Areas Of Practice
- Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith
- Trucking & Transportation
- Products Liability
- Premises Liability
- Property Damage Claims
- Mass Torts
- Professional Liability
- Appeals
- General Civil Litigation & Insurance Defense
- Auto Liability & PIP/No Fault Defense
Kristen Van der Linde devotes her practice exclusively to the defense of cases and appeals involving trucking liability, automobile liability, premises liability, wrongful death, bad faith, negligent security, and coverage issues. She is admitted to practice law in Georgia as well as Florida.
Ms. Van der Linde is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar, which means that she is an expert in civil litigation before state and federal courts, administrative agencies and arbitrators.
She frequently lectures on a wide range of topics including adjuster ethics, handling wrongful death claims, and bad faith litigation for continuing educational credit to insurance professionals.
Admissions
- Florida, 1992 – Board Certified Civil Trial Law
- Georgia, 1992
- United States District Court
- Middle District of Florida, 1992
- Northern District of Georgia, 2005
- Northern District of Florida, 2012
- Southern District of Florida, 2012
- United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 2015
Awards & Recognition
- Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Recognized by Best Lawyers® as Jacksonville Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year (2014-2015)
- Recognized by Best Lawyers® as Jacksonville Personal Injury Litigation – Defendant’s Lawyer of the Year (2012, 2017, 2022)
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© for Insurance Law & Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2008-2025)
- Recognized by Florida Super Lawyers (2010-2023)
- Recognized as Jacksonville’s Best Lawyers by Jacksonville Magazine
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2011-2015, 2017-2021)
- Insurance Defense (2010-2021)
- Recognized as Jacksonville’s Best Lawyer by Folio Weekly (2008-2012)
- Listed in Florida’s “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend Magazine (2006-2015)
- 2023 ABOTA Recipient of North Florida Civility Award
Memberships
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2008-present
- Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Vice Chairman, 2009 Mid-year Meeting, Insurance and Reinsurance
- Defense Research Institute
- The Florida Bar
- Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, 2006-2009
- Fourth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, past member
- Florida Defense Lawyers Association
- Jacksonville Association of Defense Counsel, President, 2001
- The Georgia Bar
- The Jacksonville Bar Association
- Chester Bedell Inn of Court, (1998 – 2000) – Master (2009)
- Best Lawyers in America, 2008-present
Heather Peterson
- Case Manager
- Phone: 904.353.6241
- Email: hpeterson@boydjen.com
Amy Harrell
- Case Manager
- Phone: 904.353.6241
- Email: abarber@boydjen.com
Linda Odom
- Paralegal
- Phone: 904.353.6241
- Email: lodom@boydjen.com
Katie Hyatt
- Legal Assistant
- Phone: 904.353.6241
- Email: khyatt@boydjen.com
Comprehensive Services
Many cases overlap several areas of law. As a full service law firm, we are able to recognize how one legal discipline impacts another. We work as a team on complex issues that require knowledge of a variety of state and federal laws. This multi-disciplinary approach allows clients to receive the large-firm advantage of access to multiple attorneys in a wide scope of practice areas as well as the hands-on customer service offered by a boutique law firm. In addition to civil litigation, employment law, workers’ compensation defense, commercial law, construction law and appeals, our firm also handles professional liability claims.
Our bilingual staff is available to assist with immigration matters, including consular and removal defenses.