Sunrise is where Broward comes to shop and to cheer — home to Sawgrass Mills and the arena where the Florida Panthers play. All that traffic is wonderful for the city and hard on the people in it: crowded lots, packed garages, and the Sawgrass Expressway running fast right past your door. When a crash or a fall disrupts your life, you want a lawyer who knows these roads, not a billboard. Our office is about five miles east, and your first case review is free, confidential, and same-day.
A Sunrise personal injury lawyer who knows your roads, not just the law
Sunrise is a suburban-residential city of about 98,000 residents in west-central Broward — quiet neighborhoods that happen to wrap around two of the busiest destinations in South Florida. That mix is what makes the right lawyer matter.
When you hire a Sunrise personal injury lawyer, you should get more than a quick settlement push and a form letter. You should get someone who can picture the place where you were hurt — a packed Sawgrass Mills garage, the merge onto the Sawgrass Expressway, a crowded concourse on a Panthers game night — and who has the standing to make an insurance company take you seriously. The details of where and how an injury happened are what win these cases, and those details are local.
Our office sits at 7471 W Oakland Park Blvd in Fort Lauderdale — about five miles, or roughly ten minutes, east of Sunrise. We are close enough to come to you and to truly know your roads. Your case would be handled at the main Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, with some matters going through the West Regional Courthouse closer to home, and attorney Robert DiStefano has practiced Florida injury law in those courts for more than 40 years. That kind of home-field familiarity is hard to fake and harder to buy.
You are not a case number to us. You are a neighbor who got hurt, and you deserve a lawyer who treats it that way.
40+ yrsserving Sunrise & Broward County
On the ground in Sunrise
Landmarks, roads & courts we know
Real places, real intersections, real courts. Here is where Sunrise injuries happen and where your case would be handled.
Where crashes happen
Sawgrass Expressway — the high-speed toll road on the city's edge, where wrecks tend to be serious
I-595 — fast merges and rush-hour backups along the southern boundary
Pine Island Rd — a busy north-south arterial heavy with turns, shops, and neighborhood entrances
University Dr & Sunrise Blvd — the main commercial corridors feeding shoppers and traffic across the city
Local courts
Broward County Courthouse — the main courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, where Sunrise injury cases are filed
West Regional Courthouse — the satellite courthouse on Pine Island Road serving west Broward, closer to home
40+ years of practice — Robert DiStefano has tried and settled Broward injury cases for four decades
Landmarks & hotspots
Sawgrass Mills — one of the largest outlet malls in the country, with enormous lots and walkways
Amerant Bank Arena — home of the Florida Panthers, where event crowds pack the garages and roads
Markham Park — a large county park drawing families, cyclists, and weekend foot traffic
The Sawgrass corridor — the high-speed gateway moving shoppers and fans in and out of the city
What we see here
Accidents we handle in Sunrise
A suburban-residential core that absorbs heavy tourist and event traffic produces a distinctive mix of injury cases — and in Sunrise, a lot of them happen on someone else's property. These are the ones we see most often.
Slip-and-falls and parking-lot crashes at Sawgrass Mills. One of the country's largest outlet malls draws huge crowds, and that means wet floors, broken pavement, poor lighting, and crowded garages where low-speed backing collisions are common. Adjusters love to call these "minor," but a fall on an unmarked spill or a lot crash can still cause real, lasting harm. When a property owner ignores a hazard they knew about, Florida law may hold them responsible.
Event-night cases around Amerant Bank Arena. On a Panthers night, thousands of people pour into the same garages, crosswalks, and roads at once. We see premises injuries on crowded concourses and in packed parking decks, plus crashes — including drunk-driving wrecks — as everyone leaves at the same time. These cases reward a lawyer who moves fast to pin down what happened before the crowd, and the evidence, scatters.
High-speed Sawgrass Expressway crashes. The Sawgrass is a fast toll road, and cars move on it. When traffic slows suddenly or a driver loses control at speed, the result is often a serious rear-end or multi-car wreck. Locking down the crash report, any dash-cam footage, and witness accounts early can make or break a claim like this — and that is work we start right away.
Residential collisions on Pine Island Rd and University Dr. Between the big destinations, Sunrise is a city of neighborhoods, and its arterials carry fast traffic past schools, shopping plazas, and home entrances. That mix produces left-turn crashes, red-light collisions, and rear-end wrecks. Knowing how those specific intersections behave helps us prove what really happened.
Sunrise is a working, family-centered suburb that happens to host some of South Florida's biggest crowds. We are proud to serve this community and treat every client with the same respect and attention, whatever brought you to us. See every Broward County community we serve →
Robert DiStefano, Esq.
Meet your attorney
You work directly with Robert DiStefano
40+ years in Florida courts
For more than 40 years, Robert DiStefano has represented injured clients across South Florida, personally handling the matters the firm accepts. He knows the Broward courthouses, the insurance adjusters, and the defense firms on the other side.
When you contact DiStefano Law, you work with Robert and a small, responsive team that keeps you informed from the initial consultation through the resolution of your case — without an intake call center or a rotating roster of associates.
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How we help
Local know-how, plus a promise you can hold us to
Tell us what happened. We'll explain your options in plain English, and you won't owe us a fee unless we recover for you. Pick the area closest to your situation.
Because your Sunrise case would be filed at the main Broward County Courthouse — or handled through the West Regional Courthouse on Pine Island Road closer to home — it helps to have a lawyer who has spent 40-plus years working in Broward's courts. Robert DiStefano knows the local insurers' tactics, the way Broward juries think, and how to push a case forward instead of letting it stall. Being only about ten minutes east means we also know your roads, the garages where you may have been hurt, and how to get to you fast.
And you pay nothing up front. We handle personal-injury matters on contingency, which means no fee unless we recover for you. The first conversation is free, confidential, and available the same day. You can meet attorney Robert DiStefano or reach the office anytime through our contact page.
Serving Sunrise and its neighbors across this corner of Broward — including nearby Plantation to the east and Coral Springs to the north. Wherever you were hurt, the first step is the same: a free conversation about what happened.
Common questions
Sunrise injury questions, answered
Do you take personal injury cases in Sunrise?
Yes. We regularly help injured people throughout Sunrise and the rest of Broward County. Our office is about five miles east in Fort Lauderdale — roughly a ten-minute drive — so we know the city's roads, the Sawgrass Mills and arena area, and the local hospitals well, and we can come to you when you can't come to us.
Which court would my Sunrise case go to?
Most Sunrise personal injury cases are filed at the main Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, with some matters handled through the West Regional Courthouse on Pine Island Road that serves west Broward. Robert DiStefano has handled Broward injury cases for more than 40 years, so he knows the local process and the people who run it.
How fast can you get to me after a Sunrise accident?
Very fast — Sunrise is one of the closest cities to us, only about ten minutes east. We offer a same-day, confidential case review. If you're recovering at home or in the hospital, we can talk by phone first and arrange to meet you wherever is easiest.
I was hurt at Sawgrass Mills or the arena — do you handle that?
Yes. Slip-and-falls, parking-garage and lot crashes, and crowd-related injuries at places like Sawgrass Mills and Amerant Bank Arena are some of the most common cases we see in Sunrise. When a property owner fails to fix or warn about a hazard they knew about, Florida law may hold them responsible, and we move quickly to preserve the evidence before it disappears.
What does it cost to hire you?
Nothing up front. We handle personal injury cases on contingency, which means there's no fee unless we recover for you. Your first case review is free, confidential, and carries no obligation.
Lisa Marie Santamarta, Esq.
Meet your attorney
You also work directly with Lisa Marie Santamarta
Bilingual — English & Spanish
Lisa Marie Santamarta handles personal-injury, medical malpractice, and immigration matters for clients throughout Florida, and has practiced in South Florida since 2011. Like every attorney at DiStefano Law, she handles your matter personally, without an intake call center or a rotating roster of associates.
Fluent in English and Spanish, she can guide you through an accident claim or the immigration system in the language you are most comfortable speaking.
Robert DiStefano, Esq.
Lisa Marie Santamarta, Esq.