Attorney Profiles
Chris Ballentine 390 North Orange Avenue Suite 2200 Orlando, Florida 32801-1642 |  |
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- Year Joined Organization:
- 1984
- Areas of Practice:
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Liability Policies
- Insurance Defense and Commercial 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
- Pro Bono Activities:
- Regular Volunteer for Orange County Legal Aid Society, 1984 - Present
