Gene P. Kissane |

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Gene P. Kissane is a partner in the firm’s Miami and Key West offices. Mr. Kissane is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated Preeminent attorney. He practices personal injury litigation, transportation litigation, negligent security, and professional liability litigation. He has experience handling Errors and Omissions claims, including those brought against insurance brokers and agents. He is an active participant in the firm’s SIU Fraud Division representing carriers by bringing affirmative complaints and counterclaims on their behalf.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from The University of Miami and a Juris Doctorate from The University of Miami School of Law. Honors and distinctions he received while in college and law school included the Golden Key National Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Who’s Who Among American College and University Students, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Society, and received two American Jurisprudence Book Awards.

Mr. Kissane is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the Supreme Court of Florida and all courts within the State of Florida and the State of Tennessee.

Mr. Kissane also served as a Federal Judicial Law Clerk for United States District Judge Thomas E. Scott of the Southern District of Florida after graduating from Law School. He is a co-author of a section of the Federal Evidence Practice Guide, published by Matthew Bender Publishing Co. He was previously Chairman of the Insurance Committee of the Dade County Bar Association, Member, The Council On Litigation Management, and a Member of the Judicial Nominating Committee for the State of Florida, the Civil Justice Advisory Group Committee, the Federal Judicial Bar and Community Liaison Committee and Member – Transportation Industry Defense Association (TIDA). Mr. Kissane has been a guest lecturer on multiple topics speaking in venues throughout the country. He has been named on multiple occasions as a Top Lawyer by Florida Trend Magazine; named as Florida Super Lawyer by Super Lawyer Magazine (restricted to 5% of Florida attorneys) (2006-2018); multiple years named as a Top Lawyer by South Florida Legal Guide; and selected on multiple years as one of the top 1.7% of Civil Trial Lawyers in the State of Florida by Florida Trend Magazine. Mr. Kissane has been included in the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Edition of U.S. News & World Report, The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and the 2019 Who’s Who in America.

Mr. Kissane is a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”).

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