Working For Workers.

I am Matthew E. Romanik, Volusia County’s longest continuously board certified workers’ compensation lawyer. My family moved from Pennsylvania to Florida soon before I began elementary school in Lakeland, Florida. I ultimately graduated from Lakeland High School in the top 3% of my class in 1988. I was proud to play tenor drums in the Dreadnaughts marching band. I was honored to be accepted to attend college at the University of Florida. I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science within less than four years of my enrollment in 1992. While studying as an undergraduate, I also worked for the Soil Science department predominantly working on soil hydrology experiments to help farmers optimize water usage with a focus on sustainable conservation and usage. In part because the University of Florida was great overall and in part because I hoped to finish the statewide soil hydrology mapping project, I applied for and was accepted