Bio

Lee Gunn practices with the Tampa law firm of Gunn Law Group, P.A., where he primarily prosecutes insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, medical malpractice, and serious injury and wrongful death matters. Lee received his law degree from the University of Florida in 1982 and inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame in recognition of his leadership activities. For the first seventeen years of his practice, he defended companies including Coca-Cola Enterprises, Hospital Corporation of America, Enterprise Leasing Company, Walgreen Co., AAA AutoClub South, GEICO, State Farm Fire Insurance Company, Travelers Insurance Companies, and USAA.

In 2000, Lee decided to represent policyholders and the injured. Since that time, Lee has obtained numerous multi-million dollar recoveries for his clients throughout Florida.

Lee is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar (1990) and the National Board of Trial Advocates (1995). He is “av” rated by Martindale Hubbell, and recognized by SuperLawyers, Best Lawyers in America, National Law Journal, and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite. Lee is a Trustee for the University of Florida College of Law, the Hillsborough County Bar Foundation, and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocacy (“ABOTA”), the Florida Justice Association (Crystal Eagle), and American Association for Justice (AAJ).

EDUCATION
University of Florida (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1982) Activities:

University of Florida Hall of Fame First Place, Best Brief, Robert Orseck

Memorial Moot Court Tournament, 1982 Director, Moot Court Team

University of Florida Justice Campbell Thornal National Moot Court Board. National Member of The Order of Barristers

Florida Blue Key

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1983 St. Edmund's Hall, Oxford, England

CERTIFICATIONS
Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, 1990

National Board of Trial Advocacy Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, 1995 Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, 2000

PROFESSIONAL HONORS
“av” Rating by Martindale Hubbell Florida Superlawyers

Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum Who’s Who in American Law

Crystal Eagle Recipient, Senior Fellow, of Florida Justice Association

Florida Trend Legal Elite Florida’s “Best Lawyers”

National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Florida Bar, 1983

Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1983, Northern and Southern

Districts 2001; Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1983 Florida Justice Association (Eagle Founder Member, Senior Fellow) American Association for Justice (Bad Faith Committee) American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

American Bar Association (Member, Tort and Insurance Section) Hillsborough County Bar Association

Bay Area Legal Services Volunteer

Executive Committee for UF Law Trustees 2018-19

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Life Care Planning: A Defense Perspective, NARPPS Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2 and 3, April, 1994, Second Ed. 2004

Meeting the Challenges, Inside Life Care Planning, Vol. 1, No. 2, Sept.-Oct. 1995 Florida's Adoption of the Market Share Products Liability Theory-Drugs and Beyond, Florida Bar Journal, March, 1991

Recent Developments in Florida's Access to Court, Florida Bar Journal, November 1983

Debra P. v. Turlington: Due Process Enters the Classroom, But How Far? 11 J.L. & Educ. 573, Oct. 1982

PRESENTED PAPERS
The Plaintiff's Prerequisite to Payments - Pleading and Proof of a Covered Loss - Florida Justice Association Journal Nov/Dec 2019

Consent Judgments v. Coblentz & Cunningham Agreements - What's The Difference? Florida Justice Association Masters 2019

A Comparative Assessment of Florida's Good Faith Duty to Settle Liability Claims - Florida Justice Association Journal May/June 2019

Common Coverage & Bad Faith Issues in Medical Malpractice Cases - FJA Masters of Justice (Ins and Bad Faith Seminar) 2018

Co-Chair 2018 FJA Masters in Trial – Insurance and Bad Faith FJA Seminar Insurance Duty of Good Faith, GEICO: Are we Catching the Lizard? – Florida Justice Association Workhorse 2018

"Update on Current First and Third Party Bad Faith Claims" - Manasota Trial Lawyers Board 2016

Bad Faith on a Budget: Strategies for Presenting the Six-Figure - Florida Justice Association Masters 2016

The Five W’s for a Successful UM Bad Faith Case - Florida Justice Association 2015

Florida Insurance Fraud - Windstorm Conference, 2014

The Civil Remedy Notice – A Cure For What Ails You, Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice, Bad Faith Seminar, Chair and Moderator, 2013

Daubert Enters Florida Courtrooms, Florida Justice Association, Annual Convention, 2013

Florida Property Insurance Case Law Update, Windstorm Conference, 2013

The Perfect Bad Faith Case, Manasota Trial Lawyers Board, 2012

Using Proposals for Settlement to Trigger Payment and Establish Bad Faith, Florida Justice Association, 2012

Perfecting Bad Faith, Romano Law Group, 2012

Florida Property Insurance Case Law Update, Windstorm Conference, 2012

The Good In Bad Faith, Bad Faith Boot Camp Seminar, Cole, Scoot & Kissane, P.A., 2011

Setting the Sails to Protect Health Care Providers Despite the Safe Harbor, Florida Justice Association Master of Justice Medical Malpractice Seminar, 2011

Co-Chair and Moderator, Fall Insurance Law Seminar, Florida Justice Association, 2010

Discovery in the First Party Bad Faith Case, Florida Justice Association, Workhorse Conference, 2010

Dealing with the Upside Down Policyholder, Florida Association of public Insurance Adjusters Conference 2009

Perfecting the Bad Faith Case, Florida Justice Association Annual Convention 2009 Florida Property Insurance Law Update Wind and Related Cases, Windstorm Conference, 2009

Jury Selection, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Young Lawyers' Division State Court Trial Seminar, 2008

Florida Property Insurance Law Update Wind and Related Cases, Windstorm Conference, 2008

Raising the Bar: Getting Insurance Reserves Set to Your Value, Florida Justice Association Fall Convention 2008

Panelist, Insurance Bad Faith Update, FJA Annual Convention, Florida Justice Association, May 2008

Jury Selection, HCBA YLD State Court Seminar, June 2008

Insurance Carrier Breach of Fiduciary Duties – More Than Just a Failure to Meet the Conditions of a Demand, Florida Justice Association, 2007 Workhorse Seminar, February 2007

Update on Insurance Issues in Florida – Claim Practices Litigation – An Overview of Insurance Carrier Fiduciary Obligations, Lorman Seminars, January 2007

Insurance Bad Faith: Do You Know It When You See It? The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 2006 Annual Convention, June 2006

How to Be Picked, But Not Picked Apart, Advanced Marketing Clinic for Expert

Consultants, March 2006

Finding and Obtaining Insurance Coverage in Big-Rig Trucking Cases, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 2006 Workhorse Seminar, February, 2006 Raiders of the Lost Data: Electronic Data Discovery, Windstorm Conference, Orlando, Florida, February, 2006

Trial Skills Excellence in Advocacy Workshop, Young Lawyer’s Division, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Stetson University College of Law, Tampa, Florida, January 2006

Law and Technology: Electronic Discovery, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys Twenty Third Annual Meeting and Educational Conference, October, 2004

Civil Trial Update – Insurance, Personal Injury & Malpractice, Florida Bar Convention, July, 2004

Mock Trial Presentation, Windstorm Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 2004 Mock Trial Presentation, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, 2004

A Former Defense Lawyer’s Ten Tips for a Better Settlement, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Annual Seminar During Jazz Fest: Discovery, Depositions, Trial Strategies and Settlement, May, 2003

Bad Faith, Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters – Windstorm Conference 2003

The Ethical Preservation of Policyholder Rights in the Wake of Talat, Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters, Annual Convention, 2001 Unauthorized Practice of Law, Florida Windstorm Conference, 2001

Procedural Aspects of Coverage Disputes Including Bad Faith Issues, Florida Bad Faith Insurance Seminar, PESI seminars, 1998

Insurance Law: Including Issues of Bad Faith, Lorman Education Services, July, 1996

Life Care Planning: A Defense Perspective, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, National Convention, May, 1995

Joint Tortfeasor Liability, How to Use Messmer, FDLA Trial Lawyers Summit II, 1992 Demonstrative Evidence in the Courtroom/Techniques in Presentation and the Predicates for Admissibility, AVI seminar, 1992

The Briar Patch: Thorny Issues in Florida Civil Litigation, PESI seminars, 1991

Florida Proof of Personal Injury Damages, PESI seminars, 1990

OTHER MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club

Tampa Bay Performing Arts, Center 300 Club Tampa Club

Tampa Yacht and Country Club

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