appreciates the opportunity to help change someone's life or circumstances in the course of their case. He finds that clients and cases are always different, their experiences are valuable, and their conversation is intriguing.
When he gets away from his busy work schedule, Mr. Smith enjoys spending time with his family. He recently married his college sweetheart and the couple make it a priority to have breakfast every Sunday morning with his extended family. He likes lifting weights, traveling, watching movies, and reading.
