Veronica D. Vellines, Born Kingsport, Tennessee; admitted to Bar; Florida 2001, New York 1999, Georgia 1994; United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit; United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1995; United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2002;United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2002.

Education
University of Tennessee (B.A. 1989); Stetson University College of Law ( J.D. 1992).

Member
Florida Bar, New York Bar, Georgia Bar, St. Petersburg Bar Association.

Prior to joining this firm in September, 2005, Ms. Vellines worked in the areas of liability defense, insurance coverage and extra-contractual liability. She also held an in-house counsel position in Munich, Germany, where she handled complex toxic tort and latent reinsurance claims.

She is co-author of @Risk, Internet and E-Commerce Insurance and Reinsurance Legal Issues, (Reactions Publishing Group, 2000). She has also published articles in Mealey's Litigation Report and Andrews International Reinsurance Dispute Reporter.

Ms. Vellines practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, trademark and copyright litigation, insurance bad faith, and insurance coverage litigation.