(Main Office)

McCumber, Daniels, Buntz, Hartig & Puig, P.A., offers a wide variety of litigation defense services for insurers, health care facilities, and licensed professionals. With years of legal, corporate, medical, administrative and legislative experience, we are able to provide full-service representation for all of our clients at all levels including civil, administrative, and criminal settings.

Statement of Practice

White Collar Criminal Defense; Health Care Fraud Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Nursing Home Defense; Appellate Practice; Government Investigations; Government Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation.

Hospital Liability Defense, Long-Term Care, Elder Care, Insurance Defense, Nursing Home and Healthcare Litigation, Professional Liability, Aged and Aging, Appellate Practice, Civil Practice, General Practice, Health Care, Hospital Law, Insurance, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Litigation, Medicare and Medicaid, Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Torts.

Representative Clients:

Achieva
Adventist Health System
American Re
Avante Group, Inc.
Baycare Health System
Caliber One
Caronia Corporation
Charter Schools USA
CNA HealthPro
Community Health Systems
Compro
Corinthian Colleges, Inc.
Diversicare Management Services Co.
Extendicare, Inc.
Fairmount Long Term Care
Florida Administrative Services, LLC
Florida Health Care Association
Focus Health Systems, Inc.
FPIC Insurance Group, Inc.
Geico Insurance Co.
Genesis Health Ventures, Inc.
Genesis Eldercare Properties, Inc.
Grane Healthcare
Liberty Health Care
Mariner Health Care
Meridian Health, Inc.
Pelican Risk Retention Group
Pennsylvania Assisted Living Association
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Progressive Insurance Company
Resurgens Specialty Underwriting, Inc.
Royal Sun Alliance
Senior Care Group, Inc.
Tampa General Hospital
Tandem Health Care
The Hartford
The Northern Group
The Prudential Real Estate, Affiliates, Inc.
Trecs Institute
Wausau Insurance Companies
Zurich.

Address

One Urban Centre {newline}Suite 300
4830 West Kennedy Boulevard
Tampa, FL 33609, (Hillsborough Co.)

Phone

Phone: 813-287-2822
Fax: 813-287-2833

Website

http://www.mccumberdaniels.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For complete biographical data on other personnel, see Professional Biographies at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania)

SHAREHOLDERS

Andrew R. McCumber (Shareholder) born Neptune, New Jersey, August 22, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Florida; 1992, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1986); University of Florida (J.D., 1991). Author: "Regulated Health Insurance Premiums in the Average Weekly Wage," News and 440 Report, Workers' Compensation Section of Florida Bar, Fall 1993; " Workers' Compensation Complications and Confidentiality of Aids Records," Florida Bar Journal, December 1993. Member, Board of Directors, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Manatee County, 1993-1996 and Board-President, 1996. Litigation Counsel, Florida Health Care Association. Member: Hillsborough County and American Bar Associations; Florida Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Nursing Home Litigation; Hospital Liability Defense; Medical Malpractice; Litigation.Email: Andrew R. McCumber

Derek M. Daniels (Shareholder) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1995, Florida; 1996, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., Business Administration, with high honors, 1992); University of Florida College of Law (J.D., with honors, 1995). Member: Hillsborough County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Nursing Home Litigation; Hospital Liability Defense; Litigation.Email: Derek M. Daniels

E. Patrick Buntz (Shareholder) born Baltimore, Maryland, January 12,1966; admitted to bar, 1995, Florida; 1996, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: Stetson University (B.A., Political Science, 1988); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Nursing Home Litigation.Email: E. Patrick Buntz

Mark B. Hartig (Shareholder) born New York, N.Y., June 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Florida; 2005, Pennsylvania; 2006 Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida. Education: Florida State University (B.A., International Affairs, 1993); Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center (J.D., 1997). Florida Trend Magazine Legal Elite, 2005, 2006 and 2009. Florida Super Lawyer 2009. Member: Hillsborough County, Orange County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Reported Cases: Jaylene v. Moots, 995 So.2d 566 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2009). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Automobile Negligence; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Corporate Insurance Defense; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Criminal Law.Email: Mark B. Hartig

Kenneth A. Puig (Shareholder) born Tampa, Florida, February 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1995, Florida; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., Political Science, 1990); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., 1994). Member: Hillsborough County Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Personal Liability; Disabilities.Email: Kenneth A. Puig

ASSOCIATES

Kimberly Potter (Associate) born Dover, Delaware; admitted to bar, 2001, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 2007, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Central Florida (B.S., Business Administration, 1994); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Author, "Protecting Your Client's Big Idea," Hillsborough Bar Journal, October 2007. Member: Hillsborough County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; Hillsborough County Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Mortgage Foreclosure; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Kimberly Potter

Starlett Miller (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Florida. Education: The Florida State University (B.A., cum laude, 1998; J.D. 2007). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Premises Liability Defense; Professional Liability Defense.Email: Starlett Miller

Kyleen Hudson (Associate) born Glendale, California, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, Florida; 2009, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2003); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., Leadership Certificate, 2008). Member: Hillsborough County and St. Pete Bar Associations; The Florida Bar.Email: Kyleen Hudson

Albert M. Rodriguez (Associate) born Tampa, Florida, September 5, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., Criminology, 1995); Nova Southeastern University (J.D., 1999). Member: Hillsborough County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Nursing Home Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Criminal Law; Automobile Insurance Defense.Email: Albert M. Rodriguez

Mara Levy (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Florida. Education: McDonald College of McGill University (B.S., Graduated with Great Distinction, 1994); The Florida State University (J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 2000). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, Florida State University, 2000. Member: Hillsborough County Bar Association; The Florida Bar. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals.Email: Mara Levy