Dr. Brennan hails from the Carolina’s originally and grew up in a family of four. His mother, Babs was a switchboard operator at the American Red Cross. His father , Bill Sr. , was a salesman for Allis-Chalmers Corp. Having one sister, Barbara, Dr. Brennan had his work cut out for him standing out as she would eventually go on to Ivy league law school and finally become one of our country’s special prosecutors for the United States Department of Justice. “My sister and I are very close but it was a real task to be heard over her while she argued her case in front of my parents at the dinner table” reveals Dr. Brennan.

Dr. Brennan’s love of the living sciences led him to a Bachelors degree in Chemistry from St. Andrew’s Presbyterian College in 1979 and then on to Clemson University for a Masters degree in Biochemistry in 1984. “It was at Clemson that I saw medical research first hand and my research involved outlining neurochemical pathways in the brain. Soon my interest turned to medical practice and away from the laboratory” says Dr. Brennan. He would become accepted later that year into medical school at The University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina.

As a third year student in medical school, Dr. Brennan was introduced to the world of Neurosurgery. “I’ll never forget the first neurosurgery cases I was invited to scrub on. It was a man in his 40’s who fell off a motorcycle and had a skull fracture” recalls Dr. Brennan. “All I can remember is the feeling that I was somewhere I needed to be, doing what I needed to be doing”. Dr. Brennan was awarded the Surgery Medal from the University at graduation and was inducted into the medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha. He was accepted into the Neurosurgery training program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville where he spent the next seven years mastering the field and preparing for private practice. Since then Dr. Brennan has performed over 3000 surgeries and was made a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. He is also a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Joseph DiNardo, Esq. is the Founder of Counsel Financial. He oversees all business transactions and provides overarching direction for the company. Prior to founding Counsel Financial in 2000, Joe practiced mass tort and personal injury law for over 26 years. During his extensive trial career, he represented thousands of injured plaintiffs, obtaining many multi-million dollar settlements and awards on cases tried to verdict. Joe has also lectured for the New York State and American Bar Associations and the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School and has dedicated his time to businesses financing the legal industry since 1998. Joe was featured multiple times in the publication “Best Lawyers in America.”

Ron White is without question one of the top Memory Experts in the world! He is a two-time national memory champion. He won the USA Memory Championship in 2009 and 2010. Ron held the record for the fastest to memorize a deck of shuffled cards in only 1 minute and 27 seconds. He held this record for two years and is a top memory expert. Ron’s desire is not that you see him as the person with the best trained memory, but that he teaches YOU to have the best trained memory! Ron has appeared on Good Morning America, Martha Stewart Show, FOX and Friends, the CBS Evening News, CBS Early Show, FOX and NBC. He has also been written about in newspapers from the New York post to the Dallas Morning News.

Preston J. “PJ” Scheiner is co-author of Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit and recognized as a “Super Lawyer” and named to the Top 40 Under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers.

PJ joined Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Attorneys for the Injured as a trial attorney in 2007. Today, PJ works side-by-side with his father Bruce L. Scheiner, where he aspires to continue the firm’s legacy of compassionate and dedicated service to clients who have been injured by the carelessness or recklessness of others.

He has been recognized for his trial and negotiating skills and has brought numerous cases to resolution through mediation and trial on behalf of the firm and its clients. He is licensed to practice law in all state courts in Florida, as well as the federal court for the Middle District of Florida.

A graduate of Amherst College, Mr. Scheiner attended the University of Miami School of law, where he graduated Cum Laude, and was awarded the John F. Evans Memorial Scholarship for the most outstanding student in litigation skills; the Thomas Ewald Memorial Award Recipient, as the top student in litigation skills who most exemplifies devotion to high standards and ethical conduct; the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Excellent Achievement in the Study of Litigation Skills; and the Dean’s Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Academic Performance in Litigation Skills.
Mr. Scheiner also worked as a certified legal intern at the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office, where he was responsible for prosecuting numerous bench trials.

The National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) awarded the NITA Advocate designation to Mr. Scheiner in 2009. When not in the office, PJ enjoys flying. He is a licensed multi-engine commercial pilot with single and multi-engine instrument privileges and is trained and licensed to fly the Citation Jet series of aircraft.

Education
Amherst College – 2004
University of Miami School of Law – 2007

Bar Admissions
The Florida Bar
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Professional Associations & Recognitions
Florida Justice Association
American Association for Justice
American Trial Lawyers Association
Florida Highway Patrol Advisory Committee
Lee County Bar Association – Chair Torts Practice Section
South West Florida Trial Lawyers Association – Past President
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers Florida
Million Dollar Advocates Forum Life Member
Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum Life Member
SuperLawyers Rising Star Designation: 2010 – 2011, & 2015 – 2017
Multiengine Commercial Pilot with Single and Multiengine Instrument Privileges
Type Rated in CE-525S Twin Turbojet Aircraft

Dustin Herman has been named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyer’s Association and a Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Mr. Herman helped attain a $28.5 million verdict in his first trial and is a co-author of Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit.

Dino Colombo has tried over 100 cases and recovered over 60 million dollars in settlements for his clients in just the past five years. In October 2016, he settled a case for $18,250,00.00 for his client who suffered a traumatic brain injury. He is in the top 100 Trial Lawyers in the state of West Virginia and is a WV Super Lawyer. Mr. Colombo is on the executive committee of the National Trial Lawyers, a Board Member for the Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, and a member of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

Kelly Tanner, located in Concord North Carolina, works with clients nationwide as a Legal Nurse Consultant and Certified Nurse Life Care Planner. As the Founder and President of Tanner Legal Nurse Consulting, Ms. Tanner brings over 16 years of knowledge and experience within the medical field to her consulting practice. She is a licensed Registered Nurse and currently certified in Critical Care Nursing, and Nurse Life Care Planning.

Ms. Tanner is a member of several professional organizations including; American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners (AANLCP®), and American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC). In 2017, she served as President of the West Virginia/Upper Ohio Valley virtual chapter of AALNC.

Ms. Tanner has a passion for teaching and helping others. In her spare time, she functions as the Faith Community Nurse at her church and is an active member of the mission team.

Bob Shepherd is arguably the country’s foremost medical-legal visual consultant and illustrator. He is President & CEO of MediVisuals, the nation’s largest and most experienced medical-legal illustration company.

A Board Certified Medical Illustrator since 1992, Bob graduated with honors from the Medical College of Georgia’s accredited medical illustration graduate program in 1980. For over 30 years, he has been a Professional Member of the Association of Medical Illustrators, is a Fellow in that Association.

Bob’s visual training and abilities, in combination with his vast experience working with many of the nation’s foremost attorneys and experts, allow him to provide cost-effective visual solutions to help solve and communicate issues that span beyond medical issues into all types of litigation. He consults on or reviews more than 700 medically related cases a year, develops visual strategies for demonstrative aids to support case arguments, and works with a staff that includes 13 other accredited medical illustrators.

Bob has illustrated numerous medical textbooks and chapters dealing with a wide variety of subject matter including Brain Injuries, Trauma, Complications of Surgery, Foot and Ankle Injuries & Surgeries, and Gastroenterology. In 2015, he co-authored the chapter “Basic Medicine and Anatomy for the Personal Injury Lawyer” in Anatomy of a Personal Injury Lawsuit, Fourth Edition, edited by John Romano. Bob also co-authored the article “3-D Printing” in the December 2015 issue of TRIAL magazine.

The Association of Medical Illustrators has presented Bob with multiple “Awards of Excellence in Medical-Legal Illustration,” and he has overseen the development of dozens of other award-winning illustrations and animations.

Doug Beam is a trial lawyer, and has been since 1985. He’s handled thousands of personal injury, civil, and criminal cases. Doug understands the importance of taking cases to trial and holding large institutions and corporations accountable for their actions.

Throughout his career, Doug has achieved numerous multi-million dollar verdicts, settlements, and judgments in cases involving brain injuries, deaths, and other catastrophic injuries. On a daily basis, Doug fights against insurance companies and corporations who undervalue his client’s injuries or do not accept any responsibility for the damage done to his clients.

In 2012, Doug helped his clients attain a $28,500,000.00 verdict in a brain injury case, the largest verdict of its kind that year. Before trial, no money was offered by the defendant to settle this case. In 2014, Doug settled a case for a confidential amount where a baby was run over by a commercial vehicle, resulting in brain injuries that will last for the rest of the child’s life. In 2015, Doug represented a man who was hit by a car going 45 miles per hour while he was on his motorcycle sitting at a stop light. The impact launched his client from the motorcyle, with such force that his helmet went off of his head, and suffered facial fractures, broken bones in his arms, shoulder, and chest, and a traumatic brain injury. This case was settled for a confidential amount before trial. While these are just a few recent examples, Doug’s work spans over decades and include motor vehicle collisions, civil rights, trucking, aviation, premises liability, slip/trip and falls, negligent security, nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, and many other personal injury incidents where his clients suffered paralyzation, brain injuries, life-long physical and emotional injuries, or death. Read more about results from Mr. Beam’s cases.

Doug is not afraid to use innovative techniques to try his cases, beginning back in his days as a prosecutor in Brevard County, where he tried one of the first ever DNA prosecutions in the United States and also founded the Child Sexual Abuse Prosecution Unit in Brevard.

Doug was named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers, is AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, is a member of the Melvin M. Belli Society, and is past President of the Brevard County Bar Association.
Doug graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D.) where he was Assistant Editor and Staff Member of the Tennessee Law Review, Editor of “The Forum,” and recipient of the Dean’s Citation for Extraordinary Contributions to the University of Tennessee College of Law.

Locally, Doug is very active with his church. He has been happily married since 1983 and has two sons, Riley, who works with him, and Nathan, an accomplished musician and marketing guru.

A Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from America’s Top 100 Attorneys, Ms. Zwibel is a well-seasoned trial lawyer who focuses on traumatic brain injury and medical malpractice cases throughout the United States. Ms. Zwibel has obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements including the largest mild traumatic brain injury in U.S. history. Two of her jury trials were in the top 100 jury verdicts in the United States.