Attorney Tonya A. Oliver

Experienced Florida Workers’ Compensation Lawyer

Attorney Tonya A. Oliver

Tonya A. Oliver is a shareholder in the firm Oliver & Fox, P.A.  Tonya earned her Bachelor’s degree, with a double major, from Colorado Christian University (1994), and her J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law (1997).  Tonya started her legal career as an intern for the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office. Upon completing her certified legal internship, she served as a prosecutor with the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office until 2007.  She went into to private practice in 2007 to represent injured workers and focus her practice on first responder benefits, workers compensation and pension claims.  Tonya has represented claimants in the First District Court of Appeals, including cases that have been instrumental in shaping issues related to the “Heart / Lung Bill”. Tonya has lectured numerous times for the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar and Florida Workers’ Advocates.

Education

  • Valparaiso University School of Law – 1997
  • Colorado Christian University – 1994

Awards

  • Honorable Irene H Sullivan Juvenile Justice Award

Memberships

  • Florida Workers’ Advocates
  • Inn of Court Workers Compensation Tampa
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association
  • Women Lawyers of Pasco
  • Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG)

Bar Admissions

  • Florida Bar

Tonya is also admitted to practice before the United States Middle District of Florida and the United State Court of Federal Claims