Chris Ballentine - Orlando, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1984
    J.D.
    Honors: With High Honors
    Law Review: University of Florida Law Review, Member, Senior Research Editor, 1983 - 1984

• Non Legal Education

  • Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 1981
    B.S.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Major: Government
  • Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, FL, USA
    A.B.
    Honors: summa cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

References

• Lynn Loisel, CNA Insurance Companies

• Lynn Rupp, Western World Insurance Company

• David Wilder, Fla. Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co.

Classes and Seminars

• Insurance Law in Florida Seminar, Lorman Education Services, 1999 - 2000
  
• Guardian ad Litem, Orange County Legal Aid Society
  
• Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Florida Seminar, Lorman Education Services, 2003
  
• Understanding the Current C6P Policy, Lorman Education Services, 2007
  
• Insurance Litigation, Law Review CLE, 2012
  
• Reservations of Rights, Council on Litigation Management, 2011
  
• Understanding the Current C6L Policy in Florida, RIMS, 2009

Representative Clients

• Clarendon/North American Risk Group of Companies

• Western World Insurance Company

• Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company

• USAA

• QBE Insurance / North Pointe Insurance

• QEO / State National Insurance Company

• Physicians Casualty Insurance Company

• The Cincinnati Insurance Company

Representative Cases

• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Conde
  • Citation: 595 So. 2d 1005
  • Court: Fla. 5th DCA
  • Year: 1992
  • Serial Number: 1992052261
• American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA v. FDIC
  • Citation: 958 F. 2d 324
  • Court: 10th Cir.
  • Year: 1992
  • Serial Number: 1992054966
• Transcontinental Ins. Co. v. Ice Systems of America, Inc.
  • Citation: 847 F. Supp. 947
  • Court: M.D. Fla.
  • Year: 1994
  • Serial Number: 1994077139
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Furo
  • Citation: 588 So. 2d 61
  • Court: Fla. 5th DCA
  • Year: 1991
  • Serial Number: 1991178674
• Northern Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. Hampton
  • Citation: 510 So. 2d 649
  • Court: Fla. 5th DCA
  • Year: 1987
  • Serial Number: 1987094547
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Black & Black, P.A.
  • Citation: 674 So. 2d 163
  • Court: Fla. 3d DCA
  • Year: 1996
  • Serial Number: 1996105912
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Wendt
  • Citation: 205 F. 3d 1258
  • Court: 11th Cir. 2000
  • Serial Number: 2000069421
• American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA. v. Wilkinson
  • Citation: 990 WL 302175
  • Court: W.D. Okla
  • Year: 1990
  • Serial Number: 1991124776
• Haynes v. L.F. Lloyd
  • Citation: 533 So. 2d 944
  • Court: Fla. 5th DCA
  • Year: 1988
  • Serial Number: 1988150860
• Transcontinental Ins. Co. v. Jim Black & Associates, Inc.
  • Citation: 888 So. 2d 671
  • Court: Fla. 2nd DCA
  • Year: 2004
• FCCI v. Horne
  • Citation: 890 So. 2d 1141
  • Court: Fla. 5th DCA
  • Year: 2004
• Westport v. VN,
  • Citation: 513 Fed, Appx 927
  • Court: 11th Cir
  • Year: 2013
• Columbia Ca. v. Ker
  • Citation: WL44558696
  • Court: 11th Cir.
  • Year: 2010
• Cincinnati Insurance Co. V. Quorum, 2016 WL 2937461 (M.D. Fla.)
• Reuter v. Physicians Casualty, 262 F. Supp. 3d 1341 (S.D. Fla.) 2017 WL 395242 (S.D. Fla.)
• Roberson v. USAA, 2016 WL 5864431 (M.D. Fla.)
• Volusia Co. Cattlemen's Assn. v. Western World Insurance, 218 F. Supp. 3d 1343 (M.D. Fla. 2016)
• St. Paul v. Llorente, 156 So. 3d 511 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2014)

Published Works

Articles

• "Who is a Negro? Revisited: Determining Individual Racial Status for Purposes of Affirmative Action", University of Florida Law Review, Volume XXXV, Fall, 1983
  
• "Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, 1989
  
• "Legal Malpractice Insurance Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, 1993
  
• "Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, Second Edition, 1999
  
• "Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, Third Edition, 2002
  
• "Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, Fourth Edition, 2006

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1985
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1985

Other Affiliations

• Orange County Bar Association (Member)
• The Florida Bar (Member)