Brett M. Carey

Partner

Orlando Office

407.839.2172

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Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Employment and Labor

Product Liability

Brett Carey practices in the areas of insurance coverage and bad faith, employment and commercial litigation. He represents insurers in first and third party coverage matters, including claims involving personal and commercial lines of insurance, and claims involving extra-contractual liability and bad faith disputes. He also has extensive experience representing insurance companies and other clients in contract disputes claims of fraud and misrepresentation and other commercial litigation.

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Florida Bar
Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Orange County Bar Association
- Young Lawyers’ Section
  - Great Oaks Village Committee Member
- Scholarship Committee Member
Defense Research Institute
- Insurance Law Committee
Claims and Litigation Management Alliance

Florida State University College of Law — J.D., magna cum laude, 2011

Moot Court
Order of the Coif
Journal of Transnational Law & Policy
Florida Civil Practice Book Award
Trial Practice Award
National Security Law Moot Court Competition Best Brief Award

University of Florida — B.S., Business Marketing, cum laude, 2008

Florida — 2011

U.S. District Court of Florida (Southern, Middle, Northern)

Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Insurance Law and Commercial Litigation, 2023, 2024

Co-Presenter, "The Insurance Toolkit for Coverage and Claims Handling," Association of Corporate Counsel Central Florida, October 2023
Author, "Breaking it Down: What Florida Insurers Need to Know about Bad Faith After Tort Reform," Insurance Journal, April 2023
Presenter, "Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defusing Plaintiff Perceptions," AEI Claims Education Seminar, April 2023
Co-Author, "Florida’s Most Comprehensive Tort Reform in Decades and What it Means for Insurers and Bad Faith Law," March 2023
Co-Host, "Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims," Legally Qualified Podcast, February 2023
Author, "Eleventh Circuit: Disagreement Over Valuation Is Not Per Se Bad Faith," July 2022
Author, "Courts Across the Country Say Physical Damages are Required to Trigger Business Interruption Claims," Daily Business Review, July 5, 2022
Presenter, "Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defusing Plaintiff Perceptions," Claims Education Conference, May 2022
Presenter, "Demystifying Insurance Bad Faith Claims: Litigation Red Flags and Tactics," The Knowledge Group Webinar, April 2022
Panelist, "Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation: Exploring Deposition Strategies for Insurers and Policyholders," The Knowledge Group, July 2021
Co-author, "11th Circuit Reaffirms Insurers Can Still Prevail as a Matter of Law in Post-Harvey v. Geico Landscape," June 2021
Author, "Eleventh Circuit Ruling Interpreting 'Direct Physical Loss' is a Win for Insurers and Could Impact Coronavirus Business Interruption Claims," August 19, 2020
Co-presenter, "Pandemic: Business Interruption Claims in the Face of COVID-19," webinar for The Society of Claim Law Associates, May 1, 2020
Co-Author, “3 Ways Insurance Companies Can Navigate the Surge of COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims,” published in Risk & Insurance on April 16, 2020.
Author, "Florida House Bill 301 Brings Good News for Insurance Companies," Daily Business Review, December 2019
Author, "Four Things Insurance Companies Should Know About Florida House Bill 301," October 2019
Author, "What's a Coverage Defense? 11th Circuit Addresses Coverage Defenses under the Florida Claims Administration Statute," July 2017
Author, "Resolving the Multiple Peril Puzzle in First Party Insurance Claims," November 2017

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The Insurance Toolkit for Coverage and Claims Handling

Best Lawyers in America© Recognizes 24 RumbergerKirk Attorneys with Managing Partner Frank Sheppard Named Lawyer of the Year

Breaking it Down: What Florida Insurers Need to Know about Bad Faith After Tort Reform

Florida’s Most Comprehensive Tort Reform in Decades and What it Means for Insurers and Bad Faith Law

Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defusing Plaintiff Perceptions

Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defending Bad Faith Claims

23 RumbergerKirk Attorneys Named to Best Lawyers in America© 2023

Eleventh Circuit: Disagreement Over Valuation Is Not Per Se Bad Faith

Courts Across the Country Say Physical Damages are Required to Trigger Business Interruption Claims

Breaking Down Bad Faith: Insurers’ Good Faith Duties and Defusing Plaintiff Perceptions

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