Angela E Rodante

Over the course of her 28-year legal career, Angela Rodante has become a nationally recognized and highly sought-after civil litigator — winning countless awards for her groundbreaking legal work fighting for individuals who have been catastrophically injured and for taking on large and powerful corporations.

While her accolades speak volumes for the level of success she’s committed to achieving on behalf of clients, it is a humble, driven mindset that has furtively propelled her forward from her initial start with the firm as a clerk and runner in 1985 to present day legal warrior. Her accession in the field has come from a deeply held belief that helping people and fighting for justice is her innate duty, and that nothing worthwhile comes without sacrifice, selflessness, and courage.

In 2003, Angela Rodante became a partner of Swope, Rodante, Newsome & Steinberg She specializes in civil trial litigation, handling cases involving personal injury and insurance bad faith.

Angela Rodante is active in various community service organizations, including the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce, Centro Asturiano de Tampa and she served as one of the early Presidents of the TBTLA, a non-profit organization of lawyers dedicated to upholding justice.

Angela has received the Insurance Lawyer of the Year from Best Lawyers and is a top rated lawyer in Insurance Law by Martindale Hubbell. Other significant recognitions include receiving the Client Distinction Award from Martindale Hubbell as well receiving a Superb rating from AVVO for the past seven years consecutively.

Angela Rodante is a member of The Florida Bar and is licensed to practice before the all state and federal courts in the State of Florida, and the Eleventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Angela’s level of commitment to her firm, clients, profession and community form a mosaic whose consistent theme is selfless service. When she’s not fighting for justice, she enjoys spending time on Redington Beach with family and traveling, with recent trips to Machu Picchu and Siracusa, Sicily.

Florida
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

University of South Florida, B.A., 1989
Widener University School of Law, J.D., 1996

Swope, Rodante, Newsome & Steinberg Managing Partner
Swope, Rodante, Newsome & Steinberg Partner
Swope, Rodante, Newsome & Steinberg Clerk / Runner

Litigation – Insurance Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers, 2018, 2021, 2024

Top 10 Insurance Bad Faith Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2023–Present

Top 25 National Women Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2023–Present

Top 100 National Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2014–Present

Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers, 2013–Present:
– Insurance Law
– Litigation – Insurance
– Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs

AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell, 2012–Present

10/10 Superb Rating, AVVO, 2011–Present

Nation’s Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished Counsel

America’s Most Honored Professionals Top 1%, 2016

Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell, 2014

Tampa Bay’s Legal Elite, Tampa Style Magazine, 2018

Finalist, Business Woman of the Year, 2013

Top Rated Lawyer in Insurance Law, Martindale-Hubbell and American Lawyer Media, 2013

Client Distinction Award, Martindale-Hubbell, 2013–Present

Ybor City Chamber of Commerce Chair’s Award, 2011

Adela Gonzmart Award, Ybor City Museum Society, 2010

EAGLE Legend Award, Florida Justice Association, 2010

L’Unione Italiana Ladies Auxiliary Women of Excellence Award, 2008

American College of Coverage Counsel, 2019–Present

American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow, 2011–Present

Federal Bar Association, 2012–Present

Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2012–Present:
– Board of Directors

Florida Justice Association:
– Fellow, 2010–Present
– EAGLE, 2001–Present

Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association
– President, 2005–2006
– Treasurer, 2003–2004
– Secretary, 2002–2003
– Board of Directors, 2000–2007

American Association for Justice, 1997–Present

Hillsborough County Bar Association, 1997–Present

American Bar Association, 1996–Present

Tampa Hispanic Bar Association, 2006–Present

Ferguson White American Inn of Court, 1999–2001

Macola v. Government Employees Insurance Company, 953 So. 2d 451 (Fla. 2006)
Conklin v. Carroll, 865 So. 2d 597 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004)

Macola v. Government Employees Insurance Company, 953 So. 2d 451 (Fla. 2006)
The Florida Supreme Court addressed whether an insurer could extinguish potential common-law bad faith liability by tendering policy limits after receiving a statutory civil remedy notice. The Court held that the tender did not extinguish the potential bad faith claim. Following the decision, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the federal district court’s summary judgment for the insurer and remanded the case.

Conklin v. Carroll, 865 So. 2d 597 (Fla. 2d DCA 2004), review dismissed, 871 So. 2d 874 (Fla. 2004)
The Second District Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment in favor of a vehicle owner, finding that a disputed factual issue remained concerning whether the owner’s brother’s use of the vehicle constituted conversion or theft sufficient to relieve the owner of vicarious liability under Florida’s dangerous instrumentality doctrine.

Ybor City Chamber of Commerce:
– Immediate Past Chair, 2010–2011
– Chair of the Board, 2009–2010
– Chair Elect, 2008–2009
– Treasurer, 2006–2008
– Board of Directors, 2005–2013

Centro Asturiano de Tampa, 2003–Present

L’Unione Italiana, 2003–2018

Community involvement through the Florida Justice Association, Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association, and local Tampa/Ybor City organizations