James is a Orlando personal injury attorney, Florida. After graduating from high School he attended Stetson University and graduated with a Bachelors of Business Administration degree while majoring in Accounting. After graduation James obtained his CPA certificate then went on to law School at the University of Miami and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1995. While at UM Law he found his passion as he excelled in classes that focused on representation of victims who were injured in accident (Tort Law).
James has always only represented injury victims in Florida and has tried well over 100 cases before judges and juries throughout the State of Florida over the past 28 years. He is a car accident lawyer who also handles truck accidents, uber accidents, workers’ compensation cases, wrongful death, brain injuries, and more. He has won verdicts up to $10,000,000.00 and been awarded the honor of being a Member of the Million Dollar Advocates and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates which less than 1% of personal injury attorneys in America have obtained.
James and his late brother, Christian Payer (1967-2019), founded Payer Law Personal Injury Lawyers more than 25 years ago with the purpose of providing legal representation to injury victims with a hands on personal approach in the legal landscape that was quickly changing to large firms where the clients were treated like just another number in their high volume practice.
In memory of his late brother Chris, James still strives to treat all Payer Law Personal Injury Lawyers clients like family by providing them with the aggressive legal representation they need with the personal attention that they deserve.
