Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

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• Fax: 954-761-9940
• E-Mail: LS@insurancedefense.net
• Website: insurancedefense.net

Established: 1995

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Our verdicts tell the story.™ Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo, Cohen & Peterfriend is a Florida Corporate & Insurance Defense Litigation firm. The firm defends professionals, corporations and their insurance companies from both Liability and Workers' Compensation claims. From our eleven Florida offices in Key West, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Stuart, Fort Myers, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Pensacola, the firm's 145+ attorneys deliver counsel and legal services in over 33 practice areas. The firm has several strategic and innovative practice areas including a Time and Policy Limit Demands and Tenders Practice Group, a Surgical LOP Abuse Practice and an SIU Fraud Special Investigations Practice that handle a number of specialized issues. Members have tried over 200 cases in Florida State and Federal Courts.

Our mission is to provide our clients with legal services that help them manage risk and reduce exposure. Our goal is to ensure that our clients obtain equal justice in the courtroom. The Law Firm is Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is a member of The Gavel.net LLC., Nationwide Claims Defense Network. The firm's Partners are members of the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA), the Florida Defense Lawyers Association (FDLA), the Defense Research Institute (DRI) and the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM).

Managing Partner Dan Santaniello, Esq., Partners Anthony Petrillo, Esq. (Tampa), James Sparkman, Esq. (Boca Raton), Jack Frost (Boca Raton), Gary Ralph, Esq. (Fort Myers) and Nash John Hedrick, Esq. (Orlando) are Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Experts. Construction Law Partners Ashley Graham, Esq. (Fort Myers), Valerie Edwards, Esq. (Boca Raton), Hayley Newman, Esq. (Boca Raton), Christopher Burrows, Esq. (Boca Raton), C. Eric Bearden, Esq. (Jacksonville), Patrick Hinchey, Esq. (Jacksonville) and David Harrigan, Esq. (Orlando) are Florida Bar Board Certified Construction Law Experts. The firm has a full service Appellate team in South, Central and Northern Florida to assist with summary judgments, motions in limine, discovery objectives, trial strategy and post trial positions.

The Daily Business Review selected Luks, Santaniello as finalists for the Most Effective Lawyers for its innovation in filing a Declaratory Judgment Action in a multiple Wrongful Death claim. These times present extraordinary challenges to businesses and their insurers, who are increasingly faced with expensive, overreaching lawsuits. Let us help even the playing field.

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Jack D. Luks

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Admitted

• Florida, 1987
• New Jersey, 1987
• U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida including Trial Bar

Education:

• Michigan State University, B.A., 1983
• University of Miami, J.D., 1986

Born: 1961

Anthony J. Petrillo

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Admitted

• Florida, 1991
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1996
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1999

Certifications:

• Florida Bar Board Certified in Civil Trial

Education:

• University of Florida, B.S., 1987
• Nova Southeastern University, J.D., 1990

Born: 1965

Daniel J. Santaniello

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Admitted

• Florida, 1990
• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida including Trial Bar
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Memberships:

• Florida Defense Lawyers Association (President, 2013-2014)

Publications:

• Co-Author: with Alvarez, Rey, "Medicare White Paper," Florida Defense Lawyers Association, 2 June, 2011

Certifications:

• Florida Bar Board Certified in Civil Trial

Education:

• Northeastern University, B.S., 1987
• Nova Southeastern University, J.D. (summa cum laude), 1990

Honors:

Recipient of FDLA's 2010 President's Award

Born: 1964

Senior Partners

• Luis Menendez-Aponte
• Christopher H. Burrows
• Thomas Gary Gorday
• Marc M. Greenberg
• Jorge Padilla
• Lindsay Sechrist

Managing Partners

• William J. Peterfriend
• Stuart Cohen
• Howard W. Holden
• Anthony Merendino
• Todd T. Springer
• Michael J. Schwartz
• Audra Bryant
• Sean Fisher
• Patrick Zalman
• Benjamin Pahl

Of Counsel

• Dorsey C. Miller

Junior Partners

• Rey Alvarez
• Marcella L. Garcia
• Patrick Hinchey
• Jairo Lanao
• Christopher Ritchie
• Justin Schwerling
• Hayley Newman
• Deana Dunham
• Edgardo Ferreyra
• Allison Janowitz
• John F. Meade
• Lauren E. Wages

Senior Associate

• Alec Masson

Administration

• Sherri L. Bauer, Esq.
• Julie Congress, Esq.
• Maria C. Donnelly
• Jennifer Lowit
• DeeDee Lozano
• Steven Mootry
• Janine Menendez-Aponte, Esq.
• Glenn Palaia, Esq.

Articles

Legal Update, June 2022 by Luks, Santaniello

Legal Update, December 2021 by Luks, Santaniello

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