Frank L. Toral
Senior Partner
Past President,
Brain Injury
Association of Florida
Since our founding in 1995, we have built our entire practice based on this simple fact: Caring defines who we are and what we do. It is our guiding principle
Biography
Brain Injury Association of Florida President’s Message
A Brain Injury Attorney Who Is A Former President Of The Brain Injury Association Of Florida
Prior to founding Toral & Associates in 1995, traumatic brain injury attorney Frank Toral served as Assistant State Attorney, working in the office of the Broward County State Attorney from 1992-1993, where he tried more than 50 jury trials and had a great deal of direct contact with individuals who had been injured due to the negligence of others. It was during his tenure with the State Attorney’s office that Mr. Toral began to notice a familiar pattern: many people, due to language barriers, social or economic status, had poor access to legal counsel. This realization caused him to take an active interest in helping such individuals, and as a result he left the State Attorney’s office to focus on personal injury law.
He spent the next two years honing his legal skills at a large Hollywood, Florida law firm, and in 1995 decided the time was right to begin his own Fort Lauderdale Law firms. Over time and with hard work Mr. Toral and his partners he turned their practice into one of the most respected law firms in Ft. Lauderdale. Together they expended their practice to include a Tampa personal injury law firm and a Tallahassee law firm which are both “satellite” practices.
Mr. Toral is a graduate of Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law School Center, where he earned his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1992. While in law school, Mr. Toral successfully competed in several national and local trial and appellate competitions. Prior to attending law school, he received his Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Florida in 1989.
Mr. Toral’s affiliations include: He is the immediate Past President and currently serves on the Executive Committee for the Brain Injury Association of Florida; Member, Sarah Jane Brain Project National Legal Advisory Board; University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Advisory Board; Member. His professional associations include: Eagle Member, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers;
Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Broward County Bar Association; Cuban American Bar Association, Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Guest speaker at Educational Conference hosted by HEALTHSOUTH & Florida Institute for Neurological Rehabilitation, Inc.; Educational speaker, Broward Association of Rehab Nurses ; Co-sponsor and educational speaker, Florida Healthcare Social Workers Association; Co-sponsor and speaker, Pediatric Neurotrauma Conference; Featured speaker: Brain Injury Association of Florida annual conference. Harvard Business School: Executive Education – Leading Professional Service Firms.
Mr. Toral recently advocated to the Florida Governor’s Commission on Disabilities on behalf of Brain Injury Association of Florida. He has actively lobbied ranking members of the legislature in our state capitol on behalf of Florida brain injury survivors and their families.
Mr. Toral established the Toral Family Foundation which is committed to improving the lives of persons with brain injuries and their families throughout Florida.
The Foundation recently partnered with the University of Florida/College of Medicine, to establish the Toral Family Foundation Professorship in Traumatic Brain Injury, dedicated to research for improving the outcomes of brain injury patients.
Mr. Toral also chairs the planning committee for A Night in the Tropics, an annual fundraising event benefiting Brain Injury Association of Florida. He is a proud sponsor of non-profit organizations dedicated to helping survivors of a brain injury and also continues to be actively involved with Potential Church.
Mr. Toral is admitted to practice by the Florida Bar, United States District Court for the South District of Florida.
Education:
- Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad
- Law Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1992, Juris Doctorate
Honors:
- Several National and Local Trial and Appellate Competitions
- University of Florida, 1989, Bachelor of Science
Major: Political Science
Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Speaker, Educational Conference, Health South & Florida Institute for Neurological Rehabilitation, Inc
- Speaker, Rehab Nurses, Broward Association
- Speaker, Florida Healthcare Social Workers Association
- Speaker, Pediatric Neurotrauma Conference
- Speaker, Annual Conference, Brain Injury Association of Florida
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Brain Injury Association of Florida, Immediate Past President
- Sarah Jane Brain Project Legal Advisory Board, Member
- University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
- Pediatric Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Advisory Board, Member
- Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Eagle Member
- American Association for Justice, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Broward County Bar Association, Member
- Cuban American Bar Association, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, Member