MANDER LAW GROUP - Key Persons

Bobbi Madonna was born in Peoria, Illinois and raised in Middletown, Ohio. Ms. Madonna graduated magna cum laude from Miami University with a degree in Speech Communications. She then attended the University of Cincinnati College of Law where she received an Ohio Innocence Project Fellowship as well as served on the Moot Court Honor Panel as the Judges' Director. After graduating from law school, Ms. Madonna worked as a staff attorney for the Innocence Project of Florida where she worked to free wrongfully incarcerated individuals from prison based on DNA evidence. Following her tenure at the Innocence Project of Florida, she worked as a public defender in both Hillsborough and Pinellas County and as a private criminal defense attorney throughout Florida. Subsequent to her time practicing criminal defense, Ms. Madonna worked as in-house counsel for the Law Office of Robert Smith where she represented Allstate Insurance Company as well as their insureds. Ms. Madonna defended both insured individuals against bodily injury claims as well as the insurance company itself against uninsured/underinsured motorists claims. She also worked as an attorney for Allstate's Special Investigative Unit where she investigated fraudulent insurance claims made by individuals as well as medical care providers. Ms. Madonna now uses her litigation skills and knowledge acquired from practicing insurance defense to zealously represent individuals injured as result of negligence. She joined the Mander Law Group in 2019. She focuses on personal injury and medical malpractice.

Chip Mander was born in Florida, but grew up in the Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania. He returned to Florida to attend law school just days after graduating from Grove City College in 1974. He graduated from Stetson University's College of Law in 1977 and gained valuable trial experience as a prosecutor in the Pasco-Pinellas State Attorney's Office in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. In fact, during his first two years, he prosecuted over 100 jury trials. In 1979, Mr. Mander left the State Attorney's Office and joined the solo Law Firm of Glen Greenfelder in Dade City, Florida. Since that time, the full-service law firm now named Mander Law Group has grown to over 20 employees, which includes a total of seven attorneys, and its Dade City office space has tripled in size.

Born in Canton, Ohio, Daniel Lee Dwyer graduated with a B.A. from Kent State University in 1975 and a J.D. from the University of Akron in 1979. Mr. Dwyer was admitted to the Florida Bar in December of 1979 and the Ohio Bar in May of 1980, where he remains an inactive member. He joined the law firm of McClain and Hobby in Dade City, FL, and was an attorney who assisted that firm in their representation of clients such as the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Pasco County, the District School Board of Pasco County, and the Supervisor of Elections of Pasco County, whom he continues to represent to this day. Since 1991, Mr. Dwyer has worked at the same law firm which is now known as the Mander Law Group. Mr. Dwyer was an Adjunct Professor at St. Leo University, St. Leo, Florida, teaching both undergraduate and graduate students business law with a course concentration on Contract Law. From 1981 to 2013. Mr. Dwyer was a founding charter member, former officer and board member of Daybreak Rotary Club of Dade City and now attorney for Academy at the Farm, Inc., a local K-8 charter school. Mr. Dwyer has received several volunteer awards, most recently the Rotarian of the Year award.

David Murphy has gained a reputation in the area as a highly capable corporate lawyer who utilizes creative problem solving in each and every legal issue, while keeping what is in his client's best interest as the highest priority.

William Clark "Will" Anderson was born in Morton, Mississippi and raised in Gallatin, Tennessee. Mr. Anderson graduated from Hampden-Sydney College with a degree in Psychology. Following college, Mr. Anderson enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, while also attending Florida Coastal School of Law. In 2008, Mr. Anderson was deployed to al Anbar, Iraq where he served as a rifleman and radio operator in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During his time in the USMC, Mr. Anderson maintained a security clearance, received multiple medals and awards, and worked for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA.) After graduating from law school, Mr. Anderson worked as a public defender in Tampa and as a court appointed attorney in Polk County. For several years, Mr. Anderson worked as a private criminal defense attorney throughout Florida. Mr. Anderson has handled, to varying degrees, thousands of criminal cases. Mr. Anderson's extensive experience includes successfully defending a number of high-profile media cases; alleged sex offenses; drug offenses; violent crimes; juvenile delinquency; and all manner of violent and non-violent criminal offenses. Mr. Anderson's work has garnered attention from several local, national, and international news organizations. Mr. Anderson has been called upon to lecture to other attorneys and law students at both the Tampa Office of the Public Defender and Florida Coastal School of Law. Mr. Anderson has devoted his entire professional life to defending individuals from the government. Mr. Anderson treats each client and their families with the dignity and respect that they deserve. Mr. Anderson aggressively and diligently defends each case. Mr. Anderson joined Mander Law Group in 2018. He focuses on criminal defense.