Attorney Track Record

Christopher Yeazell

Yeazell and Sweet·Founding Attorney / Manager

VeteranVery activeHigh settlement

#8 of 108 — Highest Settlement Rate#24 of 143 — Most Active

Track Record

Objective counts from Pinellas County dissolution-of-marriage court records, 2020–2026. Em dashes mean the value is not available in public records.

Pinellas Cases43Dissolutions of record, Pinellas Clerk — all years

Active Last 12 Months15Cases filed in the last year

Years Licensed37Florida Bar

Final Judgments25Cases ending with a signed final judgment

Dismissed0Cases closed without a final judgment

Settlement Rate60.0%See caveat below — not a win rate

With Children7Cases involving custody and timesharing

Expert-Witness Cases8Cases with experts in the docket

Hearings—Docketed hearings across cases

Motions / Case4.5Average filings per case

Hillsborough Cases2213th Circuit dissolutions of record, all years — secondary circuit

Settlement rate: Share of final judgments with a settlement agreement in the docket. Dismissals are not counted as settlements, and most private settlements never appear in dockets.

Judge Experience

Appearances before each Pinellas County judge, from case assignments in court records

Frederick L. Pollack8 cases
David R. Ellis6 cases
Jack Helinger4 cases
William H. Burgess III4 cases
Brian Gnage3 cases
Julie L. Sercus1 case
Aaron W. Hubbard1 case
Steve D. Berlin1 case
Elizabeth Jack1 case

Background

·Christopher E. Yeazell is an experienced trial attorney admitted to the Florida Bar in 1989, specializing in family law (divorce, child custody, alimony, equitable distribution) and criminal defense in Pinellas County. He earned his J.D. from University of Dayton School of Law, winning awards like American Jurisprudence Award for Products Liability. Boasts 82% favorable verdict rate in 170 first-chaired trials, including rare not guilty in first-degree murder case. Litigated hundreds of complex family cases for high-profile clients
·Argued before Florida Supreme Court
·Lectures at Stetson Law. Member of multiple bars and associations.

J.D., University of Dayton School of Law

"Top Verdict Award", "Attorney of the Year" runner-up (2001), endorsed by Fraternal Order of Police, Police Benevolent Association, National Organization of Women, and over 300 local attorneys

29 Pinellas cases 2020-2026. 8 currently open, 1 reopened, 20 closed. Top 3 judges: Frederick L. Pollack (8x), David R. Ellis (6x), Jack Helinger (4x).