Miguel A. Rodriguez

Miguel Rodriguez is a litigator whose practice focuses on the insurance industry. He represents clients in matters involving insurance services and coverage issues. Miguel has experience defending insurance clients in first-party and third-party property litigation and advising clients in complex property coverage disputes. 

Miguel has represented and counseled clients in a wide array of other defense and coverage matters, including bad faith coverage and investigations, pre- and post-suit property insurance claims and litigation, fraud coverage and investigations, commercial and residential catastrophe claims (including commercial and residential windstorm, fire, and water damage coverage disputes), cyber fraud/cybersecurity coverage, excess bodily injury and UM/UIM disputes, commercial general liability disputes, and professional liability claims. Miguel also defends and counsels insurance clients in first- and third-party extra-contractual disputes, often securing dismissal of claims and lawsuits as a matter of law.

Prior to joining Carlton Fields, Miguel advised clients at a Miami law firm and served as a trial attorney with the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, where he successfully defended numerous clients in all phases of litigation and at trial. Miguel also honorably served in the U.S. Marine Corps prior to starting his legal career.

• The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Insurance Law (2024–2025)
• Florida Rising Stars, Super Lawyers Magazine (2024)

• American Bar Association
• The Florida Bar
  • Young Lawyers Division
• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
  • Pathfinder (2025)
• Orange County Bar Association
• Orange County Teen Court Adviser
• St. John's Law Alumni Association, Alumni of Color Chapter

• Orange County Teen Court Adviser
• Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) Counsel
• Orange County Citizen Dispute & Family Law Mediation Service Adviser