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Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


Marshall Dennehey, P.C.

Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

200 West Forsyth Street, Suite 1400, Jacksonville, Florida 32202

Established: 2004

Practice Areas

  • Accountants' Professional Liability
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Amusements, Sports and Recreation Liability
  • Appellate Advocacy and Post-Trial Practice
  • Architectural, Engineering and Construction Defect Litigation
  • Asbestos and Mass Tort Litigation
  • Automobile Liability
  • Aviation and Complex Litigation
  • Behavioral Health Risk and Liability
  • Birth and Catastrophic Injury Litigation
  • Class Action Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Injury Litigation
  • Consumer Financial Services Litigation & Compliance
  • COVID-19/Coronavirus
  • Disciplinary Board Representation
  • Electronic Medical Record and Audit Trail Litigation
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental & Toxic Tort Litigation
  • Fraud/Special Investigation
  • General Liability
  • Health Care Liability
  • Hospitality and Liquor Liability
  • Insurance Agents & Brokers Liability
  • Insurance Services - Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
  • Intellectual Property, Technology and Media Litigation
  • Lawyers' Professional Liability
  • Long-Term Care Liability
  • Maritime Litigation
  • Medicare Set-Aside
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
  • New York Construction and Labor Law
  • Non-Profit D&O
  • Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Litigation
  • Premises and Retail Liability
  • Privacy and Data Security
  • Product Liability
  • Property Litigation
  • Public Entity and Civil Rights Litigation
  • Real Estate Errors & Omission Liability
  • Rideshare Liability
  • School Leaders' Liability
  • Securities and Investments Professional Liability
  • Social Services & Human Services Liability
  • Telehealth and Telemedicine
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • White Collar Crime
  • Workers' Compensation

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About Us

Unparalleled Growth

Marshall Dennehey, P.C., was founded in 1962. We are very gratified that our growth, much of which has been client-driven, enables us to make available to our clients more than 500 lawyers working out of 20 offices throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Florida and New York.

Exclusively Defense

We are exclusively a defense litigation firm with our professional practices encompassing a broad spectrum of litigation matters.

Complex Litigation Experience

Members of our firm have considerable experience handling high-profile and complex litigation, including class actions and mass tort matters.

Regional Presence

The regional presence of our firm affords many advantages to our clients. One client detailed some of these advantages in the publication Of Counsel, where he expressed appreciation of our firm's strategic locations in areas where his company has stores. He praised our ability to handle a wide variety of claims, ranging from fall downs and car damage claims to complex product liability matters. In addition to the six states in which we maintain our offices, we handle many litigation matters in West Virginia, Maryland and Kentucky.

Regional Office Statistics

Nearly 60 percent of our attorneys work in our 19 satellite offices. This statistic underscores the importance of our regional offices to our clients, as well as to our firm. Clients report to us that they are comfortable entering into region-wide arrangements for our representation knowing that we are well staffed in these offices. All of our offices are linked via an Intranet and a firm-wide file management system and library. The attorneys at these locations are native to the area, have a good rapport with and knowledge of local judges and opposing attorneys, and are familiar with the population of potential jurors.

Attorneys Selected by Clients

With more than 500 attorneys on staff, clients have a great deal of legal talent from which to choose. As one of the firm's clients said in Of Counsel, "Their attitude is tremendous. If I say I want a particular attorney on a matter, I have that attorney. If I say I want a conference with the attorney, a conference is arranged."

Minority Hiring

In surveys conducted by The National Law Journal and The Legal Intelligencer, our firm was identified, both on a national and a regional level, as one of the leading large law firms in the categories of minority hiring and advancement. We are especially proud of our minority shareholders and their vitally important roles in the management of our firm.

Peer Ratings

The experience of our firm and our attorneys has been recognized by our peers. At the present time, we have a significantly large number of peer-review rated attorneys as recognized by Martindale-Hubbell, a LexisNexis company. The lawyers of our firm are also recognized in Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys, as published by AM Best Company. We also have in our ranks lawyers who have been elected as Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers and Fellows of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. In addition, many of our lawyers appear in the Super Lawyers publications in the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, New York and Florida. As well, a number of our lawyers have also been listed in Best Lawyers in America.

Regional & National Coordinating Counsel

We are privileged to serve as Regional Coordinating Counsel and National Coordinating Counsel for a number of major corporations.

Internal Auditing

In 1985, the firm started an internal auditing program that draws upon the expertise of former claims managers and senior attorneys. This program received national attention in an article about innovative law firm management practices appearing in The National Law Journal.

Successful Business Model

In an article appearing in The Legal Intelligencer dealing with the challenges and opportunities for insurance defense firms, it was stated that our firm has clearly dominated the Philadelphia marketplace. In support of that statement, it was noted that the firm has grown dramatically in the past decade and has maintained a healthy shareholder-associate ratio. It was further discussed that major insurance carriers are attracted to our firm through its extensive use of technology as well as the numerous offices we have established throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and Florida. A noted legal consultant with Altman Weil, recommended in this article that some other defense litigation law firms "need to adopt the Marshall Dennehey model" in response to the changing needs and expectations of the insurance industry.

Central Diary System

All of the litigation files entrusted to us are on an electronic diary system that is designed to ensure that action has been taken by the handling attorney on all of his or her files within the past 90 days. Our monthly monitoring of this program discloses a 97-percent compliance rate, and any need for updated attorney reporting or action is immediately addressed. We have further refined this system o provide alerts to our attorneys when a certain percentage of the agreed-to litigation budget has been reached, affording the client and the handling attorney the opportunity to consider the options open to them at that juncture.

Legal Research Supervision

We have a very focused and cost-efficient approach to legal research. Our Manager of Legal Research and Legal Information Services is a practicing attorney well-versed in law firm technology and efficient research techniques.

Measured Performance

It is significant to note that our firm's Case Disposition Program enables us to develop statistics reflecting levels of performance in such areas as case cycle times, indemnity payments made, litigation expenses and case outcomes, which can be broken down by law type and jurisdiction.

Breaking Legal Developments

Since 1992, we have provided our clients with our firm's comprehensive newsletter, Defense Digest. During that time, we have never missed a deadline, ensuring that our clients can consistently rely upon us for advice about legal developments, as well as giving them the benefit of our analysis and practical recommendations. We also advise our clients of breaking legal developments through our quarterly electronic newsletter Law Alerts, and provide our workers' compensation clients with a monthly update, What's Hot in Workers' Comp.

ADR Commitment

We are strongly committed to alternative dispute resolution vehicles. We are an original signatory to the Law Firm Policy Statement of the Center for Public Resources, Inc.'s Initiatives on Alternatives to Litigation.

Published Works

The expertise and professional commitment of our attorneys is evidenced by the fact that they have had hundreds of articles published in such publications as For The Defense, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Quarterly, Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, The Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, Journal of Healthcare Risk Management, The PLUS Journal, Pennsylvania CPA Journal, The Florida Bar News, New Jersey Law Journal, Hospital & Healthcare News, Daily Business Review, Financial Advisor Magazine, Litigation Management, New Jersey Defense, National Law Journal, New York Law Journal, Ohio Lawyer, Orlando Medical News, The Florida Defender, Risk & Insurance and Risk Management. To see more of our published articles, visit our Publications page.

Alternative Fee Arrangements

Significantly, the several large annual contract fee and global contract fee arrangements into which we have entered with some of our larger clients have been renewed on an annual basis, clearly evidencing that these arrangements are beneficial to our clients and sufficiently profitable for our firm. Other forms of alternative pricing are also available.

Additional Locations

  • New Haven, Connecticut
  • Granite Square, Suite 303
  • 700 State Street
  • New Haven, Connecticut 06511
    • Telephone: 203-714-4560
  • Wilmington, Delaware
  • Nemours Building
  • 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 600
  • P.O. Box 8888 (19801)
  • Wilmington, Delaware 19801
    • Telephone: 302-552-4300
    • Fax: 302-552-4340
  • Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  • 2400 East Commercial Boulevard, Suite 1100
  • Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308
    • Telephone: 954-847-4920
    • Fax: 954-627-6640
  • Orlando, Florida
  • Landmark Center One
  • 315 East Robinson Street, Suite 550
  • Orlando, Florida 32801-1948
    • Telephone: 407-420-4380
    • Fax: 407-839-3008
  • Tampa, Florida
  • 201 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1100
  • Tampa, Florida 33602
    • Telephone: 813-898-1800
    • Fax: 813-221-5026
  • Mount Laurel, New Jersey
  • 15000 Midlantic Drive, Suite 200
  • P.O. Box 5429 (08054)
  • Mount Laurel, New Jersey 08054
    • Telephone: 856-414-6000
    • Fax: 856-414-6077
  • Roseland, New Jersey
  • 425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 302
  • Roseland, New Jersey 07068
    • Telephone: 973-618-4100
    • Fax: 973-618-0685
  • Melville, New York
  • 175 Pinelawn Road, Suite 250
  • Melville, New York 11747
    • Telephone: 631-232-6130
    • Fax: 631-232-6184
  • New York, New York
  • Wall Street Plaza
  • 88 Pine Street, 21st Floor
  • New York, New York 10005-1801
    • Telephone: 212-376-6400
    • Fax: 212-376-6490
  • Westchester, New York
  • 287 Bowman Avenue, Suite 404
  • Purchase, New York 10577
    • Telephone: 914-977-7300
    • Fax: 914-977-7301
  • Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 312 Elm Street, Suite 1850
  • Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
    • Telephone: 513-372-6800
    • Fax: 513-372-6801
  • Cleveland, Ohio
  • 127 Public Square, Suite 3510
  • Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1291
    • Telephone: 216-912-3800
    • Fax: 216-344-9006
  • Erie, Pennsylvania
  • 717 State Street, Suite 701
  • Erie, Pennsylvania 16501
    • Telephone: 814-480-7800
    • Fax: 814-455-3603
  • Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • 100 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 201
  • Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011
    • Telephone: 717-651-3500
    • Fax: 717-651-9630
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • The Union Trust Building
  • 501 Grant Street, Suite 700
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
    • Telephone: 412-803-1140
    • Fax: 412-803-1188
  • Scranton, Pennsylvania
  • 50 Glenmaura National Boulevard
  • Moosic, Pennsylvania 18507
    • Telephone: 570-496-4600
    • Fax: 570-496-0567

Personnel Information

Managing Attorney


James P. Hanratty

Shareholder; Supervisor, Casualty Practice Group

Jacksonville, FL

Practice Areas
  • Construction Injury Litigation
  • Health Care Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Premises and Retail Liability
  • General Liability
  • Lawyers' Professional Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 2012
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; Ohio Super Lawyer, 2010; The Best Lawyers in America©, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, 2021-Present; Florida Trend's Legal Elite - Civil Trial, 2022; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Top 5 Challenges Relative to Workers' Compensation Claims, Property and Casualty Claims and For Mediators," FCCI Educational Conference, October 2018; "Defending Catastrophic Injury Claims - How to Stack the Deck in Your Favor," Marshall Dennehey Florida Claims Symposium - Casino Royale, Tampa, FL, September 20, 2018; "Courtroom Warriors" Present: "Trying Your Case To A Defense Verdict; Opening Statements; Making A Good First Impression," Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, August 2008; "Use, Selection of Expert Witnesses," and "Insurance Relations Round Table," Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, 2003; "Defense of Wrongful Death Case," Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys, 2002; "Law Office Management," University of Akron, 1992, 1995; "Insurance Seminar," Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1992

Memberships:
  • American, Ohio State, West Virginia, Stark County and Jacksonville Bar Associations
  • The Florida Bar
  • Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers (1989-1993)
  • Ohio Association of Civil Trial Attorneys (Chair: Insurance Relations Committee, 2002-2007; Trial Tactics Committee, 2009-2012)
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
Publications:
  • Author: "Reducing Workplace Accident Liability," Wholesale & Distribution International, Winter 2014
  • "Benefits of Involving Counsel When An Accident Occurs," Defense Digest, Vol. 19, No. 2, June 2013
  • "A Defendant's Guide To Approaching Head Injury Cases," Law360.com, February 8, 2013
  • "Benefits of Involving Counsel When an Accident Occurs," Construction Executive, December 2012
  • "Avoiding Headaches in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases," Defense Digest, Vol. 18, No. 4, December 2012
  • "Opening Statements: You Never Have a Second Chance to Make a First Impression," OACTA Quarterly Review, Vo. 2, Issue 4, Winter 2009-2010
  • "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason In Ohio," Defense Digest, Vol. 14, No. 3, September 2008
  • "Selection, Use, Care And Feeding Of Expert Witnesses," OACTA Review, Winter 2002
  • "Discovery In A Slip.Trip And Fall Case," OACTA Quarterly Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, Spring 1998
Certifications:
  • Board Certified Specialist, Civil Trial Law, The Florida Bar
Education:
  • Walsh University, B.A., 1986
  • The University of Akron School of Law, J.D., 1989
Military:
U.S. Army Reserve, 1981-1990

Of Counsel


Michael J. DeCandio

Jacksonville, FL

Practice Areas
  • Architectural, Engineering and Construction Defect Litigation
  • General Liability
  • Trucking and Transportation Liability
  • Product Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 1982
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1987
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1995
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; The Best Lawyers in America© - Professional Malpractice Law, Defendants; Litigation - Construction; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation, 2014-Present; Jacksonville "Lawyer of the Year" - Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, 2023; Florida Super Lawyers, 2008-2009, 2016-2022; Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite, 2010, 2020; Classes/Seminars Taught: Mealey Construction Law Super Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2007 where issues concerning additional insured status were the topic of discussion; Various American Institute of Architects-sanctioned continued education programs for architects as well as engineers between 1995-2002

Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar
  • Jacksonville Bar Association
  • American Judicature Society
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Florida Defense Lawyers Association
  • Professional Liability Underwriting Society
Publications:
  • Co-Author: "Contractually Limiting Individual Liability for Design Professionals Using Florida's New Legislation," Defense Digest, Vol. 19, No. 3, December 2013
  • "From Frye to Daubert: What You Need to Know About Admitting Expert Testimony in Florida State Courts," Defense Digest, Vol. 19, No. 3, December 2013
Certifications:
  • Certified Circuit Court Mediator
Education:
  • American University, B.S., 1975
  • Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1982
Fraternity Information:
Phi Alpha Delta
Honors:
Order of the Barristers
Military:
U.S. Army Reserves, 1970-1975

Born: 1949

Resident Shareholders


Heather Byrer Carbone

Jacksonville, FL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
Admitted
  • Florida, 2001
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2009
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2010, 2013-2016; Jacksonville Magazine, "Jacksonville Legal Elite," 2015-2017; American Lawyer Media, Top Rated Lawyer in Labor & Employment, 2013-2014, 2016; Classes/Seminars Taught: "Workers' Compensation Law and Ethics Update," Marshall Dennehey Webinar, May 13, 2022; "Average Weekly Wage and Indemnity Benefits (Other than PTD)," Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, April 15, 2021; "Pre-Existing Conditions, Major Contributing Cause and Apportionment," Marshall Dennehey webinar, December 3, 2020; "Ethical Requirements: Empathy and Ethics in Workers' Compensation," WCCP Annual Holiday Conference, November 18, 2020; "How Medical Marijuana Is Impacting Workers' Compensation," Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, October 24, 2019; "Average Weekly Wage and Indemnity Benefits," Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, April 11, 2019; "Roundtable: Don’t Just Roll the Dice - Hot Topics in Evaluating Personal Injury Claims," Marshall Dennehey Florida Claims Symposium - Casino Royale, Tampa, FL, September 20, 2018; "Average Weekly Wage and Indemnity Benefits (Other than PTD)," 2018 Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, April 13, 2018; "Stop Work Orders," Association of Builders and Contractors, Jacksonville, FL, August 2017; "Specialty Drugs in Workers' Compensation," The CLM Business and Insurance Workers' Compensation Conference, Chicago, IL, May 2017; "Average Weekly Wage and Indemnity Benefits (Other Than PTD)," The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, Orlando, FL, April 2017, April 2016; "Recent Changes to Florida Workers' Compensation Law," The CLM, Jacksonville, FL, November 2016; "Social Security Disability Appeals," Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Jacksonville, FL, November 2014; "Workers' Compensation Overview, Fidelity National Financial Conference, April 2014; "Workers' Compensation In Florida," Guest Instructor for Florida Coastal School of Law, Contruction Law Class, 2012, 2014; "Fundamentals of Workers' Compensation," Sterling Education Seminar, Jacksonville, FL, April 2013; "The Medicare Super Lien and Other Liens Simplified," National Business Institute Seminar, Jacksonville, FL, 2013; "Case Law Update," IARP, Select Medical Workers' Compensation Roundtable, Florida State Collge of Jacksonville, April 2012; "Credit Abuse Resistance Education," Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Seminar, July 2010

Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar
  • Jacksonville Bar Association (Co-Chair Workers' Compensation Section, 2010-2011)
  • Association of Builders & Contractors
  • Jacksonville Claims Association
  • Robert E. Williams, Inns of Court (Executive Committee; Membership Co-Chair)
  • Society for Human Resource Management (National and Jacksonville Chapter)
Publications:
  • Author: "Case Law Update for TPD/TTD," The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section, NEWS & 440 Report, Fall 2020
  • "Be Kind and Keep It Simple: Managing Litigated Workers' Compensation Claims Through Advocacy and Empathy," CLM Magazine, June 2020
  • "COVID-19 and Workers’ Compensation Claims: How Can a Person Prove They Contracted the Illness on the Job?," Jacksonville Daily Record, May 7, 2020
  • "First Responder Benefits In, Attorney Fees Out," Insurance Journal, March 6, 2018
  • "Average Weekly Wage and Indemnity Benefits (Other Than PTD)," The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, 2016, 2017
  • "The Florida Workers' Compensation Tight Rope Challenged," ABA/Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Committee Newsletter, 2008
Certifications:
  • Board Certified, Workers' Compensation Law, The Florida Bar
Education:
  • Florida State University, B.A., 1997
  • Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, J.D., 2001
Language:
  • Spanish

Linda Wagner Farrell

Jacksonville, FL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
Admitted
  • Florida, 2002
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2007
Additional Biographical Details:

AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2011, 2013-2014; Florida Trend Magazine "Legal Elite Up and Coming," 2007-2008; Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association, Woman of the Year, 2008; Classes/Seminars Taught: "A State-By-State Guide to Avoiding Attorneys' Fees and Sanctions," Marshall Dennehey Workers' Compensation Seminar, October 27, 2022; "Workers' Compensation Law and Ethics Update," Marshall Dennehey Webinar, May 13, 2022; "Pre-Existing Conditions, Major Contributing Cause and Apportionment," Marshall Dennehey Webinar, December 3, 2020 and November 5, 2020; "Opioids - The Not So New Epidemic," Workers' Compensation Claims Professionals Annual Claims & Leadership Conferece, June 10, 2019; "Opioids in Workers' Compensation," Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, April 12, 2019; "Opioids - The not so New Epidemic," Workers' Compensation Claims Professionals Holiday Conference, December 13, 2018; "Top 5 Challenges Relative to Workers' Compensation Claims, Property and Casualty Claims and For Mediators," FCCI Educational Conference, October 2018; "Medical Marijuana in Workers' Compensation," 2018 Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Forum, April 13, 2018

Memberships:
  • American and Jacksonville (Workers' Compensation Section, Co-Chair, 2007-2008) Bar Associations
  • The Florida Bar
  • E. Robert Williams Inn of Court (Barrister, 2009-Present)
  • First Coast Manufacturers Association (Workforce Development Committee)
  • Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association (Vice President, 2004-2005)
  • Workers' Compensation Claims Professionals
Publications:
  • Author: "Ex Parte Doctor Conferences Cannot Suggest, Direct or Instruct What Treatment or Care to Recommend," Defense Digest, Vol. 25, No. 1, March 2019
  • Contributor: Case Law Alerts, 2018-Present
  • What's Hot in Workers' Comp, 2018-Present
Education:
  • University of North Florida, B.A., 1997
  • Florida Coastal School of Law, J.D., 2002
Fraternity Information:
Phi Alpha Delta

Elizabeth B. Ferguson

Jacksonville, FL

Practice Areas
  • Architectural, Engineering and Construction Defect Litigation
  • Miscellaneous Professional Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 2002
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2005
Additional Biographical Details:

Ultimate Attorney, Jacksonville Business Journal, 2019; AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®; Florida Trend Magazine: Legal Elite, 2014, 2018, 2020-2021, Up and Comer, 2008, 2010-2013; Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star for Construction Litigation, 2009-2017; Florida Super Lawyers, 2018-2022; The Best Lawyers in America©, Litigation - Construction, 2022-2023; Classes/Seminars Taught: "The Impact of Altman on Defense and Indemnity Obligations in Florida," CLM Webinar, September 2018

Memberships:
  • American (Forum on the Construction Industry, 2009-Present) and Jacksonville (President, 2019-2020; Board of Governors, 2012-2020; Construction Law Section, 2011-Present) Bar Associations
  • The Florida Bar (Construction Law Committee: Co-Vice Chair, 2021; Construction Law Certification Review Course Steering Committee: Co-Chair, 2020-Present; RPPTL Section Executive Council: 2018-Present; Grievance Committee 4A, Vice Chair, 2017-2020)
  • Associated Builders and Contractors
  • Chester Bedell Inn of Court
  • Florida Association of Women Lawyers
  • Florida Board of Professional Engineers (Former Board Member)
  • Jacksonville Association of Women Lawyers
  • American Arbitration Association (Construction Panel Arbitrator)
Publications:
  • Author: "Big Impact on Duty to Defend Florida Construction Cases," Defense Digest, Vol. 24, No. 1, March 2018
  • Contributor: Case Law Alerts, 2018-Present
  • Legal Updates for Construction Litigation, 2017-Present
Certifications:
  • Board Certified, Construction Law, The Florida Bar
Reported Cases:
Welcome v. Arvida, 903 So. 2d 942 (Fla. 1st DCA 2005)
Education:
  • The College of Wooster, B.A., 1999
  • Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, J.D., 2002
Fraternity Information:
Phi Delta Phi

Kelly M. Scifres

Jacksonville, FL

Practice Areas
  • Workers' Compensation
Admitted
  • Florida, 2013
Additional Biographical Details:

Classes/Seminars Taught: "Workers' Compensation Law and Ethics Update," Marshall Dennehey Webinar, May 13, 2022; "Pre-Existing Conditions, Major Contributing Cause and Apportionment," Marshall Dennehey Webinar, December 3, 2020

Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar
  • Jacksonville Bar Association
  • E. Robert Williams Inn of Court
Publications:
  • Author: "Tips for Avoiding Stop-Work Orders," Jacksonville Daily Record, July 6, 2020
Education:
  • University of Central Florida, B.S., 2005
  • Florida Coastal School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2013

Corey K. Setterlund

Jacksonville, FL

Practice Areas
  • Insurance Services - Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
  • Property Litigation
Admitted
  • Florida, 2011
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2020
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2021
Additional Biographical Details:

The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch©, Insurance Law (2022-2023)

Publications:
  • Author: "Florida's New Property Insurance Statute Changes Entitlement to Attorney's Fees and Costs in First Party Homeowner's Insurance Cases," Defense Digest, Vol. 27, No. 5, December 2021
  • "Help for Florida Insurers Drowning in Water Damage Claims," Insurance Journal, Florida Edition, November 2019
  • "Scope! Scope! Scope! Diaz v. Florida Peninsula Insurance Company and Its Effect on the Insurer's Option to Repair," Defense Digest, Vol. 23, No. 3, September 2017
Education:
  • Florida Atlantic University, B.A., 2005
  • Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, J.D., 2011

Robert E. Williams

Jacksonville, FL

Practice Areas
  • General Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Property Litigation
  • Insurance Services - Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation
Admitted
  • Florida, 2006
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2015
Additional Biographical Details:

Classes/Seminars Taught: "Adjuster Law & Policy," and "Adjuster Ethics," State of Florida, Department of Financial Services, Bureau of Licensing

Memberships:
  • E. Robert Williams Inn of Court (Barrister, 2008-Present)
Publications:
  • Author: "A Recent and Thorough Discussion of Negligence and Premises Liability in Florida by the Second District of Florida," Defense Digest, Vol. 28, No. 12, December 2022
Education:
  • Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1995
  • University of Florida, Levin College of Law, J.D., 2005

Resident Associates


  • Kathleen A. Carlson
  • Joseph W. Mackey
  • Taylor A. Naughton
  • Sean J. Reeves

(See profile under Philadelphia, PA for additional information)

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