About Charles M. Laycock, Jr.

Charles left high school as a sophomore and went directly to college. He received his Bachelors of Science degree from the University of California Berkeley in 1996 in Psychology and his law degree from Tulane School of Law in New Orleans Louisiana in 2000 with a certificate in Admiralty Law.

During his time at Tulane, Mr. Laycock participated in a study abroad program in Greece studying Admiralty Law, worked in Tulane’s Civil Litigation Clinic handling general civil litigation issues and later clerked for the Offices of Administrative Law Judges in Metairie Louisiana, handling Longshore Harbor Workers Compensation Act claims.

Background: Move to Tampa

After graduation, Charles moved to Florida and began his career working as a contract attorney for a large Admiralty Defense Firm in Miami. Disappointed with the lack of trial work that a junior associate in a large firm is usually exposed to and generally dissatisfied with insurance defense in general, Charles decided that he rather spend his life helping people and accepted a job with the Public Defender’s Office in Tampa.

At the Tampa Public Defenders Office, Mr. Laycock tried over 100 cases and specialized in handling juvenile’s issues, drug charges and representing mentally handicapped individuals.

Charles as an Attorney

Mr. Laycock started with the Brooks Law Group in 2006. Since then he has been committed to helping people in need and now applies his trial experience solving “people” problems, such as:

• Serious personal injury cases;

• Wrongful death cases;

• Trucking collisions; and

• Cases where people were harmed by criminal behavior of others, such as:

- Drunk drivers who injure our clients;

- Drivers that leave the scene of a collision that serious injured our clients; or

- Other criminals that harm our clients.

His “pull no punches, drag them to court,” style quickly got the attention of the defense industry, earning him the reputation of an extremely aggressive, highly competent litigator that truly cares about his client’s needs and has resulted in multiple settlements and verdicts in excess of a million dollars, including one of the top fifty verdicts of 2016 as reported by TopVerdict.

 

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Automobile Accidents
Posted by Casey
February 26, 2025
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Mr. Laycock took our family’s case and went above and beyond. He allowed us to ask questions and broke things down for our family so that we could understand. He won the case and we will be forever grateful for the time and patience he took to devote himself to our family in a time of crisis.

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Posted by anonymous
February 26, 2025
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I have been working with Charles Laycock for over 20 years. His expertise has helped with personal and business law on numerous occasions. He is professional, knowledgeable, and deeply rooted in justice and integrity. He is also well connected in his community. Because of this he has been able to refer me to other trusted professionals as needed.

 
Automobile Accidents
Posted by Steven
February 26, 2025
Hired Attorney

Charles is the best attorney I've ever met. If you need an attorney that will always go above and beyond, when i had questions he was there, When I wanted to give up Charlse was always there to Console me and help me with my worries.and anxiety around the case.

Transportation
Posted by Savannah
August 10, 2024
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Mr. Laycock always made sure to follow up with updates concerning the case. He always worked diligently to ensure he kept his clients, as well as myself, happy. I’d recommend him to anyone, as he has truly gained my trust throughout the years!

Automobile Accidents
Posted by Chelsea
August 10, 2024
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CJ Laycock helped us when my son was a victim of a car crash involving an impaired driver. He was extremely nice and responded to emails/calls/texts immediately, he explained everything to us, and was able to settle our case without my son having to do a deposition or anything, and we got much more money than I’d hoped for, which went to his college fund. I was impressed with how much he knew about the law and predicted what the other side was going to try to do. My son, thank God, has recovered from the crash. I highly recommend CJ Laycock if you find yourself needing to sue someone. He will be nice to you but not so nice to the other side.

 
Criminal Law
Posted by Tammy
February 23, 2023
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I had the pleasure of having his representation while he was a public defender in Hillsborough County. He was compassionate and non judgemtal, which made it very easy to talk to him. He was not like the others who were overwhelmed by the case loads. He actually came back to my case on the day of trial, after being assigned to a different courtroom, to finish what he started. My judge was determined to put my case to trial the following monday and not allow an extension to have an evidence suspression hearing. After threatening to fire the new PD Mr Laycock showed up monday and explained to the judge that I had had 3 PD and none had ever scheduled the suppression hearing . He took responsibility for this and pleaded to have 1 more extension and getting that extension he put in for the hearing, we won and I was able to go back to work. He is excellant attorney. And he does think outside the box. He is motivated and just won't accept the loss.

 

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Areas of Law

  • Personal Injury 1
    • Wrongful Death
  • Criminal Law
  • Other 4
    • Automobile Accidents and Injuries
    • Bodily Injury
    • Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries
    • Trial Lawyers

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    2001, Florida
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Tulane University
    J.D.
    Other Education
    University of California, Berkeley
    Class of 1996
    B.S.
    Psychology
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1972
    Memphis, Tennessee, 1972

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