Attorney Profiles

Ron Cabaniss received his B.S. from Ohio State University in 1967. After his first year of law school, he joined the Air Force and served as a pilot. After completing military service, he returned to the Ohio State University College of Law and graduated cum Iaude in 1974.

Mr. Cabaniss entered practice with the Ohio law firm of Fuller, Henry, Hodge & Snyder, where his practice ranged from ERISA compliance to business litigation. In 1976, he joined the Orlando firm of Pitts, Eubanks, Ross and Rumberger, specializing in the defense of personal injury actions. In 1978, Mr. Cabaniss became a founding partner of Rumberger, Kirk, Caldwell & Cabaniss where he continued the defense of serious personal injury cases, primarily representing manufacturers of automobiles and aircraft. He resigned from that firm in September 1991 to become a founding member of our team.

Mr. Cabaniss' career has focused on the trial of high exposure personal injury cases for clients such as Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor America, Medtronic, Inc., and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

In March of 1999, Mr. Cabaniss was named one of Florida's Top 10 Litigators by the NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL.  This was followed in October, 1999 when Mr. Cabaniss was nationally recognized by the NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL in its article entitled 'Strategies from Ten of the Nation's Top Litigators.'  Mr. Cabaniss was again recognized in July, 2001 by the NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL and was featured as one of the nations leading litigators.