Rewriting the playbook on client advocacy.
Alonso Patel PLLC · Managing Partner
Founding partner of Alonso Patel PLLC. Trial lawyer handling high-stakes litigation, crisis management, and complex disputes.
From the courtroom to the boardroom, he protects what matters most when everything is on the line.
From bet-the-company cases to reputation-defining moments, he goes all in for his clients.
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Ricky K. Patel is the founding partner of Alonso Patel PLLC (AP LAW). Formerly Of Counsel at Akerman LLP, he advises on complex state and federal litigation, class actions, mass torts, arbitration, and sensitive extortion and crisis-management matters.
Before founding Alonso Patel, he was Of Counsel at Akerman LLP and a name partner at Farrell & Patel. Courtroom advocacy, and quiet counsel when a matter cannot be public.
Class actions, wrongful death, product liability, criminal defense, insurance disputes, and representation where discretion matters as much as the result.
Represented more than 3,500 corporate victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill — municipalities, government agencies, hotels, and tourism businesses across the Gulf Coast — in what became the largest class action in U.S. history.
Akerman announcementRepresented the whistleblower and victims in matters arising from sexual assault of students by collegiate athletes at Baylor University — work featured on 60 Minutes.
Successfully settled a class action against one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers.
Defense counsel in the 2015 criminal trial of the Florida State running back — one of the most closely watched college football trials of the decade — which ended in a unanimous not-guilty verdict in under 30 minutes.
Sports Illustrated ABC NewsRepresented the Government of Puerto Rico in property-damage insurance disputes after the storm, and helped create Bill 1645 — the law that established bad-faith and statutory-fee protections for policyholders in Puerto Rico.
Represented the Hall of Fame NFL player in a 2020 lawsuit in which the accuser’s lawyer was ordered to pay Sapp’s legal fees.
Page SixSuccessfully resolved the 2023 wrongful-death matter on behalf of the family. Beyond the settlement, the boat’s captain was arrested and convicted of manslaughter.
Good Morning AmericaMore than $2.5 million given since 2010. Over 890,000 meals and 34,000 Bags of Hope delivered to children and foster youth. And some 200 volunteer hours, every year, for more than fifteen years.
Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees and current board member.
Hospital NewsVice Chairman of the Board, helping lead the work of granting life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses.
Make-A-WishFounder and chairman of the family foundation since 2013 — Bags of Hope for foster youth, meals for orphanages in Haiti and Honduras, and relief for children in crisis.
ITS4THEKIDSCreated in 2020 through Its 4 the Kids so Miami police officers can deliver essentials in underserved neighborhoods and strengthen police-community trust.
ITS4THEKIDSCo-founded in Gressier, Haiti, after Hurricane Matthew in 2016. He serves as president and guardian to 42 children.
Brickell MagazineVice Chairman of the Board of Advisors, co-founder of STU Law Young Alumni, and founder of the Pay It Forward Scholarship.
STU SpotlightHospitality
Platform Sports, PARA, Club House, and Infused in Charlotte; The Cincinnatian Hotel; Bella Surf Inn in Isabela, Puerto Rico; and Home2 Suites by Hilton Weston in Fort Lauderdale.
Holding company
The holding company behind his portfolio of businesses.
Grooming
Thirty-two gentlemen’s barbershops across South Florida. thespotbarbershop.com
Technology
Creator of the Intelligent Smoke Detector System; U.S. patent recipient, 2017. fortdevice.com
As seen on
Featured appearances on 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, and across major national media.
Speaking
Keynotes, commencement addresses, and industry summits.
Commencement speaker · Sept. 14
Contact
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