Ramon Rodriguez, III, MD

Ray Rodriguez joined Sands Anderson in 2017, bringing experience serving healthcare clients with medical cases and vaccination injuries. He represents both medical practitioners navigating lawsuits, as well as individuals and families who have developed injuries related to vaccines. His goal is to help each client resolve their case through risk and defense management. By proactively and genuinely caring for his clients’ wellbeing, Ray helps each person look forward, stay on track, and come out ahead.

Prior to becoming an attorney in 2002, Ray was a medical practitioner and served as a primary care physician. His medical career provides him with invaluable first-hand perspectives on medical topics, such as diseases, injuries, and vaccinations — including the challenges practitioners often face. As such, he can empathize with the work required to obtain and maintain medical licenses without any professional blemishes. Similarly, his experience as a doctor enables him to thoughtfully understand and support individuals and families experiencing vaccination injuries, which can often go undetected. By applying medical and legal analysis to each case, he can thoroughly guide his clients, no matter the outcomes they seek.

Ray was inspired to become a vaccine litigation attorney after realizing how many people did not know how to legally navigate vaccination-injury claims and seek justice. Today, he works to advise and guide clients — while educating people on vaccination injuries and the programs available to assist them. Ray is a member of the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians, and is licensed to practice medicine in Arkansas, Florida, Virginia, and the Republic of Ireland. He also previously served as a partner and board member of a large primary care physician group in Hillsborough, County Florida. Ray is not only an accomplished attorney and primary care physician, but also a regarded speaker and author, sharing his insights at events and in publications across the country.

As a primary care physician, Ray believes that the routine administration of vaccines to children and adults is extremely important and that vaccinations play a crucial role in controlling the spread of a number of communicable diseases. Ray also recognizes that not everyone responds to a vaccine’s antigens the same way and adverse reactions can and do occur in susceptible individuals.