Troy Crotts was raised in Sarasota, Florida and graduated in 1983 from the University of Florida with a major in public relations. He graduated cum laude from Stetson University College of Law in 1986, where he was a published editor of the Stetson Law Review.
He became a licensed Florida lawyer in 1986 and began a career litigating civil cases which involved medical, long-term care, premises, automobile, trucking, and other general liability negligence claims. Many of these cases resulted in a jury trial, where Troy successfully served as lead counsel. During his career, he has litigated cases in many jurisdictions around the state.
Troy has been a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer since 1994, which is a specialty achieved by less than 2% of Florida lawyers. In addition, he is recognized by Martindale-Hubbell law directory as being “AV” rated, which signifies both the highest level of legal ability and high ethical standards, a rating obtained by only a select number of attorneys. Troy has also routinely been recognized by his peers and named to Florida’s “Legal Elite”, named as a “Super Lawyer”, named in “Best Lawyers in America”, and selected by Best Lawyers as one of two Tampa “Lawyers of the Year” in Personal Injury Litigation (2014) and Medical Malpractice (2015 and 2023). More recently, he received similar “Lawyer of the Year” honors in St. Petersburg for both Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Litigation. He has been published and given presentations in the areas of mediation, medical malpractice, long-term care litigation and general civil litigation matters, including having served as a returning guest lecturer to law students in Trial Practice at Stetson College of Law. He is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Court Mediator, authorized to mediate in all State Courts and in the Northern and Middle Federal District Courts.
In addition to his membership in the Hillsborough and Pinellas County Bar Associations, Troy is an Executive Committee member of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocacy (ABOTA), an invitation-only national organization of plaintiff and defense civil trial attorneys and judges, dedicated to preservation of the civil jury trial system and the integrity and professionalism of those involved. Through that organization, he chairs and organizes the ABOTA and Hillsborough County Bar Association’s “Practicing with Ethics, Civility and Professionalism” seminar scheduled at the Stetson University College of Law Tampa Campus.
Troy and his wife live in St. Petersburg, Florida. They have six adult children and share a home with “Murphy”, the family dog.