Akerman LLP

The practice at Akerman LLP spans a spectrum of salient contentious insurance matters, with the nationwide team handling class actions, coverage disputes, and bad faith suits for a wide range of insurer clients. The team’s first co-head Lawrence Rochefort  is based in West Palm Beach, other co-head Jason Oletsky handles matters from the Fort Lauderdale office, Amy Doehring leads the team from Chicago, and final co-lead Michael Weiss is based in LA. Key Miami-based litigator Gary Guzzi is central to the team, as is Dallas-based Matthew Schroeder, who specializes in high-stakes environmental litigation and compliance issues, including PFAS exposures and COVID-19 coverage disputes. Also in Dallas, Elliot Strader is tapped for personal injury and oil and gas-related insurance disputes. In Atlanta, Anthony Morris acts for global insurers in various litigations, and Robin Johnson is a key contact for bad faith matters. Antonio Morin sits in the Miami office, navigating bad faith, appellate, breach of contract, and declaratory judgment work. Jason Heep focuses on environmental torts.