Fred A. Cunningham - Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1988
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Belmont Abbey College, 1985
    B.A.
    Honors: summa cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer: “Bad Faith Post 837,” Florida Justice Association Winter Ski Seminar (2023)
  
• Lecturer: “Choice of Law in Insurance Bad Faith Cases: Finding Bad Faith in Unexpected Places” Melvin M. Belli Society Webinar (2021)
  
• Faculty Member: “Demonstration: Direct and Cross Examination of a Lay Witness,” Al J. Cone Trial Advocacy Institute (2021)
  
• Program Co-Chair and Lecturer: “Finding Bad Faith in Unexpected Places” Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice (2021)
  
• Lecturer: “Bad Faith: You Have Your Verdict, Now What?” Palm Beach County Justice Association Webinar (2021)
  
• Panelist: “Think Outside of the Box – Expanding Your PI Practice,” Broward County Trial Lawyers Association (2021)
  
• Guest: “Titans of Trial” Podcast – Florida Justice Association (2020)
  
• Panelist: “Insurance and Bad Faith Seminar,” Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice Convention (2020)
  
• Panelist: “Law Firm Lessons from Covid-19 – What Worked, What Didn’t, and What Steps you can Take to Get Insurers to Stop Delaying and Settle Cases Now,” Melvin M. Belli Society Webinar (2020)
  
• Lecturer: “Bad Faith in Business Interruption Claims,” Florida Justice Association (FJA) Business Interruption Claims Webinar (2020)
  
• Lecturer: “Loss of Business Claims,” Mass Torts Made Perfect and The National Trial Lawyers Webinar (2020)
  
• Lecturer: “Bad Faith in Business Interruption Claims,” Florida Justice Association Webinar (2020)
  
• Lecturer: “Business Interruption Losses from COVID-19,” Mass Torts Made Perfect Webinar (2020)
  
• Lecturer: “Current State of Bad Faith Law – How Did We Get Here and How Do We Not Screw it Up?” Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice Convention (2019)
  
• Lecturer: “Bad Faith Basics,” HLF Seminar (2019)
  
• Panelist: “Bad Faith and First Party Property: Weathering the Storm,” Palm Beach County Bar Association Bench Bar (2019)
  
• Lecturer: “Trial Interstate & Intrastate Components of Bad Faith,” The National Trial Lawyers Summit (2019)
  
• Program Co-Chair: “Insurance and Bad Faith Seminar,” Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice Convention (2018)
  
• Lecturer: “Applying Florida Bad Faith Law Beyond the Sunshine State,” Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice Convention (2018)
  
• Lecturer: “Insurance Bad Faith Law Update: What You Need to Know,” Broward County Trial Lawyers Association (2018)
  
• Lecturer: “Choice of Law: How to Get More Out of Your Bad Faith and Trucking Cases,” Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention (2018)
  
• Panelist: “SuperStars in Trial: Miami vs. Broward & Palm Beach” Dade County Bar Association (2018)
  
• Panelist: “Advancement of Women in Law,” Palm Beach County Bar Association and Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (2018)
  
• Lecturer: “Who Will Pay the Excess Verdict? Identifying Bad Faith in Trucking Cases,” AAJ Trucking Litigation Members Only Seminar (2017)
  
• Lecturer: “Nuts and Bolts of First Party Bad Faith ” American Association for Justice Annual Convention (2017)
  
• Lecturer: “Significant Changes in Bad Faith Law,” The Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America National Interstate Trucking Super Summit (2017)
  
• Lecturer: “Help Me Help You: Don’t Let Your Handling of The Personal Injury Case Lose The Insurance Bad Faith Case,” Florida Justice Association Workhorse Seminar (2017)
  
• Lecturer: “Recognizing and Preserving the Insurance Bad Faith Claim in Trucking Litigation,” APITLA National Interstate Trucking Super Summit (2016)
  
• Lecturer: “The Current State of Florida Insurance Bad Faith Law,” Palm Beach County Justice Association (2016)
  
• Lecturer: “Winning the Powell Bad Faith Case,” Florida Justice Association Workhorse Seminar (2016)
  
• Lecturer: “Insurance bad faith in Interstate Trucking Cases,” Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, National Trial Lawyers Summit (2016)
  
• Workshop Leader: Al J. Cone Trial Advocacy Institute (2015)
  
• Lecturer: “Applying Florida Bad Faith Law to Florida Accidents with Non-Florida Drivers Insured Outside the State of Florida,” Florida Justice Association Workhorse Seminar (2015)
  
• Lecturer & Program Co-chair: “Bad Faith in Florida: the Past, the Present, and the Future,” Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice, Insurance Bad Faith (2014)
  
• Lecturer & Workshop Leader: “Demonstration from the Plaintiff: Direct Examination of an Expert Witness,” Al J. Cone Trial Advocacy Institute (2014)
  
• Lecturer: “Third Party Bad Faith Law and Strategy – The Four Most Important Things You Need to Know About First Party Bad Faith Law in the Handling/Litigation of Automobile Neck and Back Injury Cases,” Florida Justice Association Workhorse Seminar (2014)
  
• Lecturer: “Creating the Proper ‘paper trail’ of the Settlement Opportunity(ies),” Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice, Insurance & Bad Faith Seminar (2013)
  
• Lecturer: “Handling Cases in Light of the Recent Developments in Florida Bad Faith Law,” Florida Justice Association Annual Convention Advanced Trial Skills Seminar (2013)
  
• Lecturer & Program Co-Chair: “The Future of Bad Faith in Florida,” Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice, Insurance & Bad Faith Seminar (2013)
  
• Lecturer: “Steps You Can Take to Strengthen the Bad Faith Case,” Florida Justice Association Workhorse (2012)
  
• Lecturer: “The Behind-the-Scenes Analysis of Goheagan,” Florida Justice Association Case Law Insider Call (2012)
  
• Lecturer: “An Insurance Bad Faith Recap of 2011 and the Forecast for 2012,” Florida Justice Association Insurance Bad Faith (2012)
  
• Panelist: “Bad Faith,” Manatee Trial Lawyers (2012)
  
• Lecturer: “The Trial of the Bad Faith Case,” Florida Justice Association Annual Convention Trial Skills (2011)
  
• Program Co-Chair: Florida Justice Association Annual Review (2011)
  
• Lecturer: “Update, Overview, and Analysis of First Party Bad Faith Law,” Florida Justice Association Workhorse (2011)
  
• Program Co-Chair: “Considerations in Handling the Underlying Tort Case,” Florida Justice Association Insurance (2010)
  
• Lecturer: “Brainstorming on Bad Faith”?(Session Theme: Paradigms in Advocacy – Changing Times), Florida Justice Association Workhorse (2010)
  
• Lecturer: “Necessary Steps Which Must be Taken by Trial Counsel in the Underlying Case in Order to Prevail in the Bad Faith Case – Third Party Bad Faith,” Florida Justice Association Workhorse (2008)
  
• Lecturer: “Gauging the Complexities:? Multiple Claim Insurance Cases,” Florida Justice Association Insurance (2008)
  
• Program Co-Chair: Florida Justice Association Annual Convention (2007)
  
• Lecturer: “Nuts and Bolts of a Bad Faith Case,” Florida Justice Association Insurance Bad Faith (2007)
  
• Program Chair: “New Horizons for Your Practice: Emerging Areas of Law Providing Opportunities for Firm Expansion,” Florida Justice Association (2007)
  
• Lecturer: “Bad Faith: Getting to the Heart of the Matter at Mediation,” Florida Justice Association Mediation (2006)
  
• Lecturer: “Tips for Proving the Bad Faith Case,” Florida Justice Association Insurance (2006)
  
• Lecturer: “Recognizing and Preserving the Bad Faith Case,” Florida Justice Association Civil Litigation For Paralegals and Legal Assistants Seminar (2006)
  
• Co-Lecturer: “Law 102: First Party, Third Party Practice,” Florida Justice Association Insurance Bad Faith Seminar (2005)
  
• Medical Malpractice – “Dealing with the Medical Malpractice Bad Faith Law,” (2005)
  
• Program chair: “A Comprehensive Review of the Theory and Practice of Insurance Bad Faith,” Florida Justice Association Insurance (2004)
  
• Lecturer: “The Basics of Bad Faith”, Florida Justice Association Insurance (2003)
  
• Lecturer: “Litigating Bad Faith Cases in the 21st Century,” Florida Justice Association Fall Convention (2003)
  
• Lecturer: “Preserving a Bad Faith Claim in the Auto Case,” Florida Justice Association Auto Negligence (2003)
  
• Program Co-Chair: Florida Justice Association Insurance (2001)

Published Works

Articles

• “Bad Faith Basics” AAJ TRIAL Magazine, February 2020
  
• “Harvey v. Geico: Florida Supreme Court Clarifies Florida Bad Faith Law,” Palm Beach County Justice Association News, Feb 2019
  
• Columnist: Florida Justice Association Journal
  
• “Choice of Law and Insurance Bad Faith In Trucking Litigation: Don’t Assume that You Don’t Have an Insurance Bad Faith Case,” AAJ Trucking Litigation Group Journal of Trucking Litigation, Fall 2014
  

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court, 2016
• Florida, 1988
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1990
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education

Other Affiliations

• International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Board Member (2018); Inducted in 2014
• Florida Bar Association
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• The Melvin M. Belli Society
• Palm Beach County Bar Association – North County Section, Past President; Former Board Member
• Palm Beach County Bar Association
• International Society of Barristers, Inducted in 2018; Fellow
• Florida Justice Association, President (2011-2012); President-Elect (2010-2011); Treasurer (2009-2010); Secretary (2008-2009); Executive Committee Member; Board Member (1997 – Present)
• American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel, Fellow
• Palm Beach County Justice Association, President (2009); Former Board Member
• American Association for Justice
• Ontario Trial Lawyers Association