Paul M. Quin

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

• Environmental Law and General Litigation
• Toxic Torts, Products Liability, and General Tort Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Freedom of Speech
• FELA Litigation
• Railroad Law
• Civil Practice (Music Industry)

EXPERIENCE

Paul Quin is a partner at Saxon, Gilmore, Carraway, Gibbons, Lash & Wilcox, P.A., and concentrates his practice on environmental law, toxic torts, products liability, medical malpractice, freedom of speech and general tort law. Mr. Quin has also focused his practice on FELA litigation and railroad law, and is a past member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.  He has spent many years as a professional drummer and remains active in the music industry. Mr. Quin represents musicians, and particularly drummers, in a number of civil, legal arenas. Mr. Quin received his B.A. degree, with honors, from Manchester University, England in 1990, his M.A. degree in American History from Louisiana State University in 1992, and his J.D. degree, High Distinction, from the University of Iowa, College of Law in 1998 where he also received the Antonia D.J. Miller Award for Contributions to Human Rights.  In 1998, he was admitted to the Missouri Bar, the Western District of Missouri and District of Kansas. Mr. Quin was admitted to the Florida Bar and to the Middle District of Florida in 2001.  He is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the Florida Bar and the Missouri Bar, as well as a member of the American Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Defense Research Institute.

PROFESSIONAL, TRADE AND CIVIC ACTIVITY

• American Bar Association (Litigation Section)
• The Florida Bar (Trial Lawyers Section)
• The Missouri Bar
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (past)
• American Civil Liberties Union
• Defense Research Institute

STATE/COURT ADMISSIONS

• Florida (all state courts)
• U.S. District Court (Middle District of Florida)
• U.S. District Court (Western District of Missouri)
• Missouri (all state courts)
• U.S. District Court of Kansas

EDUCATION

• University of Iowa, College of Law (J.D., Highest Distinction, 1998)
• Louisiana State University (M.A., 1992)
• Manchester University, England (B.A., with honors, 1990)