James F. McKenzie
Member
Email: jmckenzie@mckenzielawfirm.com

Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Insurance; Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Nursing Home Litigation; Pharmaceutical Litigation; Legal Malpractice.

Admitted: 1973, Florida and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Law School: University of Florida, J.D., with honors, 1973

College: University of West Florida, B.A., magna cum laude, 1970

Member: Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member: Trial Lawyers Section; Automobile Insurance Law Committee, 1975-1977); Academy of Florida Justice Association (Diplomate, Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1993 and 2000-2004; Member, Executive Committee, 1988-1990); American Association for Justice (Member, President's Club and Board of Governors, 2001-2004).

Biography: Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa. Listed in: Marquis Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in the World; Men of Distinction; Leading Florida Attorneys; Florida Super Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers, 2006. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award; Outstanding Freshman; Book Awards in Property; Florida Constitutional Law; Jurisprudence. Executive Editor, University of Florida Law Review, 1973. Author: "Landlord's Lament: New Tenant Remedies in Florida," 24 University of Florida Law Review 769, 1972; "Contraceptive Sterilization: The Doctor, The Patient and the U.S. Constitution," 25 University of Florida Law Review 327, 1973; "Bad Faith and the Unfair Claims Practices Act - Plaintiff's Perspective," Florida Automobile Insurance Law, 1995-2003; "Eloquence in Opening Statement," 10 Trial Diplomacy Journal 32, 1987. Co-Author: "Personal Injury Protection Coverage," 2nd Edition, Florida No Fault Insurance Practice, 1979; "Strict Liability - The Comparative Negligence Defense," 8 Trial Lawyers Section Newsletter, Vol. III, June, 1982. Instructor; Introduction to Legal System, University of Florida, 1972-1973; Basic Trial Advocacy, Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section, 1981-1982. Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy; Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar. (Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education) (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)

Languages: English.

Reported Cases: Butchikas v. Travelers Insurance Co., 343 So.2d 816 (Fla. 1977); Dempsey v. U.S., 989 F.2d 1134 (11th Cir., 1993); 635 So.2d 961 (Fla. 1994); Dungan v. Ford, 632 So. 2d 159 (Fla. 1st DCA, 1994); Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Grounds, 311 So.2d 164 (Fla. 1st DCA, 1975); MacGregor v. Bowen, 786 F.2D 1050 (11th Cir., 1986); Mandel v. Doe, 888 F.2d 783 (11th Cir., 1989); Vest v. Travelers Ins. Co., 753 So. 2d 1270, 1276 (Fla. 2000).

Born: Mobile, Alabama, May 3, 1948

ISLN: 904943854