Dana G. Bradford II

Dana G. Bradford, II is the Managing Partner of the Jacksonville office of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

Mr. Bradford handles commercial litigation of all types, including class actions, as well as insurance and products liability defense, and construction litigation.

Mr. Bradford earned his B.A. degree in 1970 from the University of Florida and his J.D. degree in 1973 from Duke University and was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1973. Mr. Bradford has for many years been recognized as a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Bradford has authored various articles and contributions to journals and treatises during the last 35 years that he has been in the practice of law. He has also spoken frequently to legal and non-legal organizations on a variety of legal subjects, and has on several occasions served as a demonstration trial team and faculty member of the American Board of Trial Advocates’ “Masters in Trial” series. He has been recognized and appeared in many legal source books, including the directory of Florida’s Leading Attorneys, and Florida Super Lawyers 2006, 2007 and 2008, as well as Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in American Law.

Mr. Bradford is a member of the practicing bar of all Federal District Courts in Florida, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to serving The Florida Bar in many capacities, Mr. Bradford has served on appointment by the Florida Supreme Court on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners (including a term as Chairman), The Florida Supreme Court Select Commission for Study of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners and the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. He currently serves by appointment on the Attorney-Client Privilege Task Force of the Florida Bar. Mr. Bradford is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Jacksonville Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates, is a past President of the Jacksonville Association of Defense Counsel and is a Master in the Chester Bedell Inn of Court. He is an alumnus of Leadership Jacksonville and has been active in a variety of community and civic affairs in Jacksonville. He currently serves (and has for the last 6 years) on the Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida.