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SANTO DiGANGI

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • Complex Probate & Trust Litigation
  • Insurance Bad Faith
  • Employment Litigation
  • Professional Malpractice Defense
  • Personal Injury
  • Wrongful Death

ADMISSIONS

  • The Florida Bar
  • The New York Bar
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • The Supreme Court of the United States

EDUCATION

EMAIL SANTO
ABOUT SANTO

Attorney Santo DiGangi joined the law firm of Critton, Luttier & Coleman in September 2013 and focuses his practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, complex probate and trust litigation, and legal malpractice. DiGangi is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been consistently selected as a top rated Business Litigation attorney by Super Lawyers.

Prior to joining the firm, DiGangi served as an Assistant State Attorney with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office where he was responsible for the prosecution of felony criminal cases. During his service, DiGangi tried over 24 jury trials, over 100 bench trials, and served as the Assistant Chief of County Court. DiGangi previously worked as a Trial Court Law Clerk with the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida in West Palm Beach.

DiGangi is a Past President of The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division which encompasses all 27,000 young lawyers around the State of Florida. He is also extensively involved with the Palm Beach County Bar Association and helps serve the West Palm Beach community as a Past President of the Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach and through his work with SunFest and other local charitable organizations. In 2020, DiGangi was recognized by the University of Florida Alumni Association as a 40 Gators Under 40 Honoree.

Born in Queens, New York, DiGangi moved to West Palm Beach at age nine and graduated from the Dreyfoos School of the Arts. DiGangi earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and his Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Political Science and Criminology, magna cum laude, from the University of Florida.  He currently resides in North Palm Beach with his wife and their three young sons.

PEER RECOGNITION

AWARDS & HONORS

AVVO RATING

10.0/10.0

CANCER ALLIANCE OF HELP & HOPE

Champion of Help & Hope Award (2019)

FLORIDA TREND MAGAZINE

Legal Elite Up & Comer (2020)

MARTINDALE HUBBELL

Peer Review Rating AV (Present)

MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (MADD)

Prosecution Recognition of Excellence (2012)

SUPER LAWYERS

Super Lawyers (2022-2023)
Rising Star (2017-2019)

BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA

Best Lawyers (2023)

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

40 Gators Under 40 Honoree (2020)

FLORIDA BLUE KEY

Honorary Tapping (Spring 2023)

PROFESSIONAL & LEADERSHIP

ASSOCIATIONS

THE FLORIDA BAR
    • Board of Governors, Member  (2018-20)
      • YLD President (2019-20)
      • YLD President-Elect (2018-19)
      • Executive Committee
      • Strategic Planning Committee
      • Disciplinary Review Committee
      • Communications Committee
      • Technology Committee
    • Young Lawyers Division
      • Immediate Past President (2020-21)
      • President (2019-20)
      • President-Elect (2018-19)
      • Board of Governors, Member (2015-18)
        • Communications Committee, Chair
        • Transition to Practice Committee, Chair
        • Webinars Committee, Co-Chair
        • Executive Committee
        • Affiliate Outreach Conference Committee
        • Technology Committee
        • Practicing with Professionalism Committee
        • Long Range Planning Committee
    • Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee (2014-20)
      • Board of Governors Liaison (2018-20)
    • Special Committee to Improve the Delivery of Legal Services (2020-21)
    • Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration Committee (2023-present)
      • Vice Chair (2023-24)
      • Subcommittee C, Chair (2022-23)
PALM BEACH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
      • Bench Bar Conference
        • Chair (2018)
        • Commercial Litigation, Co-Chair (2017)
      • Judicial Relations Committee (2014-20)
      • Professionalism Committee (2014-18)
      • Committee for Diversity and Inclusion (2019-20)
      • Young Lawyers Section, Board Member (2013-20)
      • Young Lawyers Section Board Member of the Month (September 2014)
CRAIG S. BARNARD INNS OF COURT
    • Foundation Committee, Co-Chair (2016-17)
FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN LAWYERS
F. MALCOLM CUNNINGHAM BAR ASSOCIATION
    • Bylaws Committee (2021-22)
PALM BEACH COUNTY JUSTICE ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL ITALIAN-AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
KIWANIS CLUB OF WEST PALM BEACH
    • Immediate Past President (2018-19)
    • President (2017-18)
      • Distinguished Club Award
    • President-Elect, (2016-17)
    • Vice President, (2015-16)
    • Board of Directors, Member
    • Scholarship Committee, Chair Freshman Class Committee
DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION
    • Board of Directors, Alumni Ex Officio Member (2017-18)
SUNFEST
    • Board of Directors (2023-present)
    • Risk Management Committee, Vice Chair
PALM BEACH COUNTY PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD
    • Member (2023-present)
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    • Lifetime Member
    • 40 Gators Under 40 Honoree (2020)