Florida Insurance Lawyers

Insurance Law

496 Delaney Ave,, Suite 508, Orlando, FL 32801

Orlando attorney Adam L. Cordova is the owner and founder of Cordova Law Firm. He and his firm serve clients in the greater Orlando and Central Florida area. Adam is committed to helping people who have suffered damage in hurricanes, hail storms, and other weather disasters, and who find themselves in conflict with an insurance company who is trying to deny coverage. He represents individuals and business owners during profoundly difficult times, when they need to know that they have someone on their side, fighting for them.

Insurance Law

444 Brickell Avenue, Suite 300, Miami, FL 33131

Alyssa A. Cina is an Attorney at the Miami office of Resnick & Louis, P.C. and has experience in all aspects of cases regarding personal injury, commercial litigation, and civil litigation. Prior to joining Resnick & Louis, Alyssa managed a 10 staff personnel and supervised a caseload of 250 car accident and premise liability files from intake to negotiations. She has worked in the Fourth District Court of Appeals performing a variety of civil and criminal appeals. Alyssa is the recipient of Best Editorial Awards by Nova Law Review and works heavily in the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division. She is also a member of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Alyssa is licensed to practice law in the state of Florida.

Insurance Law

1234 E. 5th Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605

Dale Swope is managing partner of Swope, Rodante, Newsome & Steinberg which is the development of the solo firm practice he founded six months out of law school, in 1979. Mr. Swope is a Tampa native, and a graduate of Hillsborough High School, the University of South Florida, and the University of Florida Law School. The firm’s most senior lawyer, Mr. Swope has received virtually every professional recognition available to lawyers who practice in his field.

Insurance Law

9240 Bonita Beach Rd, Suite 1109, Bonita Springs, FL 34135

David J. Lockard leverages three decades of expert-level experience in the Construction, Executive Management, and Insurance & Financial Services sectors. He is a respected and accomplished lawyer with years of experience representing clients in a variety of legal matters, including contract disputes, construction law, and complex insurance litigation claims. He has an extensive knowledge in policy and contract language, equaled by few. David's career began as a Plaintiff's attorney at the Colucci Law Group, and then at Vishio-Forry - both esteemed, top-ranking law firm in Florida. He honed his litigation skills, fighting the insurance companies for the property rights of the insured. His ever-growing knowledge in insurance litigation continued to develop and strengthen at the prestigious firm of Cole, Scott & Kissane, where he gained invaluable experience on complex legal cases. David founded Champion Legal Group, where he continues to achieve impressive results for his clients. He is known for his exceptional legal skills, his dedication to his clients, and his ability to achieve favorable outcomes in even the most challenging cases. He is an outstanding communicator, a persuasive and dynamic problem-solver, and has a laser-focused attention to details, timelines and outcomes.

Insurance Law

2790 Sunset Point Road, Clearwater, FL 33759

Grant W. Krapf was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2002, Mr. Krapf moved to Lexington, Virginia, to study at Washington & Lee University, where he majored in business administration. Thereafter, Mr. Krapf pursued his life-long dream of becoming an advocate and trial lawyer at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. In addition to being the business manager for Stetson’s The Brief Magazine and Secretary of the Environmental Law Society, Mr. Krapf worked part-time for one of the area’s most notable boutique personal injury law firms. After experiencing several trials as a law clerk, two of which resulted in seven-digit verdicts, Mr. Krapf committed himself to developing his own civil trial skills so that he could one day open Krapf Legal to help Florida’s residents, homeowners, business owners, or visitors who have been injured, wrongfully denied insurance benefits, or damaged by another’s wrongful conduct.

Insurance Law

2926 W Wallcraft Ave, Tampa, FL 33611, USA

J. Suzanne Lehner is a Tampa attorney whose Florida Bar directory entry identifies her as an AVP insurance executive. She appears in that directory as Jenifer S McCaffrey Lehner, with Suzanne given as her preferred name, and is listed in good standing and eligible to practice law in Florida. In November 2023, Lehner was named as a USAA speaker for the CLM Focus Conference & Holiday Party. The session, “RIP: The Death of the Billable Hour,” concerned alternatives to hourly billing. Its description outlined the use of legal performance metrics and key performance indicators to evaluate fee arrangements, including monthly fees subject to annual adjustment. The announced panel paired Lehner with Kim Campbell of Wellpath, Robert Kopka of Kopka Pinkus Dolin and Patrick Mendes of Tyson & Mendes. Her Florida Bar record gives October 6, 1994, as her admission date and names the University of Florida’s Fredric G. Levin College of Law, with 1994 listed alongside it. Insurance and litigation appear among her recorded practice areas, as do mediation and dispute resolution. The same entry includes construction and toxic torts. Its federal-court section names the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and all three Florida federal district courts: Middle, Northern and Southern. Outside those listings, Lehner’s professional LinkedIn profile identifies her as a former chair of the Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee.

Insurance Law

901 Clint Moore Rd c, Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA

Joshua Beck is the founding partner of Beck Law, P.A. Prior to starting the firm, Mr. Beck was a partner at a prominent insurance defense firm specializing in first party insurance coverage. Mr. Beck specializes in insurance coverage disputes including class actions, appellate work, bad faith litigation, wrongful death and catastrophic injuries, homeowner coverage disputes, construction defect coverage disputes, and fraud investigations. Mr. Beck earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance from Florida State University and went on to earn his Juris Doctor degree from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center.

Insurance Law

2101 Corporate NW Blvd, Suite 316, Boca Raton, FL 33431

Kristina B. Pett (Tina) concentrates her litigation practice in the area of life, health and disability insurance, including ERISA and state law breach of contract and bad faith claims. Tina also handles matters involving insurance fraud, unfair and deceptive trade practice claims and agent issues. In addition, Tina has extensive experience in toxic torts, product liability, intellectual property, bankruptcy, and other complex commercial litigation. Moreover, Tina has significant trial, appellate and alternative dispute resolution experience in all of the areas described above and is an AV-rated attorney[1] and has a preeminent 5.0 out of 5 client review rating. Tina is a frequent lecturer and has authored numerous publications on a variety of topics including ERISA, and life, health and disability insurance and Title VII related issues. Ms. Pett is a member of the Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar and a member of the Life, Health & Disability Committee of the Defense Research Institute and served on the DRI’s Women in the Law Publication subcommittee. She has served as a regional editor for The Job Description. Ms. Pett has also been recognized with an Extraordinary Service Award by one of her Fortune 500 clients. Tina is a cum laude graduate of Temple University School of Law. She obtained her Bachelors of Arts degree from the George Washington University. She is a member of the Florida and Pennsylvania Bars and is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, Western District of Pennsylvania, Northern District of Texas and Western District of Oklahoma. Prior to joining Edison McDowell & Hetherington, Ms. Pett was a founding member of 100% woman-owned firm, Pett Furman. Tina was previously senior counsel in the Labor and Employment Department at Proskauer Rose LLP and a senior associate in the litigation department at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP.

Insurance Law

2750 SW 145th Ave, Miramar, FL 33027, USA

Mario I. Molina practices property damage and insurance litigation in Miramar, Florida, where he serves as chief executive officer of Property Litigation Group, PLLC. Large-loss cases across the United States account for most of his time, according to his firm biography. Alongside property insurance disputes, that biography names commercial litigation, contract litigation and subrogation defense as his practice areas. Before moving to Florida in 2016, Molina worked in New York on disputes involving real estate holding companies. That work took in code disputes and municipal litigation in the New York Supreme Court, as well as management of False Claims Act litigation involving New York City agencies. Commercial real estate development and transactions were also the focus of his studies at New York Law School, where he earned his J.D. His undergraduate degree, a B.A., is from Florida International University. Molina established Property Litigation Group to represent policyholders confronting insurance claim denials or underpayments. The firm lists his office at 2750 SW 145th Avenue, Suite 509, in Miramar. His Florida Bar profile identifies the same firm and address and lists him as a partner or shareholder. He is a member in good standing and eligible to practice law in Florida. English and Spanish appear in his Bar directory listing, which also lists the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Insurance Law

151 N. Nob Hill Rd, Ste 423, Plantation, FL 33324

Marlene is a trial attorney whose practice is entirely dedicated to litigating property insurance claims. Marlene’s passion for the legal field started two decades earlier when Marlene started working in a law firm and realized she wanted a career as a lawyer. During law school Marlene was dedicated at sharpening her trial skills by volunteering at the Miami Dade Public Defender’s Office, where she spent time working as a Certified Legal Intern. This experience allowed Marlene to gain valuable hours of courtroom experience, conducting depositions, legal research and draft legal motions and pleadings – all skills Marlene relies on now to represent clients in property damage litigation with their insurance carrier. Marlene was awarded a CALI Book Award in Florida Criminal Procedure by earning the highest grade in the class. Marlene served as the Research Assistant for Law School Dean Alfredo P. Garcia. Marlene received the Outstanding Public Service Award for the graduating class. For the last several years, Marlene has concentrated solely on assisting property owners with their underpaid, under deductible and denied property claims. Marlene has successfully helped hundreds of clients resolve their claims with the property insurance carriers.

Insurance Law

150 E Palmetto Park Rd suite 450, Boca Raton, FL 33432, USA

Michael Camilleri is an attorney and Boca Raton resident who is of counsel to Gonzales Taplin, P.A. His education includes a bachelor of arts from Long Island University and a law degree from Fordham Law School in New York. The firm describes his employment-law experience as spanning several decades. Insurance management and consulting also feature in his professional background. His firm profile lists him as president and chief executive officer of American Financial Security Life Insurance Company, a position it dates to 2009, and as a principal of Matrix Consulting, LLC, an insurance consulting company. Before those positions, he spent four years leading Clear Spring Property and Casualty Lackawanna Insurance Group as president and chief executive officer. Outside those executive roles, Camilleri has contributed to legislation in six states. His published articles cover healthcare and workers’ compensation, and he has spoken about health-related issues and workers’ compensation at conferences around the country. He was also a founding board member of the American Association of Workers Compensation Professionals. Gonzales Taplin concentrates exclusively on insurance regulatory law. The firm serves insurers and insurance intermediaries, including agents, brokers, third-party administrators and managing general agents, as well as program managers, insurance technology businesses and start-ups. Its stated services include advice on transactions, enforcement actions, market conduct, compliance and governance; these are firm-wide practice descriptions rather than a list of Camilleri’s individual assignments.

Insurance Law

4921 Memorial Hwy, Tampa, FL 33634, USA

Mr. Dutton obtained his doctorate of law in 1984 from Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law, which is one of the oldest law schools in the United States. During law school Mr. Dutton was honored on the Dean’s List during his second and third years of legal study. While in law school Mr. Dutton also received a diploma from the Institute of Comparative and International Law located at Oxford University in Oxford, England. During Mr. Dutton’s course of study at Ohio Northern University, he was a member of the editorial staff of the Ohio Northern University Law Review. While on the Ohio Northern University Law Review, Mr. Dutton published The Court Vetoes the Legislative Veto: Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha, analyzing a landmark United States Supreme Court decision on bicameralism, the separation of powers doctrine and the Presentment Clause of the United States Constitution. Mr. Dutton was also selected to the Order of Barristers for having exhibited excellence and obtained high honor through the art of courtroom advocacy. Mr. Dutton also served as a justice on the law school’s Moot Court Executive Board, and was the justice in charge of the First Year Appellate Advocacy Program. While in law school, Mr. Dutton also participated in four national moot court competitions, including the Fall National Moot Court Competition, the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Best Written Memorial), and the Benton Privacy Law Competition (Team Coach). Additional achievements by Mr. Dutton while in law school included the authorship and publication of articles on constitutional law which have been published nationally, selection as research assistant to Professor Paul Edwards, and participation on the faculty hiring committee. For Mr. Dutton’s outstanding academic achievement in law school, he was selected to Who’s Who Among American Law Students. Prior to law school, Mr. Dutton’s Bachelor of Arts degree and graduate work was in the field of international relations and international affairs at Florida International University in Miami, Florida where he was born. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Dutton was a firefighter and paramedic with the City of Miami Beach in Miami Beach, Florida. While there Mr. Dutton became one of the first certified paramedics in the State of Florida. He also received a Certificate of Compliance for State Firefighter awarded by the State Fire Marshal’s Office. While serving as a paramedic, Mr. Dutton was also selected to the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team for the City of Miami Beach Police Department where he received training from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Army Special Forces in Urban Warfare. Mr. Dutton also received training in fire prevention and enforcement of fire codes and building codes during his education and experience as a firefighter. Professional organizations in which Mr. Dutton is a member include the American Bar Association, Defense Research Institute and the Florida Defense Lawyers Association where he serves as its Continuing Legal Education Chairperson. Mr. Dutton is a charter member of the Medical Claims Defense Network and has served on its board of directors.

Insurance Law

55 Merrick Way, Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA

A Miami native, Mr. Morgan has seen the landscape of South Florida change drastically over the years, including that of the legal field. Regularly handling matters throughout the State of Florida, as well as having experience with numerous cases in other states, Thomas has always endeavored to look out for what is best in regards to his client’s needs. Mr. Morgan has brought the firms focus on that of the individuals and business entities that have been harmed and need to have a firm that can understand and has the experience to handle those issues, whether a policy holder in an insurance claim matter or an individual injured in an accident. With a vast experience in litigation, Mr. Morgan and his firm, The Morgan Law Group, P.A., take on all new matters with the intention of handling them from beginning to end, unlike some other firms that may refer you to someone else once a lawsuit is filed.

Insurance Law

2300 Corporate Blvd NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA

Jennifer L. Heath is a dedicated Plaintiff's attorney specializing in Property Damage Litigation, particularly in the aftermath of hurricane events in Florida. In addition to property damage litigation for residential properties, Jennifer handles commercial property damage claims, commercial negligence claims, personal injury claims, contract law disputes, and commercial collections. Licensed to practice law in Florida, Jennifer is also pending admission to the Illinois Bar and Missouri Bar. With over 12 years of insurance litigation experience, and a passion for justice and a commitment to her clients, Jennifer has built a reputation for her tenacity and expertise in navigating complex property damage claims. Her extensive experience in handling cases arising from hurricane damage comes from the deep-rooted relationships and mentorships that Jennifer has built with members of the engineering and construction industries. She also possesses a Florida Claims Adjuster's License.