Boyd & Jenerette partners Kelly L. Gillis, C.J. Gomes, and Pamela J. Nelson will be presenting at the  FDLA's 27th Annual Florida Liability Claims Conference. The FLCC draws insurance defense attorneys and claims professionals from around the state and offers our members excellent networking opportunities and timely educational programming presented by experienced attorneys and leading experts.

Kelly L. Gillis, C.J. Gomes, and Pamela J. Nelson will be presenting "Multiple Claimants/Inadequate Limits: "Globals" in the Post-Tort Reform World." March 2023 marked the beginning of substantial changes to the tort law in Florida, including the creation of Florida Statute § 624.155 (6). This new subsection establishes safe harbors for insurers to avoid bad-faith liability when confronted with multiple competing claims which may exceed the policy limits. This presentation will explore what we have learned and encountered thus far in the application of Section 624.155 (6).

The 2024 FDLA Florida Liability Claims Conference will be held at Disney's Yacht and Beach Club in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on June 5-7, 2024. Find more information here.

About Kelly L. Gillis:

Kelly Gillis is an attorney in the Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses primarily on complex insurance coverage and bad faith/extra-contractual liability litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Mrs. Gillis worked in private practice on healthcare and corporate law matters.

After graduating from law school, Mrs. Gillis completed a two-year clerkship for the Honorable Vincent G. Torpy, Jr. at the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal, and she returned to the court in 2018 to clerk for Judge Torpy leading up to his retirement. She was also selected as an Honors Program participant through the Department of Justice, where she was assigned to a one-year term as an attorney advisor to an administrative law judge at the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Mrs. Gillis is a member of the Military Spouse JD Network and is passionate about its mission of advocating for licensing accommodations for military spouse attorneys, educating the public about the career challenges faced by military spouses, and encouraging employers to hire military spouses. She is also a mother of two children and enjoys spending her time outdoors and traveling with her family.

About C.J. Gomes:

C.J. Gomes is a Partner practicing in the Jacksonville office. Her practice focuses primarily on insurance defense, including pre-suit advisement and consultation on claims handling and complex coverage issues, insurer bad faith/extra-contractual liability, and appeals.

C.J. offers her clients a full range of insurance coverage services, including prosecuting or defending declaratory judgment lawsuits, providing coverage opinions, obtaining, and advising on, examinations under oath, and preparing reservation of rights and claim denial letters.  She advises insurers on a variety of coverage issues and investigations involving auto, property, umbrella, commercial general liability, homeowners, disability, employment practices liability, and professional malpractice policies.  C.J. routinely consults and advises clients on pre-suit claims handling issues or concerns, including claims involving alleged bad faith/extra-contractual liability, civil remedy notices, multiple claimants/inadequate limits, and settlement negotiations involving unique conditions.

About Pamela J. Nelson:

Pamela J. Nelson is a partner at Boyd & Jenerette and she concentrates her work in the Insurance, Coverage and Bad Faith practice group.

Ms. Nelson joined Boyd & Jenerette, P.A. in 2014. She previously worked at an insurance defense firm as a Litigation Associate. Her practice includes all aspects of insurance defense civil litigation, both state and federal, with particular focus on bad faith and tender rejection cases.