Bar Admissions:
Florida Bar: 1992; U.S. Middle District of Florida: 1993; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida: 1996.
Education:
Florida State University: 1989, B. S. in Finance, cum laude; Florida State University College of Law: 1992, Juris Doctorate with honors. Member: Phi Delta Phi.
Associations:
The Florida Bar; Defense Research Institute; American Bar Association; Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention; Windstorm Insurance Network; Florida Defense Lawyers Association.
Practice Areas:
As a partner with the firm, Mr. Lewis anchors his practice in the firm's Tampa office while working closely with the St. Petersburg and New Port Richey offices in the areas of insurance defense, insurance coverage, auto claims, liability claims, property and casualty claims, toxic torts, and bad faith claims.
Mr. Lewis also serves as a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit and County Court Mediator.
Presentations & Publications:
Mr. Lewis has made presentations at numerous seminars including the following programs:
Defense Research Institute First Annual Meeting in Chicago: 1997;
Chairperson of the State Case Law Updates at the Atlanta Claims Conference from 2000 through 2003;
"Mold and CCA— Will Either Be the Next Asbestos?": Seventh Annual Florida Liability Claims Conference, June 2003;
"Bad Faith Litigation in Florida": National Business Institute, 2004;
"Auto Claims and Trials— Understanding Coverage in Florida": Lorman, September 2006;
"Auto Coverage and Good Faith/Bad Faith Claims Handling": Geico, September 2006;
"Uninsured, Underinsured and Accident Litigation in Florida": Lorman, April and September 2007;
"Bad Faith— Avoiding The Set-Up": IMS Claims Services, January 2008;
"Adjusting Property Losses": CEU Institute, July 2008;
"Winning, Defending and Understanding Coverage in Florida": Lorman, September 2008;
"Spoliation of Evidence in Insurance Claims": Rimkus Consulting, June 2009.
In addition to these public appearances, Mr. Lewis was also a Contributing Editor to the following article in the Arson Project Committee Newsletter (American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division) February, 1996: "Spoliation of Evidence— A Fire Scene Dilemma."
