Amy Ray - Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A.

Profile

Amy Ray is a partner in Wicker Smith’s Tampa office where she focuses her practice primarily on automotive, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, premises liability and product liability matters.

Mrs. Ray graduated magna cum laude from Northern Michigan University with a double major in Human Physiology and Spanish, along with a double minor in Chemistry and Psychology. She continued her studies at Stetson University College of Law where she earned her Juris Doctorate in 2014 and graduated cum laude. While in law school. Mrs. Ray served as an intern for the Supreme Court of Florida, Chambers of Peggy A. Quince. Prior to joining Wicker Smith, she practiced at another prominent Florida litigation defense firm where she handled civil litigation, automotive, premises liability, and bad faith insurance claims. Mrs. Ray was also a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she also served as a tactical EMT, prior to becoming an attorney.

Mrs. Ray is admitted to practice in the state of Florida and is an active member of The Florida Bar and St. Petersburg Bar Association, Paraclete Editorial Committee where she currently serves as Editor of the Paraclete magazine. Outside of practicing law, Amy enjoys synchronized swimming and spending quality time with her canine companion, Rio, a Rhodesian Ridgeback.

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Credentials

Education

Stetson University (J.D., cum laude, 2014)
Nova Southeastern University (MPH, with honors, 2013)
Northern Michigan University (M.S., with honors, 2005)
Northern Michigan University (B.A, magna cum laude, 2003)

Representative Matters

Letters of Protection Case Results in Defense Verdict

Plaintiff claimed injuries to her cervical spine, lumbar spine, and shoulder following a low impact rear-end accident. Defense exposed a prior accident with near-identical complaints and a subsequent accident with near-identical complaints along with serious credibility issues and LOP billing practices. The jury found there was no causation and returned a total defense verdict.

Summary Judgment: Polk County, FL (Premises Liability)

Tampa Partner, Amy Ray, recently obtained summary judgment in a premises liability matter on behalf of an apartment complex in Polk County, Florida. This case involved a minor child that was hit by a car while playing unsupervised in the parking lot of the defendant apartment complex. The Plaintiff mother alleged that but for the recent removal of a speed bump in the area the accident occurred, the accident and her child’s subsequent injuries could have been prevented. Record evidence showed that there were multiple speed bumps, cautionary signs, and other speed control methods implemented throughout the property, despite the fact that there is no code or standard for the placement or removal of speed bumps, and it is well established that an apartment complex does not have a duty to install or use speed control devices of any type. We moved for summary judgment citing this lack of duty, and also that the driver of the car was the direct and proximate cause of the injuries to the minor Plaintiff, not the apartment complex. The Court agreed, and summary judgment was granted. Congratulations, Amy, on this excellent outcome.

Practices

Education

Stetson University (J.D., cum laude, 2014)
Nova Southeastern University (MPH, with honors, 2013)
Northern Michigan University (M.S., with honors, 2005)
Northern Michigan University (B.A, magna cum laude, 2003)

Honors

Cum Laude, J.D.

Credentials

Admitted to Bar

2015, Florida

Professional Affiliations

The Florida Bar
Petersburg Bar Association, Paraclete Editorial Committee

Languages

Conversational Spanish