Law Offices of Wilkerson & Rood

What Law Offices of Wilkerson & Rood does

Law Offices of Wilkerson & Rood is a private, partnership-structured civil defense litigation firm headquartered at 339 W. New York Avenue, DeLand, Florida. The firm represents individuals and companies sued as a result of accidents — most commonly motor vehicle accidents, as well as premises liability, slip and fall, and negligent security matters — on the defendant side. Its second core practice is civil defense litigation for school boards and educational institutions facing negligence claims tied to student injuries, campus premises liability, supervision issues, and safety-related incidents, where the firm advises on education law, risk management, and governmental immunity.

The firm operates with a 9-person team: three licensed Florida attorneys (founding partner John A. Wilkerson, managing partner Brandy D. Rood, and associate Sarah Zimmerman Fogle) supported by six specialized paralegals covering litigation scheduling, expert witness coordination, records retrieval, subpoena compliance, and case management through trial. There is no proprietary technology platform; the practice runs on traditional attorney-client engagement workflows, third-party website tooling (Strikingly-hosted website with Google Analytics), and standard professional-services case management. Sarah Zimmerman Fogle additionally brings probate, estate planning, and trusts experience from her prior work at Landis, Graham & French and Cobb Cole.

Revenue is generated through professional-services fees — typically hourly or case-based — billed to defendants in personal injury matters and to educational institutions facing negligence claims. The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: direct attorney-client engagement, referrals from the regional bar community, and the firm's reputation within the Florida Defense Lawyers Association and Volusia County Bar Association. Customer segments are individuals and businesses sued for personal injury (primary) and educational institutions (primary vertical), with geographic concentration in Florida and the broader Southeast United States.

Name

Law Offices of Wilkerson & Rood

Legal name

Law Offices of Wilkerson and Rood

Website

https://wilkersonandrood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Law Offices of Wilkerson & Rood is a DeLand, Florida-based civil defense litigation firm with three attorneys and six paralegals. It defends individuals and companies sued for personal injury and represents school boards in negligence matters, with growing estate-planning capability.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Defense Litigation Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Personal injury defense
• Civil defense litigation
• Trial litigation services
• Negligence claim defense
• Education law defense

Headquarters

HQ city

Deland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Defense Litigation: Legal defense services billed on hourly rates for representing defendants in personal injury claims, civil defense matters, and school board negligence cases. Services range from pre-suit disputes through trial representation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Law Offices of Wilkerson & Rood is a Florida-based civil defense law firm that provides legal representation for individuals and companies sued as defendants in personal injury matters (primarily motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, slip and fall, and negligent security cases) and for school boards and educational institutions defending against negligence claims arising from campus accidents. Services span the full litigation lifecycle from pre-suit investigation through trial, supported by a team of paralegals managing scheduling, expert coordination, records retrieval, and subpoena compliance.

Product overview

Law Offices of Wilkerson & Rood is a Florida-based law firm offering two core legal service products: Personal Injury Defense and Civil Defense Litigation. These services operate as distinct practice areas rather than a unified platform architecture. Personal Injury Defense provides representation for defendants in accident-related lawsuits, while Civil Defense Litigation focuses on defending educational institutions against negligence claims. The firm does not offer a technology product or software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Defense

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer: Multi-office Florida defense firm with a strong insurance defense and civil litigation practice. Comparable in defending insureds and self-insureds in personal injury matters, but several times larger in attorney headcount.
• Marshall Dennehey: National insurance defense and civil litigation firm with Florida offices. Comparable in defending personal injury and tort cases for insurance carriers and institutional clients, though broader in geographic reach and practice area breadth.
• Cole, Scott & Kissane: Large Florida-headquartered insurance defense firm with offices throughout the state. Overlaps substantially with Wilkerson & Rood's personal injury and civil defense work, but operates at much broader scale across many practice areas.

Direct peers

• Lydecker Diaz: Florida-based civil defense litigation firm serving insurers and self-insureds in personal injury, premises liability, and negligent security matters — closely aligned with Wilkerson & Rood's core practice areas.
• Conroy Simberg: Florida-based insurance defense firm with offices in Orlando and other Florida cities. Direct overlap with Wilkerson & Rood in personal injury defense, premises liability, and civil defense litigation for insureds.
• Kubicki Draper: Florida-based insurance defense firm with multiple statewide offices focused on litigation defense for insurers and corporate defendants. Closely comparable in practice area (civil defense litigation) and similar in serving Florida defendants with regional offices.
• Rissman Barrett: Florida-based insurance defense firm headquartered in Orlando covering PI defense, premises liability, and general civil defense. Most directly comparable to Wilkerson & Rood in Florida insurance defense practice.

Regional players

• Fisher, Rushmer, Werr, Durham & Fox: Florida-based law firm with personal injury defense and insurance practice capabilities. Comparable in personal injury defense work though stronger across additional practice areas like business litigation.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/law-offices-of-john-a--wilkerson-pa

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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