Angela Rodante
From Tampa Florida Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1996)
Angela Rodante actually began her employment with the firm as a runner in 1985. She returned for a short time as a legal secretary, and later as a law clerk for the firm then known as the Law Offices of Dale Swope, P.A. After graduating from law school, she became an associate attorney in 1997. Ms. Rodante was an associate for six years before becoming Partner in Swope, Rodante P.A. in 2003. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in 1989 from the University of South Florida and her Juris Doctorate in 1996 from Widener University, School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware.
Ms. Rodante is a member of the Florida Bar. She is also licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida in 1997, the Southern District of Florida in 2002, and the Northern District of Florida in 2002.
Ms. Rodante has served on the Board of Directors for the Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association since 2000. She has also served as Secretary in 2003-2004, Treasurer in 2004-2005, and President in 2005-2006. She is also a member of numerous other professional, political, and social organizations with the goal of bettering the lives of the injured and their families. She currently serves as Treasurer of the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce.
Focusing on civil trial litigation, Ms. Rodante routinely handles cases involving personal injury and insurance bad faith.
Distinctions
- Partner in Swope, Rodante P.A., 2003.
- Ferguson-White American Inn of Court, 1999 – 2001.
- Currently serves as President of the Tampa Bay Trial Lawyer Association.
- Treasurer, Tampa Bay Trial Lawyer Association, 2003-2004.
- Secretary, Tampa Bay Trial Lawyer Association, 2002-2003
Professional & Community Involvement
With a mission to defend the injured and their families and to improve their access to the court system, Angela Rodante commits herself to professional organizations such as the Florida Justice Association and the American Association for Justice. Ms. Rodante served as the President of the Tampa Bay Trial Lawyer Association in 2005-2006, having previously served as Secretary in 2002-2003, and Treasurer in 2003-2004.
Ms. Rodante is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers, the Greater Tampa Catholic Lawyers Guild, and Ferguson-White American Inn of Court, 1999 thru 2001.
A Tampa native, Ms. Rodante is also committed to numerous political and social organizations working to improve the lives of those living in Ybor City and the rest of the Tampa Bay Area. She is currently serving as treasurer of the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce, having previously served as Chair-Elect (08-09), and Treasurer (07-08).
Selected Published Decisions
Macola v. Government Employees Insurance Company, 953 So. 2d 451 (Fla. 2006): in response to the questions of law certified by the Eleventh Circuit, the Supreme Court of Florida held that an insurer did not extinguish its liability for bad faith under the common law of Florida by tendering its policy limits to its insured in response to the insured’s filing of a statutory civil remedy notice which alleged that the insurer had committed bad faith. A federal district court had ruled otherwise and granted summary judgment in favor of the insurer. After the Supreme Court’s decision, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the summary judgment and remanded the case back to the district court so that the plaintiffs could proceed with their suit against the insurer for bad faith.
Conklin vs. Carroll, 865 So. 2d 597 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004), rev. dism’d 871 So. 874 (Fla. 2004)