Caroline Nitsche Carlson - Miami, FL
Attorney at Chartwell Law Office, LLP
Personal Injury Defense Lawyers in Miami, FL
9350 South Dixie Highway Penthouse III Miami, FL 33156
Miami Personal Injury Defense Lawyer
Updated: 03/16/2026
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury Defense
- Trucking & Auto
- Premises Liability Defense
- Construction Defense
- Liability & General Casualty Defense
- Property & Cargo Loss
- Commercial Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Subrogation & Recovery
- Bad Faith Litigation
- Mediation & Arbitration
Litigation: 90%
Attorney Information
Overview
Caroline Nitsche Carlson is a Partner in Chartwell's Miami Office. She graduated, magna cum laude, from Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida where she received a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and History. In 1988, Ms. Nitsche Carlson graduated, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, where she served as Report's Editor for the Inter-American Law Review. Ms. Nitsche Carlson served as a legal intern in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida for Judge James W. Kehoe and was an associate at the Miami offices of Katten Muchin & Zavis & Dombroff & Gilmore.
In 1996, Ms. Nitsche Carlson co-founded the firm of Pivnik & Nitsche, P.A. and for over 14 years has represented carriers and self insureds throughout Florida in all types of general liability claims including: auto and truck accident cases, shipping, product liability, construction defects and matters involving premises liability, including slip and fall, inadequate security, wrongful eviction, false arrest, assault and malicious prosecution. Ms. Nitsche Carlson also provides clients with advice and counsel on first party and third party coverage matters. She is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit & County Court Mediator.
Ms. Nitsche Carlson lectured for a semester at Barry University, on Legal Research Methods and is fluent in Spanish.
Education
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Legal Education
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University of Miami School of Law,
Coral Gables,
Florida, 1988
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: With Honors
Law Review: Inter-American Law Review, Report's Editor
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University of Miami School of Law,
Coral Gables,
Florida, 1988
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Non Legal Education
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Barry College,
Miami Shores,
Florida, 1985
B.S., Bachelor of Science
Major: Political Science
Major: History
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Barry College,
Miami Shores,
Florida, 1985
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Past Positions
- Lapidus & Frankel, P.A., Miami, Florida, Associate
- United States District Court Southern District of Florida, Judge James W. Kehoe, Legal Intern
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer, Legal Research Methods, Barry University
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1988
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1991
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
Other Affiliations
- Florida Bar Association (Member)
- Dade County Bar Association (Member)
- Trial Lawyers Association of America (Member)
- Cuban American Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association
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Contact
9350 South Dixie Highway
Penthouse III
Miami, FL 33156
Phone: (610) 666-7700
Fax: (305) 670-0094
Email: Send a message
Website: http://www.chartwelllaw.com/
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