Tori Simmons

Practice Areas

Litigation

Professional Liability

Antitrust & Trade Regulation

Bankruptcy Litigation

Class Action & Complex Mass Tort

Intellectual Property Litigation

Securities & Shareholder Litigation

Career

Tori focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation. She represents clients in a variety of business disputes and class action litigation in state and federal court. In addition to her general commercial litigation practice, Tori represents individuals and firms in professional liability matters.

Tori is actively involved in the community and serves on the Board of Directors for Feeding Tampa Bay, a nonprofit providing food to over 1 million food insecure families in the 10-county area of West Central Florida. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Bay Area Legal Services, which provides free civil legal services to low-income Tampa Bay area residents. Tori also devotes a significant amount of time to pro bono service, representing Tampa residents in civil rights, family law, guardian advocacy, and domestic violence matters. She also represents teens in foster care through Crossroads for Florida Kids.

Tori serves as the firm's Assistant General Counsel and she is also active in several professional associations, including the National Association of Women Lawyers and the Defense Research Institute National Steering Committee for Commercial Litigation.

Professional Memberships

Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Awards Committee: Co-Chair (2020 - present)

Feeding Tampa Bay: Board Member (2019 - present)

Trinity Cafe: Board of Directors (2017 - 2019)

Crossroads for Florida Kids: Pro Bono Attorney ad litem (2016 - present)

Bay Area Legal Services: Board of Directors (2023)

Bay Area Legal Services Volunteer Lawyers Program

Pro Bono Attorney (2014 - present)

Board of Directors (2019 - present)

Domestic Violence Assistance Project: Pro Bono Attorney (2016 - present)

H.E.L.P. (Homeless Experience Legal Protection): Volunteer coordinator (2014 - Present)

DRI National Steering Committee for Commercial Litigation: Substantive Law Groups Chair