Meet Our Attorneys

From the Panhandle to the Keys and everything in between, Alvarez Gower is the best full-service personal injury law firm handling cases throughout the great State of Florida, and is based in the Tampa Bay area. Our firm is built upon the principle that each case must be treated with the utmost care and importance, no matter the value, because for each client, their case is the most important case.

William Gower, Esquire

Managing Partner

From a young age, I knew that I wanted to advocate on behalf of others in a courtroom. Growing up in Brandon, Florida, I began shadowing a local attorney as early as middle school to learn as much as possible about becoming an advocate for others. Being very competitive, at Brandon High School I competed at the state and national level in both pre-law intramural competitions and winning a team state championship with Brandon’s nationally recognized wrestling team.

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Joseph G. Alvarez, Esquire

Managing Partner

Growing up my grandfather was my idol. He instilled in me at a young age a sense of duty to country and service to others. I never planned on attending college but instead dreamt of serving my country as an officer in the military. Tragically, a serious car accident on April 7, 2006, would preclude me from ever attaining that dream. As fate would have it, my life altering accident became a blessing in disguise. I viewed a career in law as an opportunity to advocate on behalf of those who could not otherwise find justice for themselves.

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Christopher W. Mathena

Associate Attorney

I was raised to respect the values of hard work, perseverance, and standing up for what’s right, principles that still drive me today. As a young man, it became evident over time that my calling was to be an advocate for people facing life’s most difficult moments. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, I attended the South Texas College of Law, a school nationally renowned for its excellence in trial advocacy. My time there was transformative. Competing in trial and appellate competitions around the country, and clerking for a civil trial judge, I discovered the energy and purpose that comes with standing in a courtroom, fighting for justice.

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