Ernie E. Trichler II

Ernie Trichler received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Wright State University in 1993. Following graduation, he served as an officer in the United States Army. He received his Juris Doctorate from DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, in 1999.

Following graduation, Ernie worked as an Assistant Attorney General in the Tampa bureau where he primarily litigated cases involving abused, neglected and abandoned children. He joined the law firm of Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy, Graham & Ford, P.A., as an associate attorney in June 2001, where he practiced in the areas of long-term care, general liability and medical malpractice. He joined Bush Graziano & Rice, P.A., as an associate attorney in March 2003, where he continued to practice in the areas of medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, products liability and general liability cases. Ernie was voted Shareholder in December of 2006 prior to leaving to form Trichler Law Center, P.A. in January of 2007.

Ernie is a member of The Florida Bar, the Hillsborough County Bar Association and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. He is also admitted to practice in the Middle and Southern Districts of the U.S. District Court of Florida. His practice primarily concentrates in the areas of long-term care, medical malpractice, premises liability, products liability, general liability, wrongful death, family law and post judgment collections. Ernie was named as one of Florida's Rising Stars in 2009.