Tampa injury attorney
The Tampa office sits on North Habana Avenue, a few minutes from the interstate and from Tampa General. Most of the injury work from this office comes out of Hillsborough County — the corridors below, the warehouses along the interstate, and the agricultural communities south of the city.
- Office
- 4231 N Habana AvenueTampa, FL 33607
- Phone
- (813) 930-5422English and Spanish
- Court
- Hillsborough County Circuit Court800 E Twiggs Street, Tampa
- Trauma center
- Tampa General HospitalWhere serious injuries are taken
The DAPENALAW office in Tampa
DAPENALAW
4231 N Habana Avenue
Tampa, FL 33607
- Monday to Friday
- 8 AM – 6 PM
- Saturday and Sunday
- Closed
Plus code XGH6+WH Tampa, Florida
Getting here
The office is on North Habana Avenue in West Tampa, a few minutes from I-275 and from Tampa General. From the interstate, exit at Columbus Drive or Dale Mabry and head toward Habana. Parking is on site, and the building is a short drive from the Hillsborough County Courthouse downtown.
Hillsborough County recorded 26,269 traffic crashes in 2024, injuring 17,359 people. FLHSMV
01 Where a Tampa case is heard
02 The roads these cases come from
- I-275 and I-4The interchange north of downtown carries the county’s heaviest truck traffic.
- Dale Mabry HighwayLong commercial stretches, frequent turning conflicts and pedestrian crossings.
- Hillsborough AvenueRuns through Town ’n’ Country, where a large share of the county’s Hispanic population lives and works.
- US-301 and SR-674The routes serving Riverview, Ruskin and Wimauma, with agricultural and construction traffic.
What people here do for work
Warehousing and distribution along the interstate, agriculture and packing south of the county, hospitality and construction throughout. The injuries that follow are predictable: falls from height, machinery, heat illness, and crashes on the drive to and from a job site.
03 Matters handled from this office
- Workplace accidentsWarehouse, agricultural and construction work across the county
- Construction accidentsFalls, machinery and site injuries
- Car accidents in TampaI-275, I-4 and Dale Mabry
- Truck accidentsFreight traffic on the interstate corridors
- Pedestrian accidentsHillsborough Avenue and the commercial strips
The full list is on the personal injury page. Communities served from this office include Town 'n' Country, Wimauma, Plant City, Brandon, Riverview, Ruskin, Seminole Heights, Ybor City.
05 Situations people in Tampa call about
These are examples of circumstances, not accounts of particular cases. Every claim is decided on its own facts.
- A crash at the I-275 and I-4 interchange involves a tractor-trailer, and the carrier has an investigator at the scene the same day.
- A warehouse worker off the interstate is injured by equipment belonging to another company on the site.
- A rider is hit on Dale Mabry by a driver turning left, and discovers that motorcycles carry no PIP in Florida at all.
- An agricultural worker in the south of the county is hurt and is told that immigration status affects the claim. It does not.
- A pedestrian is struck crossing Hillsborough Avenue at night where the nearest crossing is a quarter of a mile away.
Questions about our Tampa personal injury office
Which courthouse will my Hillsborough case be filed in?
The George E. Edgecomb Courthouse at 800 East Twiggs Street in downtown Tampa. Civil injury claims from across Hillsborough County are filed and heard there.
It is also where the case goes if an insurer refuses to settle, which is a different decision from where it starts.
My crash happened in Brandon, Riverview or Plant City. Is that this office?
Yes. The office covers the whole of Hillsborough County, and the case is filed in the county regardless of which community the crash happened in.
The communities south and east of the city — Riverview, Ruskin, Wimauma, Gibsonton — bring a particular pattern of cases off US-301 and SR-674.
Where will I be treated if the injury is serious?
Tampa General is the region’s Level I trauma center, and serious injuries anywhere in Hillsborough are routed there.
That matters for the claim as well as for the treatment: the records generated in that first hour are usually what proves the injury later.
Is the attorney in the Tampa office, or in Miami?
The firm works from three Florida offices — Miami, Homestead and Tampa — and Jose Dapena practices across all of them. Wherever your case comes in, you deal with your attorney directly rather than being passed down a chain.
07 What clients say
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100% recommend this office! My case was very complicated, but they still managed to win it. The staff was amazing and did everything in their power to help me. Thank you all so much!
Stephanie RojasGoogle · 6 months ago
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Attorney José Dapena is a kind and understanding person. He understood my situation and kept me informed throughout the entire legal process. He has a top-notch team and provides exceptional customer service. I highly recommend him.
Alberto LópezGoogle · 6 months ago
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Won my case and was super nice and friendly. Super helpful and communicative with the legal process.
Thomas ArmasGoogle · 9 months ago
Every case is different. Past results do not guarantee a future outcome.
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