Dara Cooley

Dara A. Cooley graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Florida in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. During her tenure, she served Hillsborough County in the classroom and throughout the district as a staff development trainer and math specialist resource teacher. In 2010, she embarked on a legal career, graduating magna cum laude with a Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law. She earned awards in Trial Advocacy, Negotiation and Mediation, and Pro Bono Service.

After clerking for a Federal Judge, Ms. Cooley spent years perfecting her craft as a trial attorney and litigator at nationwide law firms, handling a variety of cases in casualty law, premises liability, products liability, auto negligence, wrongful death, and civil rights litigation. 

After securing millions of dollars in compensation for hundreds of clients, Ms. Cooley founded Dara Cooley Law, P.A. in 2021.

Dara advocates for clients in Florida trial and appellate courts, federal trial courts in the Middle District, and federal bankruptcy courts in Florida and Delaware, handling complex business and bankruptcy disputes, consumer fraud and protection claims, personal injury, and wrongful death claims from medical malpractice and long-term care abuse and neglect.

She was selected to Super Lawyers Florida Rising Stars (2017-2019) for General Litigation and  Super Lawyers (2020-2021) for Personal Injury-Plaintiff. Super Lawyers is a rating service of the top 5% of attorneys from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Their patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.