Coconut Creek Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys
Coconut Creek is a suburban city in Broward County, Florida. Coconut Creek has an area of 12 square miles, over 44,000 residents and 1,500 businesses. Housing is primarily single-family homes, condominiums, and townhouses inside planned and landscaped communities. The city took its name from the coconut trees that were planted in the area by early developers. Coconut Creek is part of the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–Pompano Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is home to nearly 6 million people.Much of the city is a planned community with a unique environmental consciousness touting an abundance of trees, waterways, landscaped roads, scenic parks and gardens mixed throughout the neighborhoods. The city started with a progressive planning approach to creating a unique life-style for residents and businesses. Coconut Creek is the first city in the state of Florida and eleventh in the United States to be certified as a “Community Wildlife Habitat”.Coconut Creek is also home to Fern Forest Nature Park, A great park for the hiking enthusiast, the 250 acre urban wilderness area and wildlife refuge contains numerous hiking trails, including the Prairie Overlook Trail, the Wetlands Wander Trail, the Maple Walk Trail and the Cypress Creek Trail, which features a half-mile wheelchair-accessible boardwalk. Covered shelter accommodating up to 50 people is also available at Fern Forest Nature Park, which has served as the setting for many weddings and family gatherings. The nature center also includes a butterfly bridge, a 20-foot observation platform, and a beautiful sensory garden and sculptures.
In terms of the Judiciary, Coconut Creek is part of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida. Most complex and serious civil and criminal cases in Broward County are handled at the Main Judicial Complex, which is located at 201 S.E. 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. In addition, the North Regional Court house, located at 1600 West Hillsboro, Blvd., Deerfield Beach, Florida 33442 also handles many less serious cases that occurred in the city of Coconut Creek.Many misdemeanors that occur in Coconut Creek and the nearby municipalities and some less complicated civil cases are heard at the North Regional Courthouse. Most traffic infractions that occur in Coconut Creek are typically heard at this Court house as well. Jury Trials are not held at the Regional Courthouse. If a jury trial is demanded, then the case is moved to the Main Courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
The South Florida Personal Injury Law Practice of Berman & Tsombanakis LLC is located close to Coconut Creek, Florida. The Coconut Creek Personal Injury & Accident Attorneys at Berman & Tsombanakis are extremely experienced at handling cases at all of the Judicial Complexes in South Florida, having handled numerous injury cases such as automobile accidents, motor cycle accidents, bicycle accidents, boating accidents, victim of drunk driving accidents or injuries, truck accidents, wrongful deaths, slip and falls, dog bites, negligent security cases, and many other types of injury or negligence cases.