B. Shannon Saunders

B. SHANNON SAUNDERS founded the Law Office of B. Shannon Saunders in 2005 and has been helping injured clients secure top verdicts and settlements for over 20 years throughout the states of Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi, especially in his local communities of the Florida Panhandle, including Jackson, Holmes, Washington, Calhoun, and Bay Counties.

Shannon has been named a Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer in Florida by the National Trial Lawyers, an honor given only to a select group of lawyers. He is a longstanding member of the Florida Justice Association, Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, and American Association for Justice.

Shannon has secured multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts for his clients, including cases involving wrongful death and personal injuries due to the negligence of others. Shannon has obtained top results for his clients injured in automobile collisions involving semi-trucks, buses, trolleys, motorcycles, ATVs, and boats. Shannon has also successfully asserted and litigated complex claims against road construction companies, engineering firms, electric utility companies, cities, counties, hospitals, pharmacies, product manufacturers, stores, and restaurants/bars.

Before opening his practice, Shannon was a trial lawyer for one of the nation’s largest personal injury law firms, the Cochran Firm, where he secured numerous top settlements and verdicts for his injured clients, including a record verdict of $25 million in the State of Alabama against a negligent bar that over-served alcohol to a customer who caused a DUI automobile accident which resulted in death.

Shannon is licensed to practice law in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi.

Education

• J.D., cum laude, Nova Southeastern University, 1999
• B.A., Auburn University, 1996

Other Professional Experience

• Adjunct professor, Chipola College

Memberships

• Florida, 1999
• Alabama, 2000
• Mississippi, 2002
• Federal District Courts
• U.S. District Court of Appeals, 5th District

Community Involvement

• Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors
• Chipola College Appreciation Club, Board of Directors