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| | Address | | EverBank Plaza, 501 Riverside Avenue, 7th Floor | | Jacksonville, Florida 32202 | | (Duval Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 904-355-1700 | | Facsimile: 904-355-1797 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.vbwr.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes,
Rogerson & Wachs practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts. Insurance, Business and Commercial Litigation, Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy, Technology Law, Health Law, Products Liability and Wrongful Death. | | Year Established: 1998 | Firm Profile:
The Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes, Rogerson & Wachs law firm carries the highest legal ability rating in Martindale-Hubbell. The firm focuses its practice on insurance business and regulatory matters, complex commercial litigation, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, business and technology law and health law. The firm handles matters throughout the Eastern United States and practices before both state and federal courts. | | Firm Size: 18 | Representative Clients:
American Heritage Life Insurance Company; Old Dominion Insurance Company; Reliance Insurance Company; American Surety and Casualty Insurance Company; National Grange Mutual Insurance Company; RISCORP Insurance Company; CONSECO Finance Servicing Corporation; Sureco National, L.L.C.; Suddath Relocation Systems; Braddock Metallugical, Inc.; Moorman's, Inc.; Beal Bank; National Warehouse Investment Company; ParkerVision, Inc.; Technology Point International, Inc.; Wescom, Inc.; Health First, Inc.; University of Florida Health Systems; University of Florida Jacksonville Physicians, Inc.; University of Florida Foundation, Inc.; Shands Teaching Hospital & Clinics, Inc.; Department of Financial Services; American Superior Insurance Company. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
| | SHAREHOLDERS | | Timothy W. Volpe (Shareholder) born Pulaski, Virginia, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Florida; 1985, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Florida (B.A., with high honors, 1979; M.A., with high honors, 1982; J.D., with honors, 1982). Phi Eta Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Editor-in-Chief, Florida Law Review, 1981-1982. Member: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Trial, Health Law, Tort and Insurance). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Commercial Law; Business Law; Technology Law; Healthcare. Email: Timothy W. Volpe | | Michael M. Bajalia (Shareholder) born Valdosta, Georgia, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Florida and Georgia; 1992, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Valdosta State College; University of North Florida (B.A., cum laude, 1988); Emory University (J.D., 1991). Member: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member: Trial Lawyers Section and Tort and Insurance Section); State Bar of Georgia; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; Jacksonville Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Commercial Law; Litigation. Email: Michael M. Bajalia | | Leslie A. Wickes (Shareholder) born Tallahassee, Florida, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida; 1994, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1989; J.D., with honors, 1992). Member, Order of the Coif. Senior Executive Editor, Florida Law Review, 1991-1992. Author, "Florida's Noncompetition Statute: An Analysis of the 1990 Amendment," 44 Florida Law Review 259, April 1992. Member: Jacksonville, Fourth Judicial Circuit (Secretary, Pro Bono Committee, 2000-2002) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Trial Lawyers; Business Law); Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association (President, 1999-2000); Women Business Owners of North Florida; Chester Bedell Inn of Court (Barrister 2001-2004). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Intellectual Property. Email: Leslie A. Wickes | | John T. Rogerson, III (Shareholder) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1955; admitted to bar, 1989, Florida; 1990, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1985; J.D., with honors, 1989). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Theta; Gold Key. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Conflict of Laws. Member: Jacksonville and American (Member, Litigation; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice and Business Law Sections) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section); Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; Chester Bedell Inn of Court (Past Member); American College of Barristers (Barrister Member). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Trial Practice; Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Insurance. Email: John T. Rogerson, III | | Alan S. Wachs (Shareholder) born New York, New York, 1969; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of North Florida (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990); Florida State University (J.D., with high honors, 1993). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Order of the Coif. Member, 1991-1993, Associate Editor, 1992 and Articles Editor, 1992-1993, Florida State University Law Review. Adjunct Professor of Law, Florida Coastal School of Law, 2000. Member, The Million Dollar Advocates' Forum. Member: Jacksonville Bar Association; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Alan S. Wachs | | PARTNERS | | Kenneth C. Steel, III (Partner) admitted to bar, 1993, Florida; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2001, Georgia. Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., 1985; J.D., with honors, 1992). Order of the Barristers. National Merit Scholar. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Remedies; Book Awards in Remedies and Legal Drafting; College of Law Alumni Council Community Service Award. Outstanding Graduating Senior, Trial Team, 1992. Teaching Fellow, Legal Research and Writing, 1991-1992. Assistant State Attorney, 7th Circuit, Florida, 1994-1996. Member: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Jacksonville Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith Litigation. | | Michael D. Lee (Partner) born Jacksonville, Florida, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Florida; 2002, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); University of Florida School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1998). Recipient, 1997 Book Award for Legal Drafting. Member: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Insurance; Litigation. Email: Michael D. Lee | | Chris T. Harris (Partner) born Benton, Arkansas, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 2006, U.S. District Court, Federal Northern and Southern Districts of Florida. Education: University of North Florida (B.A., 1992); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (J.D., 1996). Member: Jacksonville Bar Association; Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Reinsurance; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law. Email: Chris T. Harris | | Matthew P. McLauchlin (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1996; J.D., with honors, 2000). Member, Florida Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation. Email: Matthew P. McLauchlin | | ASSOCIATES | | Amy Sullivan Croft (Associate) | | Gregory J. Lesak, Jr. (Associate) | | Genesa L. Eavenson (Associate) | | Jennifer M. Coleman (Associate) | | John Stemen (Associate) | | Ian R. McKillop (Associate) | | OF COUNSEL | | Robert E. Warren (Of Counsel) born Brunswick, Georgia, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Mississippi; 1975, Florida. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1971); University of Mississippi (J.D., with highest honor, 1974). Phi Delta Phi. University of Mississippi Law Journal, 1973-1974. Law Clerk to Honorable Charles R. Scott, U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Florida. Member: Jacksonville, Federal (President, 1979-1980, Jacksonville Chapter) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Chairman, 1996); Defense Research Institute and International Association of Defense Council. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Personal Injury. |
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