Carlton Fields Named Litigation Department of the Year by Daily Business Review; Lauren Fenton-Valdivia Finalist for Two Florida Legal Awards
TAMPA, FL – Carlton Fields has been named the Litigation Department of the Year in the insurance category by the Daily Business Review for the 2025 Florida Legal Awards. Additionally, shareholder Lauren Fenton-Valdivia is a finalist in two categories: Diversity & Inclusion and Best Mentor.
The Florida Legal Awards recognize leading members of Florida’s legal community. Honorees will be recognized at an awards ceremony on April 3, 2025, in Miami.
Carlton Fields’ insurance practice is nationally recognized for securing favorable outcomes in high-stakes matters across every sector of the insurance industry, including life, financial lines, property and casualty, title, and reinsurance. The group represents some of the world’s largest insurers, including the vast majority of the top 25 life and annuity companies in class action and high-stakes individual product cases. Lawyers in the group have appeared as lead counsel in state and federal courts nationwide, including all federal appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Fenton-Valdivia is a skilled litigator with a diverse litigation practice representing corporate clients in both state and federal court. She handles complex litigation including commercial disputes, employment litigation, health care litigation, professional liability, and environmental matters. She has served as lead trial counsel for corporate clients, trying cases to verdict and in arbitration proceedings. She has also handled large-scale, multidistrict class actions.
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