Cameron Stephenson

Cameron Stephenson is a Shareholder with Levin Papantonio. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 2004, while majoring in finance and graduating cum laude. Mr. Stephenson then went on to receive his Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2007.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Stephenson practiced as a prosecutor here in Pensacola for the Office of State Attorney, 1st Judicial Circuit, where he tried approximately fifteen jury trials and five judge trials in one year. Mr. Stephenson has successfully settled or mediated numerous personal injury and wrongful death cases, several for $1 million or more.

In 2013 alone, Mr. Stephenson received two multi-million dollar jury verdicts. The first verdict, $3.3 million, followed a trial involving a defective Yamaha Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) that was responsible for seriously and permanently injuring his client. The second verdict, $2.6 million, followed a trial involving the wrongful death of a construction worker who was fatally burned in a natural gas leak flash fire. In 2022, Mr. Stephenson secured a $7.5 million verdict following a two week medical malpractice trial that involved the negligent misdiagnosis of a necrotizing fasciitis infection resulting in his client suffering an above-the-knee leg amputation.

Mr. Stephenson’s current practice is primarily focused in Mass Tort pharmaceutical and medical device litigation. He is a member of the Plaintiff’s Executive Committee In Re: Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAS) Products Liability Litigation (MDL 3094) and has been actively involved in several other Multi-District Litigations (MDLs), including In Re: Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2738) and In Re: Proton-Pump Inhibitor Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2789). Mr. Stephenson is licensed to practice in all Florida state courts as well as the United States District Court, Northern District of Florida.

Year Joined the Firm 
2009

Areas of Practice
Mass Torts
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation
Personal Injury
Product Liability
Wrongful Death

Bar Admissions
Florida Bar, 2008
United States District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2010

Education

• Law Degree, University of Florida Levin College of Law; Gainesville, Florida; 2007
• B.S.B.A. – Finance, University of Florida; Gainesville, Florida; 2004
  • Honors: Cum Laude
    

Honors and Awards
Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2014-2020
Inns of Court, 2010
Inn Magazine Rising Star, 2010

Presentations/National Interviews
Mass Torts Made Perfect
MTMP Connect
HarrisMartin
National Trial Lawyers
American Association for Justice
America’s Lawyer
DailyMail
Reuters

Published Works
Ozempic and the Expanding Gastroparesis Crisis, Journal – Florida Justice Association, May/June (2024).

Big Pharma Thinks Ozempic Could Be The Holy Grail of Weight Loss – But They’ve Been Wrong Before, The Trial Lawyer Magazine, Winter (2023).

Do You Have a Medical Malpractice Case?, article published on ringoffireradio.com, March 28, 2013.

Medical Malpractice Damage Caps are Unconstitutional, article published on ringoffireradio.com, March 8, 2013.

Excessive Physician Workload Equates to Medical Malpractice, article published on ringoffireradio.com, February 28, 2013.

Florida Supreme Court Protects Patient Confidentiality From Defense Lawyers, article published on ringoffireradio.com, January 28, 2013.

Medical Malpractice: “Never Events” Occur at Least 4000 Times Per Year, article published on ringoffireradio.com, January 8, 2013.

Feds Sue Nap Nanny Manufacturer Over Infant Deaths, article published on ringoffireradio.com, December 7, 2012.

BP Settles to Resolve Criminal Charges, article published on ringoffireradio.com, November 15, 2012.

Pfizer to Pay $491 Million For Marketing Malfeasance, article published on ringoffireradio.com, November 7, 2012.

Missouri Supreme Court Shuts Down Republican Tort Reform Efforts, article published on ringoffireradio.com, October 28, 2012.

15 Dead and Counting in Meningitis Outbreak: Where was the Regulatory Oversight, article published on ringoffireradio.com, October 16, 2012.

German Pharmaceutical Giant Gruenthal Apologizes 50 Years Later…Thanks…I Guess, article published on ringoffireradio.com, October 8, 2012.

Still Think Medical Malpractice Claims are Frivolous?, article published on ringoffireradio.com, September 22, 2012.

Florida Supreme Court to Consider Medical Malpractice Damage Caps, article published on ringoffireradio.com, September 18, 2012.

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association, member
Escambia/Santa Rosa County Bar Association, member
Florida Bar Association, member
Florida Justice Association, Eagle member
American Association for Justice

Representative Cases
McMahon v. Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., 95 So.3d 769 (Ala. 2012)
HMA Santa Rosa Medical Center, Inc. v. Adkins, 36 So.3d. 88 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010)

Prior Employment
Assistant State Attorney, Office of State Attorney, First Judicial Circuit, Florida