Practice areas: Insurance Coverage, Transportation & Maritime, General Litigation; view more
Licensed in Florida since: 1998
Education: University of Miami School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2024 - 2025 Call today:
844-553-3939
Phillips Perez, P.A.
2655 S. Le Jeune RoadSuite 500
Miami, FL 33134 Visit website
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Paula J. Phillips is the litigation chair and a shareholder of Phillips Perez, P.A., a Florida civil litigation and business law Firm. Her practice covers a broad spectrum of fields, including trucking law, aviation, franchise law, consumable goods, construction, first- and third-party insurance coverage and claims defense, premises liability, personal injury, complex commercial subrogation litigation and appeals.
Ms. Phillips obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in communication and theatre dance from Cameron University. She received her Juris Doctor with a focus on civil litigation from the University of Miami School of Law. She has also obtained MA in Organizational Management as well as her SBA THRIVE Certification.
Soon after graduating as an attorney, Ms. Phillips entered the private litigation sector, working with several firms before establishing Phillips Perez, P.A. in 2017. She has been admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Florida, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th and 11th Circuits.
Committed to serving society, Ms. Phillips extends her pro bono services through the Florida Legal Aid Clinic in the areas of guardianship and family law. She has recently completed a three-year tenure on The Florida Bar Grievance Committee for the Eleventh Circuit. She is also active in the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust – Ethical Governance Program, and volunteers with the Nova Middle School mock trial program as well as several other local charitable organizations. Ms. Phillips has was named a Florida Super Lawyer in 2024.
Serving Florida:
- Miami
- Jacksonville
- Orlando
Practice areas
Insurance Coverage, Transportation/Maritime, General Litigation, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: DefenseFocus areas
Animal Bites, Bad Faith Insurance, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Litigation, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Defense, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Transportation Law, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 50% Insurance Coverage
- 20% Transportation/Maritime
- 10% General Litigation
- 10% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Personal Injury - General: Defense
First Admitted: 1998, Florida
Professional Webpage: https://www.phillipsperez.com/people
- Florida
- United States Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuits
- United States Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Tenth Circuits
- United States District Courts for the Northern Districts of Florida
- United States District Courts for the Middle Districts of Florida
- United States District Courts for the Southern Districts of Florida
- American Inns of Court, 2023
- Ms. Esquire, 2023
- National Association of Business and Professional Women, 2023
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers, 2023
- Florida Bar Association, 2023
- Multiple final judgments on Dispositive Motions - Motions to Dismiss, Summary Final Judgment, Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings., 2023
- Multiple Defense Verdicts on Summary Final Judgment, 2022
- Quiznos
- Delta Airlines
- American Airlines
- Shell Oil
- BP
- Dunkin Donuts
- Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
- Database Technologies LLC, 2023
- Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, 2023
- Florida Circuit Court Mediation Training, 2022
- Florida Legal Aid Clinic
- Ethical Governance Program
- Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust
- Rated “Good” on Avvo
- Positive Peer Reviews Through Martindale-Hubbell
- Who's Who - Insurance Litigation, Marquis Who's Who, 2020
- Cameron University, Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication and Theatre Dance, 1992
- University of Phoenix, Master’s Degree in Organizational Management, 2010
- This Seminar focused on the legal implications of the new Uniform Case Management Order that will be issued in every case, from both the County and Circuit Civil viewpoint, as well as the new Summary Judgment rule and how it must be managed in light of the new CMO format., Moderator, Judicial Luminaries Seminar - Case Management Orders and Summary Judgment, American Inns Of Court, South Florida Legal Community, 2022
- Florida Speaker Series Guest, Speaker
- This mock trial focused on legal liability and proximate cause. The post-mortem explored the portions of the trial and trial techniques that were the most and least persuasive., Moderator, Mock Trial Post-Mortem, Bench and Bar Conference by the Spellman-Hoeveler Inns of Court, National Trial Lawyers, 2022
- This panel discussed the revisions in the Florida First Party Property Insurance statute, and how that impacts bad faith, coverage, and fees. Ms. Phillips addressed the new fee structure., Lecturer, Litigating Insurance Claims, Coverage & Fees, Bench and Bar Conference by the Spellman-Hoeveler Inns of Court, Florida Insurance Industry, 2022
- This seminar focused on the soup-to-nuts process of bringing the insurance litigation defendant to life, and defending the insurance cases in the trial setting., Moderator, Winning With Insurance Defense, Bench and Bar Conference by the Spellman-Hoeveler Inns of Court, National Insurance Litigation Industry, 2022
- This seminar discussed the ways in which mental health care advocates can negotiate with landlords to facilitate housing for their clients, before, during and after issues arise., Lecturer, Mediation and Negotiation for Mental Health Providers, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, Housing Advocates For Those With Mental Health Issues, 2022
- Discussed the history and evolution of the elements of defamation, from print to the current digital world, and the distinctions involved when the subject is a celebrity., Lecturer, Defaming The Famous – Is There Any Such Thing As Bad Publicity?, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, Paralegals Association Of Florida, 2022
- This seminar focused on Understanding The General Scope Of Environmental Issues In America, Understanding the Environmental Issues Unique To Tallahassee and the Surrounding Area, and finally Understanding the Resources Available to Assist in Environmental Case and Claim Management., Lecturer, Environmental Issues of Big Bend, Florida, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, Paralegals Association Of Florida - Big Bend Chapter, 2021
- This seminar focused on the legal and practical process of effecting amendments to the Florida Constitution, and how they differ in form and process from Statutory Amendments. This was a practical skills seminar for citizen involvement in politics., Lecturer, Constitutional Amendments in Florida, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, Upper Keys League Of Women Voters, 2021
- This lecture focused on the complicated and dynamic process between the Florida House and Senate as Bills work their way from and idea, to the legislative analysis team, to committee, to floor debate, to amendment, and back again in its journey to finally become a law., Lecturer, Civics Literacy Series: How A Bill Becomes Law, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, League Of Women Voters Of The Upper Keys, 2021
- Civil rights after satisfaction of sentence, including employment discrimination issues vis a vis potential employer liability, housing, recreation and voting, and the use of technology to identify who has been convicted, and of what? A second lecture focused on the intersection between the media and the First Amendment, including freedom of speech, media as the Fourth Branch of government, the institution of the malice standard to protect the media (media must act with actual malice in order to be liable for inaccuracies), how the malice standard has backfired and why it has rendered "fake news" so hard to prosecute, leading to erosion of confidence in media, and whether, in an era of denial, lawsuits even work to validate media., Lecturer, Civil Rights Law in the year of COVID, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, Paralegals Association Of Florida, 2020
- This seminar addressed the ins and outs of cybersecurity from a law firm standpoint, in protecting client files, protecting HIPPA information, protecting employee information, protecting against scams, and cyber insurance - what it covers and what it doesn't., Lecturer, Cyber Security Issues, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, Colombian American Bar Association (COLBAR), 2020
- This presentation focuses on the need (and requirement) for succession planning in the law firm environment. Solo practitioners already know that this is a must, but firms tend to overlook the need. This session explores the reasons for this, and measures that can be undertaken to overcome the barriers to creating a succession plan for firms large and small. , Lecturer, Succession Planning in the Law Firm Environment, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, Central FL Association Of Legal Administrators, 2019
- This presentation to Monarch High School discussed the process of criminal sentencing and the heightened issues related to crimes involving the death penalty, including the factors taken into consideration in deciding on the death penalty, and the discretion of the Court regarding the sentencing., Lecturer, Criminal Law and the Death Penalty, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, Monarch High School Law Class, 2019
- Marquis Who's Who - Insurance Litigation, 2020
- Insurance
- IT
- Trucking
Office location for Paula J. Phillips
2655 S. Le Jeune Road
Suite 500
Miami, FL 33134
Phone: 844-553-3939
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