Eric Czelusta, Esq., is also a partner at the Patient’s Law Firm, P.A., located in Pinellas County, Florida where he represents patients injured by medical malpractice and nursing home abuse. He attended undergrad at Florida Atlantic University, where he maintained a 4.0 grade point average. In 1995, Mr. Czelusta earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and then proceeded to enroll in law school. As a law student at Florida State University, and with the goal of ultimately becoming a trial lawyer, Mr. Czelusta participated in the State Attorney’s trial externship program where he tried seven jury trials as a law student. After graduating cum laude from The Florida State University College of Law in 1998, Mr. Czelusta continued to work at improving his litigation and trial skills as an Assistant State Attorney in Escambia County and later Palm Beach County. As a prosecutor, Mr. Czelusta tried over 50 jury trials to verdict ranging from misdemeanors to life felonies.

In 2000, Mr. Czelusta joined a prominent medical malpractice defense law firm in Palm Beach County, and for the next 11 years he represented physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers in the defense of medical malpractice lawsuits. In 2011, Mr. Czelusta joined a large and well known Pinellas County law firm where he managed that firm’s medical malpractice department and continued his litigation and trial practice representing people who had been injured by medical negligence. Along the way, Eric Czelusta also earned a Florida Bar Board Certification in Civil Trial Law. He has also earned an AV rating by Martindale Hubble through its peer review process. Mr. Czelusta is licensed to practice law in Florida and in Texas

Mr. Czelusta joined Christa Carpenter, RN, Esq., at the Patient’s Law Firm in 2019 where they continue to represent patients injured and families of those killed by medical and nursing home negligence at every stage of litigation from inception to trial. Over the years, Ms. Carpenter and Mr. Czelusta fought to earn over $70,000,000 in settlements and verdicts for their clients in medical malpractice and nursing home abuse cases.