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Ratzan Weissman & Boldt: The Coconut Grove Trial Firm That Limits Its Caseload and Tries Its Cases

Ratzan Weissman & Boldt is a Miami personal injury firm built around a deliberately scarce commodity: trial. The firm limits the number of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases it accepts each year, concentrates on plaintiffs’ medical malpractice, and reports hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements.

At a Glance

Origin and Background

Stuart Ratzan was admitted to The Florida Bar in November 1991 after graduating from the University of Miami School of Law the same year, and his Florida Bar record — the primary source this directory checks first — shows a Spanish-speaking civil trial practice spanning medical malpractice, personal injury, product liability, and aviation, with no disciplinary history in the past ten years. The firm he leads with partners Weissman and Boldt operates from Tigertail Avenue in Coconut Grove, within Miami city limits, and describes many of its most significant results as originating from referrals by other lawyers — a peer-sourced docket structure this directory treats as a meaningful signal of professional standing.

Miami Personal Injury Attorney Practice Concentration

The firm concentrates on plaintiffs’ medical malpractice — the most procedurally demanding corner of Florida injury law, with its Chapter 766 presuit expert-corroboration requirements — alongside catastrophic personal injury, product liability, and wrongful death. It states that it limits the number of cases accepted each year so each receives intensive attention from experienced trial lawyers, and that it maintains a national scope of practice built on lawyer-to-lawyer referrals. See this Miami Personal Injury directory for how this trial-concentrated model compares to higher-volume firms serving Miami-Dade County.

Notable Work / Track Record

The firm reports recovering hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements, with especially heavy trial activity in recent years. Awesome Attorneys notes one point of imprecision directly rather than smoothing it over: different pages of the firm’s own website state differing seven-year trial-verdict totals — one page reports over $200 million in trial verdicts in the last seven years, while another states more than a billion — so this profile reports the firm’s aggregate claims at the conservative “hundreds of millions” level and attributes all figures to the firm. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.

Client Voice

The firm’s published client testimonials include a family who wrote that they felt fortunate to work with the firm during their case, and a client who wrote that Stuart Ratzan and his team were kind and understanding, held their hand through the whole process, and defended the client personally, not just the case. These are firm-published testimonials reported as written.

Beyond the Courtroom

Ratzan is annually recognized by the South Florida Legal Guide as one of Florida’s Top Lawyers, per the firm, and the firm’s peer-referral practice model means much of its reputation circulates within the trial bar itself rather than through consumer advertising.

Recognition for This Miami Personal Injury Firm

Stuart Ratzan’s Super Lawyers selections run every year from 2006 through 2026 — a research-driven, peer-influenced selection covering roughly the top five percent of attorneys, and a twenty-year streak is a durable signal. His clean ten-year discipline history is confirmed directly from The Florida Bar’s member record. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a Florida Bar board certification on Ratzan’s bar record and, per this directory’s standard, applies no “specialist” language.

Florida Legal Backdrop

Florida medical malpractice claims carry a two-year statute of limitations from discovery and require Chapter 766 presuit screening, including a corroborating expert opinion, before suit can be filed. Florida’s 2023 tort reform law, HB 837, separately cut the general negligence limitations period from four years to two (Fla. Stat. § 95.11) and adopted modified comparative negligence for most negligence actions (§ 768.81). None of this is legal advice; anyone with a potential claim should consult a licensed attorney promptly.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Ratzan Weissman & Boldt’s clearest differentiator as a Miami personal injury firm is its trial-first, limited-caseload model backed by a two-decade Super Lawyers streak and a bar record this directory verified at the primary source. The honest trade-offs, disclosed directly: the firm’s headline dollar figures are firm-reported and internally inconsistent across its own pages, and its selectivity means many prospective clients will be referred elsewhere. For a Miami family facing a catastrophic malpractice or wrongful death case seeking lawyers who actually try cases, this firm is a strong basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from The Florida Bar’s official member record for Stuart N. Ratzan (bar number 911445, including admission date, practice areas, and discipline history), the firm’s own website (rwblawyers.com, including its firm overview, medical malpractice, and results pages), and Super Lawyers’ published selection record.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Ratzan Weissman & Boldt prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.