Joseph Camerlengo

Joseph V. Camerlengo Jr., B.C.S.

The Truck Accident Law Firm

888-511-TRUCK (7872)

www.TruckCrashLaw.com

Joe Camerlengo is a founding partner of The Truck Accident Law Firm where he maintains a nationwide trial practice specializing in the areas of serious personal injury and wrongful death caused by trucking, bus and commercial motor vehicle crashes.  He is extremely hardworking and a relentless advocate for his clients.  Joe is board certified in truck accident law by the National Board of Trial Advocates and board certified in civil trial law by both the Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocates.  Joe is a member of ABOTA, has achieved a preeminent AV rating by Martindale Hubbell and has been voted a Florida Super Lawyer in Civil Trial and Personally Injury Law every year since 2008. He has also been selected as a National Trial Lawyer Top 10 Trucking attorney. 

Joe is passionate about making our roads safer by pursuing, and helping other attorneys pursue, brokers, shippers, bad trucking companies and dangerous truck drivers. Joe dedicates time to spreading highway safety messages in hopes of preventing crashes. He uses his podcast called Joe Knows Trucks and the firm’s YouTube channel to educate anyone willing to listen about safe driving, advanced safety measures, autonomous vehicles, and other safety related messages. Joe and the firm have sponsored and participated in side underride demonstrations to raise awareness that large CMVs must have side underride guards. Joe has spoken on equipping commercial motor vehicles with driver and forward facing dash cameras, automatic emergency braking, and higher insurance limits. He is keeping up and speaking an autonomous commercial vehicles, smart roads, and the use of artificial intelligence in vehicles.

Joe remains actively involved in the leading trucking litigation attorney organizations. Joe is a past President of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, Past Chair of the Florida Justice Association’s Trucking and CMV Crash Section, and Past Chair of the American Association for Justice Bus Litigation Group. Currently Joe serves as an officer and executive board member for the American Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group, on the Board of Regents for the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, and serves on the board of the National Board of Trial Advocates and the National Board of Trucking Trial Advocates. Joe speaks all over the country on issues relating to handling trucking crash cases and advanced trial techniques. He has been a repeat speaker for the American Association for Justice, the Florida Justice Association, the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, the 360 Advocacy programs, Trial Lawyers University, Trial School, Case Analysis, Trial Lawyer Nation, and many other trial lawyer organizations.  

Joe began his legal career defending insurance companies and corporations for 7 years before founding the Camerlengo Law Group in 2001 to focus on civil justice. He has been representing plaintiffs in serious injury and death cases since then and enjoys the challenge of taking on large corporations and insurance companies. In 2014, Joe and his team joined Coker, Shickel, Sorenson, Posgay, Camerlengo & Iracki. In 2017, Joe left that firm and joined forces with leading trucking trial attorneys Michael Leizerman and Joe Fried to form The Truck Accident Law Firm, handling trucking crash cases all over the country with their main office in Jacksonville, Florida. 

Joe is a double Gator, having received his B.S.B.A. in Finance in 1991 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1994, both with honors. Joe has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1994 and is also admitted to the United States District Court, for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida and the Unites States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.  He has handled high profile cases throughout the country via pro hac admissions, including California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, and more. 

Joe is actively involved in the Florida and Jacksonville Bar and his community. He is a recognized leader on diversity and inclusion issues.  Joe served on the Florida Bar’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee for years, serving as chairman in 2011-2012. He is a Past President of the Jacksonville Bar Association. Joe also supports several charitable and community organizations such as the Institute for Safer Trucking, the Tim Tebow Foundation, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund, the St. Augustine Catholic Diocese, and Leadership Jacksonville. Joe has served for years on the Jacksonville Host Committee for Florida's Children First.  He enjoys coaching kids’ sports, playing golf, working out, surfing and, most importantly, spending time with his wife and their daughters.

Joe can be reached at [email protected]

Additional Information:

EDUCATION

University of Florida

Warrington College of Business, B.S.B.A. in Finance with honors (1991)

Levin College of Law, Juris Doctorate with honors (1994)

CERTIFICATIONS

Board Certified in Truck Accident Law, National Board of Trial Advocates

Board Certified in Civil Trial Practice, The Florida Bar

Board Certified in Civil Trial Practice, National Board of Trial Advocates

BAR ADMISSIONS

Florida Bar, member since 1994

Board Certified in Civil Trial since 2011

U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida

U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATIONS: 

Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys

President (2018 – 2019)

Vice President (2017-2018)

Board of Regents (2016 – present)

Executive Board (2016 – 2020)

National Board of Trial Advocates

Chair of the Standards Committee (2024 – present)

Board Member (2016-present)

National Board of Trucking Trial Advocates

Board Member (2016-present)

National Trial Lawyers Top 100

Top 10 Trucking Attorney (2017 – present)

American Association for Justice, Interstate Trucking Litigation Group

Chair Elect (2023-2024)

Vice Chair (2022-2023)

Secretary (2020-2022)

Treasurer (2019-2020)

Education Chair (2018-2019)

Membership Chair (2017-2018)

Executive Board (2017 – present)

AAJ Truck Litigation College Co-Chair (2018)

Vision Zero Committee (2016-present)

Side Underride Committee (2015-present)

Florida Justice Association,

Trucking Litigation Section Co-Chair (2016-2022)

Eagle Member, since 2006

American Association for Justice, Bus Litigation Group

           Chair (2020-2021)

Chair Elect (2019-2020)

Executive Board (2016 – 2021)

American Board of Trial Advocates, 2015-present

Jacksonville Bar Association, since 1994

Chair - Diversity Committee (2010-2011)

President (2008-2009)

Founder, Diversity Symposium (2009)

President-Elect (2007-2008)

Board of Governors (2000-2006)

Co-Chair, Entertainment and Sports Law Committee (2004-2005)

Foundation Advisory Committee (2001-2005)

President, Young Lawyers Section (2000-2001)

President-Elect, Young Lawyers Section (1999-2000)

Secretary, Young Lawyers Section (1998-1999)

Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Section (1996-1998)

Sports Commissioner, Young Lawyers Section (1994-1996)

Founder, 4^th Judicial Circuit Trial Docket (2000-2001)

Florida Bar Association, since 1994

Florida Bar Grievance Committee (2017-2021)

Executive Council, Florida Bar Standing Committee on Diversity & Inclusion (2010-2018)

Chairman, President's Special Statewide Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (2011-2012)

Appointed to President's Special Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (2010)

American Bar Association, since 1994

American Association for Justice, since 2001

           Leaders Forum (2014 – Present)

Jacksonville Justice Association, since 2001 

Treasurer (2006-2009)

Secretary (2005)

University of Florida Bull Gator, Since 2006

Frequent CLE Presenter on Trucking, Advanced Depositions, and Trial Strategies

Certified NFL Agent (2000-2005)

RECOGNITIONS

Martindale Hubbell AV Rated

National Trucking Lawyers Top 10, 2017-present

National Trial Lawyers of the Year Top 100; 2012-present

Florida Super Lawyer, Plaintiff's Personal Injury & Civil Trial; 2008-present

Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, 2014 to present

AVVO Superb Rating - 10 out of 10; 2008-present

Leadership Jacksonville, Class of 2010

Jacksonville Business Journal, 40 under 40, 2009

Florida Justice Association Bronze Eagle Award, 2008

Million Dollar Trial Advocates, Member since 2003

CIVIC ACTIVITIES:

Jacksonville Football Club Soccer Coach (2014-present)

Assumption Catholic School League Soccer Coach (2011-2019)

Arlington Football Club Soccer Coach (2010-2014)

Leadership Jacksonville, Class of 2010

Jacksonville Host Committee, Florida’s Children First (2004-present)

Jacksonville Area Legal Aid

Sulzbacher Center

REPRESENTATIVE CASES:

Rear End Tractor Trailer Crash Wrongful Death: Judgment $24.6 Million

Head On Collision With Tractor Trailer Wrongful Death: Settled $24 Million

Tractor Trailer strikes disabled vehicle causing Death and injuries: Settled $17.25 million

Port Yard Tractor Wrongful Death: Settled $15.5 Million

Tractor Trailer Rearends Disabled Vehicle Wrongful Death: Settled $11.8 Million

Rear End Crash By SUV Neck and Back Injuries: Jury Verdict $11.6 Million

Pedestrian killed by Tractor Trailer: Settled $10 Million

Tractor Trailer Wrongful Death in Bad Road Construction: Settled $8.8 Million Total Recovery

Passenger Vehicle Rear Ends Improperly Parked Tractor Trailer - Death: Settled $7.5 million

Tractor Trailer Vs. Motorcycle Serious Injury: Settled $6 Million Policy Limits

Broker Liability for Unsafe Trucking Company: Settled $6 Million

10 Level Spinal Fusion: Judgment $5.86 Million

Vehicle Rearends Improperly Stopped Truck on Interstate Amputation: Settled $5.5 million

Shipper Liability For Trucking Rear End Fatal Crash: Settled $5 Million

Passenger Vehicle Rear Ends improperly parked Tractor Trailer: C$5 Million

Rear End Collision By Parts Delivery Truck: Jury Verdict $4.85 Million

Tractor Trailer Rear End Collision: Settled $4 Million

Tractor Trailer Head-On Collision Wrongful Death: Settled $3.975 Million

Tractor Trailer Rear End Collision On Interstate: Settled $3.5 Million

Passenger Vehicle Rear Ends improperly parked Tractor Trailer: $3.5 Million

Severed Peroneal Nerve Injury: Settled $3.17 Million

Box Truck side swipes SUV with Spinal Injuries: Settled $3.15 Million

Tractor Trailer Intersection Collision: Settled $3 Million

Pedestrian Vs. Commercial Van Wrongful Death: Settled $2.85 Million

Head On Collision With Limo Van Hip and Back Injuries: Settled $2.65 Million

Tractor Trailer Vs. Motorcycle Wrongful Death: Settled $2.6 Million

Tractor Trailer Tire Came Off: Settled $2.2 Million

Head On Collision With Small CMV: Settled $2.05 Million

Commercial Vehicle Vs. Pedestrian Crash: Settled $2 Million

Rear End Tractor Trailer Crash Spinal Injuries: Settled $1.9 Million

Fatal Bus Vs. Pedestrian Crash: Settled $1.65 Million

Intersection Collision: Settled $1.43 Million

Intersection Collision: Jury Verdict $1.2 Million

Intersection Collision: Jury Verdict $1.1 Million

Commercial Vehicle Crash At Port: Settled $1.1 Million

QUOTE:

“I have been privileged to represent many families that have suffered greatly at the hands of bad tractor trailer companies or overworked commercial truck drivers. The more I know about semis, tractor trailers and their companies, the greater my passion to pursue justice for the harms and losses they cause. Trucking crash experience and trucking industry knowledge is critical to bringing all the parties responsible for putting that dangerous trucking company and truck driver on the road. Do not call a car crash lawyer to handle your trucking case. Our firm specializes in Tractor Trailer and Commercial Vehicle crash cases and has the knowledge, experience and resources to achieve full justice for you and your family, and to hopefully improve safety so that similar crashes do not happen again.”