SunCoast Injury Law Group was founded on one principle: injured Floridians deserve the same caliber of legal firepower that insurance companies deploy against them.
In Florida, insurance companies spend millions annually lobbying for laws that cap your recovery, training adjusters to minimize settlements, and retaining defense counsel before you leave the hospital. The system is engineered to underpay injured people — and it works unless you have an attorney who understands the system from the inside.
Sarah L. Mitchell spent six years at a major insurance defense firm before crossing the aisle. She knows every tactic adjusters use, every motion defense attorneys file, and how to dismantle each strategy. When she partnered with Daniel R. Alvarez — a former Hillsborough County civil litigator with jury trial experience — SunCoast Injury Law Group was built to be the firm Tampa families deserve.
We operate on strict contingency: no upfront fees, no hidden charges, no risk to you. We pay all case expenses and recover them only if we win. This model keeps our incentives perfectly aligned with yours: maximum compensation.
Not associates. Not paralegals. Your case is handled by one of our two named attorneys from intake through resolution.
Sarah began her career at Blackstone & Reed, LLP — one of Florida’s largest insurance defense firms — where she spent six years defending Fortune 500 carriers and self-insured corporations in catastrophic injury cases. She managed cases worth millions, negotiated with plaintiff attorneys daily, and watched firsthand as injured people accepted undervalue settlements.
She left to represent the people she once fought against. Her insider knowledge gives SunCoast clients an asymmetric advantage: she knows the defense playbook because she helped write it. Since founding the firm, Sarah has secured over $28 million in personal injury verdicts and settlements.
Daniel served as a civil litigator for Hillsborough County before transitioning to plaintiff-side practice. His government experience — representing the county in personal injury and premises liability matters, including 12 civil jury trials — makes him uniquely equipped to take cases through verdict when insurers refuse to pay fair value.
Daniel handles case intake, pre-suit investigation, and litigation strategy. Fluent in Spanish, he serves a significant portion of Tampa’s Hispanic community in their native language — ensuring nothing is lost in translation when it matters most.
SunCoast Injury Law Group, P.A. is a Florida Professional Association (EIN: 86-5321987) formed February 3, 2026. Both attorneys hold active Florida Bar licenses in good standing.
All client funds are maintained in a Florida Bar-compliant IOTA interest-bearing trust account per Rule 5-1.1. Client funds are never commingled with firm operating accounts.
Carrier: Gulf Atlantic Lawyers Insurance. Policy GALI-PI-992104. Coverage: $1,000,000 per claim / $3,000,000 aggregate. Workers’ Compensation active per Florida Statute.
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