When Insurance Companies Push Back, We Push Harder.
At Chatenka & Vannatta, we represent injured individuals across Florida who refuse to be minimized, dismissed, or underpaid. We take on the insurance companies, so you don’t have to.
Fighting for You.
Chatenka & Vannatta has been built on treating clients the way we would like to be treated. We pride ourselves on providing top notch legal advice, consistently communicating with our clients, and fighting to get our clients the best resolution under the circumstances.
Insurance companies and large corporations have teams of defense attorneys and employees trained to protect profits by unfairly and unreasonably devaluing an injured client’s claim. We use our experience, legal expertise, and resources to combat these strategies that try to limit our clients’ recoveries. From the first consultation through resolution, our goal is to maximize our client’s recovery while making the process as easy and stress free as possible.
With over 45 years of combined legal practice, R. Timothy Vannatta and Aaron Chatenka have the knowledge and experience to maximize each client’s recovery. Mr. Vannatta is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Civil Trial law and has had numerous seven figure trial verdicts and settlements. Mr. Chatenka brings a disciplined case strategy and aggressive negotiation tactics that have resulted in millions recovered over his career for clients. This combination of strengths positions the firm to aggressively represent each client no matter who is on the other side of a claim.
Aaron Chatenka, Esq.
Founding Partner
Aaron Chatenka is a founding partner of Chatenka & Vannatta and an experienced Florida personal injury attorney who has spent more than 15 years fighting insurance companies on behalf of injured clients. He has successfully handled complex motor vehicle, negligence, and wrongful death cases, recovering millions through strategic case development and relentless advocacy.
More about Aaron Chatenka
Aaron approaches every case with strategy and preparation. He believes that understanding the full impact of an injury, including its financial, physical, and long term consequences, creates the leverage necessary to demand meaningful compensation. Insurance companies respond to preparation, and he builds every case accordingly.
Throughout his career, Aaron has handled a wide range of complex injury matters, including motor vehicle accidents, trucking collisions, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, general negligence, and wrongful death claims. He has recovered millions of dollars for injured Floridians through disciplined case development and aggressive negotiation.
He is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association and remains actively engaged in the Florida legal community. Aaron lives in Martin County with his partner, Kara, and their children.
His practice is guided by preparation, communication, dedication, and results.
R. Timothy Vannatta is a partner at Chatenka & Vannatta and is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, a distinction earned by fewer than 1 percent of licensed attorneys in Florida. With more than 30 years of experience, he brings extensive courtroom knowledge and trial strategy to the firm’s most complex and high-stakes cases.
R. Timothy Vannatta, Esq.
Founding Partner
More about R. Timothy Vannatta
Tim has settled and tried multiple seven-figure cases to verdict and has built a reputation for taking on matters that require serious litigation experience. His practice includes auto accidents, trucking collisions, medical malpractice, negligent security, slip and fall cases, catastrophic injury claims, and other complex personal injury matters.
He began his legal career as a prosecutor in the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, where he tried more than 50 jury trials to verdict. He later represented doctors, hospitals, and medical companies at defense firms across Florida, gaining insight into how institutions and insurers evaluate risk and defend claims. He also practiced at a national plaintiff securities class action firm before devoting his career exclusively to representing injured individuals.
Tim earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Tampa and his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law. He is deeply rooted in northern Palm Beach County, where he lives with his family and remains active in community charitable efforts.
His practice is defined by trial readiness, strategic litigation, and a commitment to maximizing recovery for injured clients.
