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20 North Orange Avenue
Suite 1500
P.O. Box 712
Orlando, FL 32802-0712

phone: 407-843-2111
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Chris Ballentine 
20 N. Orange Avenue
Suite 1500
Orlando, Florida 32801
 

Communication Center 
Phone: (407) 843-2111
E-mail: Email Me
Fax: (407) 422-1080
Web site: http://www.fisherlawfirm.com


PositionAreas of PracticeEducation
HonorsPublished WorksAffiliations
ReferencesRepresentative ClientsRepresentative Cases


Current Employment Position(s):
Partner
Year Joined Organization:
1984
Areas of Practice:
Insurance Coverage Litigation
Liability Policies
Insurance Defense and Commercial Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Florida, 1984
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1985
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1991
U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1985
Education:
University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1984
J.D.
Honors: With High Honors
Law Review: University of Florida Law Review, Member, Senior Research Editor, 1983 - 1984


Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 1981
B.S.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Major:  Government


Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, FL, USA
A.B.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude


Published Works:
"Who is a Negro? Revisited: Determining Individual Racial Status for Purposes of Affirmative Action", University of Florida Law Review, Volume XXXV, Fall, 1983


"Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, 1989


"Legal Malpractice Insurance Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, 1993


"Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, Second Edition, 1999


"Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, Third Edition, 2002


"Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, Fourth Edition, 2006


Representative Cases:
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Conde, 595 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992)
American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA v. FDIC, 958 F. 2d 324 (10th Cir. 1992)
Transcontinental Ins. Co. v. Ice Systems of America, Inc., 847 F. Supp. 947 (M.D. Fla. 1994)
Allstate Ins. Co. v. Furo, 588 So. 2d 61 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991)
Northern Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. Hampton, 510 So. 2d 649 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987)
Continental Casualty Co. v. Black & Black, P.A., 674 So. 2d 163 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996)
Continental Casualty Co. v. Wendt, 205 F. 3d 1258 (11th Cir. 2000  )
American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA. v. Wilkinson, 990 WL 302175 (W.D. Okla 1990)
Haynes v. L.F. Lloyd, 533 So. 2d 944 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988)
Transcontinental Ins. Co. v. Jim Black & Associates, Inc., 888 So. 2d 671 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2004)
FCCI v. Horne, 890 So. 2d 1141 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)
Representative Clients:
CNA Insurance Companies
Essex Insurance Company
DPIC Insurance Company
One Beacon/General Accident/CGU Group of Insurance Companies
Travelers Group of Companies
Clarendon/North American Risk Group of Companies
Western World Insurance Company
Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Tower Hill Insurance Companies
References:
Lynn Loisel, CNA Insurance Companies
Karen Campbell, CNA Insurance Companies
Sherry Anderson, CNA Insurance Companies
Nancy Pistilli-Hurst, CNA Insurance Companies
Timothy F. Hughes, Essex Insurance Company
Paul Skok, DPIC Companies
Michael Tittsworth, Travelers Insurance Companies
Lynn Rupp, Western World Insurance Company
David Wilder, Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Terri Tegtman, CNA Insurance Companies
Tim Ferguson, Tower Hill Insurance Companies
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Insurance Law in Florida Seminar, Lorman Education Services, 1999 - 2000


Guardian ad Litem, Orange County Legal Aid Society


Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Florida Seminar, Lorman Education Services, 2003


Honors and Awards:
New Attorney Award of Merit, Legal Aid Society, Orange County Bar Association, 1989


Award of Excellence, Legal Aid Society, Orange County Bar Association, 1993


Awarded Martindale-Hubbell's "AV" Rating, 2000


Judge J. C. "Jake" Stone Distinguished Service Award, Orange County Legal Aid Society, 2003


President's Pro Bono Service Award, Florida Bar, 2004


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Orange County Bar Association
Member


The Florida Bar
Member


Pro Bono Activities:
Regular Volunteer for Orange County Legal Aid Society, 1984 - Present