Background
Brown, Janet L. was born in 1951.
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Janet L. Brown
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Cottey Junior College (Associate of Arts, 1971). Marietta College (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Career
Worked at Boehm, Brown, Seacrest, Fischer & LeFever, P.A. (Orlando, Florida) specializing in General, Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts including Insurance Coverage Litigation, Construction Litigation, Negligence, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Commercial Litigation and Re-insurance/Excess Issues, Environmental Litigation, Property Damage Issues including Arson and Fraud, Workers" Compensation and Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Florida, United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and United States.
District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida. Professional Designations, Chartered property and casualty underwriter, 1987.
Editor and Contributing Author: The Laymen"s Guide to Virginia Law, Michie Company. Author: Is the One-Year Contract Limitation a Valid Defense to the Claims of the Insured? Property Loss Research Bureau, 1985.
"Growing Liability for Premises Owners," American Bar Association Journal, March, 1986.
"The Status of Punitive Damages in Third Party Tort Litigation," presented at "Insurance at Property Insurance Committee of Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association on "Environmental Claims & Property Coverage," March, 1989. "Cross Examination Techniques for a Vocational Rehabilitation Psychologist," presented through a Satellite Seminar "Vehicle Collision Litigation," sponsored by the Division for Professional Education, American Bar Association, 1989 and published in The Brief and The New York Negligence Reporter, 1990. "The Exposure of the Adjuster or Other Claims Persons to Personal Liability," presented at "Bad Faith First Party Insurance Claims," sponsored by Defense Research Institute, October, 1989 and 1991 and also at the Mid Winter Meeting, 1993 of the IADC.
"Techniques for Direct and Cross-Examination," presented at 1990 Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association Annual Meeting.
"Information Acquisition and Management Alternatives to Discovery," presented 1991 Tort and Insurance Practice Section, American Bar Association Spring Meeting. Panelist, The Loss Managers Conference Sponsored by the Property Loss Research Bureau in 1985-1987, 1989, 1991-1997.
Contributing Author: "Insuring Real Property," chapter 7 on Multi Peril Coverage published by Mathew Bender, 1989-1990. "Detecting and Defending the Fraudulent Third Party Claim," presented 1993.
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles "Insurance Third Party Liability," Seminar.
"Discrimination Claims: Must the Insurer Defend or Indemnity its Insured?" FICC Quarterly, Winter, 1993. "Proving the Amount of the Loss When There is Nothing Left to See: Snapshots, Lies and Videotapes," presented at 1994 Property Insurance Law Committee Meeting, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, American Bar Association and published 1996 in Monograph Form. "Effective Utilization of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Catastrophe Settings," FICC Quarterly, Summer, 1995.
"Application of Builders Risk Insurance to Defective Construction," presented at American Bar Association/Tips Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, 1996 National"l Continuing legal education Program.
"Insurance Coverage for Defective Construction Litigation," and "The Sick Building Syndrome," presented at American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Property Insurance Law Committee, 1996. "The Foundation of Good Faith: Fulfilling Duties of Investigation Communication--Learning for Cases Gone Awry," Mealys Bad Faith Litigation Conference, 1997.
Faculty Member, National Forum for Property Loss Professionals in 1990-1991. 1995-1996. Certified Circuit Mediator.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section). American Bar Association (Member, Section on Tort and Insurance Practices. Former Council Member and Section Delegate to the House of Delegates, 1990-1992).
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Vice-Chair, 1994-1996 and Chair, 1996, Property Insurance Section).
Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention (President, 1982). International Association of Arson Investigators.
International Association of Defense Counsel. Defense Research Institute.
Loss Executives Association.
(Board Certified, Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Boehm, Brown, Seacrest, Fischer & LeFever, P.A. was founded in 1976 as an insurance defense practice. Original office locations were Orlando and Daytona and it has expanded throughout the state of Florida and now has five fully staffed offices offering a wide range of legal services.
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Membership
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section). American Bar Association (Member, Section on Tort and Insurance Practices.
Former Council Member and Section Delegate to the House of Delegates, 1990-1992).
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Vice-Chair, 1994-1996 and Chair, 1996, Property Insurance Section). Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention (President, 1982).
International Association of Arson Investigators. International Association of Defense Counsel.
Defense Research Institute.
Loss Executives Association. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education).
