Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 954-761-9900
- Fax: 954-761-9940
- E-Mail: LS@insurancedefense.net
- Website: insurancedefense.net
Established: 1995
Practice Areas
- COVID-19/Coronavirus
- General Liability
- Wrongful Death
- First Party Defense
- Automobile Liability
- Premises Liability
- Retail and Restaurant Defense
- Negligent Security
- Product Liability
- Trucking Litigation
- Personal Injury
- Construction Liability
- Employment Practices Liability
- Labor and Employment
- Professional Liability
- Errors and Omissions
- First and Third Party Defense
- Insurance Law
- Insurance Coverage
- Bad Faith
- Commercial Litigation
- Creditors' Rights
- ERISA
- Environmental Litigation
- Environmental and Toxic Injury
- Securities and Shareholders' Claims
- Admiralty and Maritime Law
- Self-Insured Defense
- Appellate Practice
- Workers' Compensation
- Medicare Set-Aside Practice
About Us
Our verdicts tell the story.™ Luks, Santaniello, Petrillo, Cohen & Peterfriend is a Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Florida Corporate & Insurance Defense Litigation firm. The firm defends professionals, corporations and their insurance companies from both Liability and Workers' Compensation claims. From our fourteen offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island and in Florida (Key West, Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Stuart, Fort Myers, Tampa, Orlando, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Pensacola), the firm's 210+ attorneys deliver counsel and legal services in over 35 practice areas. The firm has several strategic and innovative practice areas including a dedicated Reptile and Deposition Strategy Practice Group, Time and Policy Limit Demands and Tenders Practice Group and a Surgical LOP Abuse 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, Partners Anthony Petrillo (Tampa), Jack Frost (Boca Raton), Luis Menendez-Aponte (Miami) and Juan Ruiz (Orlando) are Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Experts. Construction Law Partners Ashley Graham (Fort Myers), Valerie Edwards (Boca Raton), Hayley Newman (Boca Raton), Christopher Burrows (Boca Raton), C. Eric Bearden (Jacksonville), Patrick Hinchey (Jacksonville), David Rosinsky (Fort Lauderdale) and David Harrigan (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.
Additional Locations
Tampa, FL Orlando, FL Jacksonville, FL Boca Raton, FL Miami, FL
Tallahassee, FL Fort Myers, FL Pensacola, FL Stuart, FL Key West, FL
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- United States Liability Insurance Group
- XL Insurance/XL Environmental Inc.
Non-Insurance Clients
- EMCOR Group
- The Home Depot
- Laboratory Corporation of America
- Simon Property Group, Inc.
Personnel Information
Members
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
- Marcella L. Garcia
- Patrick Hinchey
- Hayley Newman
- Allison Janowitz
Managing Partners
- William J. Peterfriend
- Stuart Cohen
- Howard W. Holden
- Anthony Merendino
- Todd T. Springer
- Michael J. Schwartz
- Sean Fisher
- Patrick Zalman
- Benjamin Pahl
- Andrea Cox
Of Counsel
- Dorsey C. Miller
Junior Partners
- Rey Alvarez
- Jairo Lanao
- Christopher Ritchie
- Justin Schwerling
- Deana Dunham
- Edgardo Ferreyra
Administration
- Sherri L. Bauer, Esq.
- Julie Congress, Esq.
- Maria C. Donnelly
- Jennifer Lowit
- DeeDee Lozano
- Steven Mootry
- Janine Menendez-Aponte, Esq.
- Glenn Palaia, Esq.
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