Kellie Caggiano

Partner

Kellie is a board certified specialist in Construction Law in Florida as as well as an AV-rated attorney whose practice areas include liability defense, consisting mostly of: construction defect litigation and professional liability defense. Kellie also practices in the area of wrongful death defense; personal injury defense; cyber security liability; automotive and trucking litigation; premises liability and employers’ liability cases, as well as first party insurance defense and coverage work.

Kellie’s construction litigation practice focuses on defending alleged defect claims on behalf of contractors, subcontractors, architects, and engineers in large hotel, condominium and municipal building projects. Her professional liability practice includes defending all types of professionals including architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants, insurance agents as well as brokers. Kellie routinely defends clients in cases where the damages being claimed exceed $10 million.

Kellie has over fifteen years of experience handling cases from inception through trial, particularly where clients are facing substantial exposure.

Kellie received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida in 1999 and a Juris Doctor degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2002. Kellie is admitted to practice in all Florida State Courts, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.

Kellie routinely serves as a speaker as well as teaches continuing education seminars on a variety of topics including Risk Transfer/Risk Allocation, Litigating Construction Law Cases, Application of Florida Statute 558, Coverage in Construction Litigation, Pitfalls of Settlement in Construction Cases, Claims Handling, and Preservation of Appellate Issues at Trial.

Presentations & Publications

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Florida Bar Association
American Bar Association
Construction Litigation Management (CLM)
- President of the North Florida Chapter of CLM
- Co-chair of CLM’s Property Conference Committee
ABA Trial Practice Committee Web Editor
DRI Member

PRACTICE AREAS

Construction
Professional Liability
Cyber Security Liability
Personal Injury Defense
Premises Liability
Wrongful Death Defense
Employers’ Liability
First Party
Coverage

CONSTRUCTION LAW

Business Litigation
Casualty Defense

EDUCATION

Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, NC, J.D.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, B.A., Education, High Honors

BAR ADMISSIONS

Florida
U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Distinctions

Board Certified in Construction Law, The Florida Bar, 2019

Representative Experience

Renowned beachfront hotel, Pensacola, Florida

Jason Moyer and Laura Jo Leiffers effectively resolved construction defect claims related to pedestrian traffic coating at the balconies and walkways of a seven-story beachfront hotel situated on the Gulf of Mexico in Pensacola Beach, Florida.

770 Second Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Direct
727.316.5399
Main
727.310.2002
kcaggiano@MoyerLawGroup.com
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Jason Moyer

Partner

Jason Moyer is Board Certified in Construction Law by The Florida Bar and is the founding partner of Moyer Law Group. He has spent the past 16 years representing those companies that develop, construct and participate in large dollar, complex construction projects statewide, including owners, developers, contractors, sureties, material suppliers and design professionals. His focus on client trust and client objectives, in combination with developing case specific winning strategies, has produced consistently successful results for firm clients. The process of attention to important details, solid preparation and constant evaluation at every phase of a construction or commercial dispute is the hallmark of his team’s approach.

Jason’s trial experience spans the State of Florida, with trials in Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Miami-Dade and other Counties. In Hillsborough County, he obtained outright defense verdicts for his clients, including the General Contractor and Surety involved in the full-scale remodel of a Tampa Housing Authority Project. In addition to defending against the subcontractor’s claims on the construction bond and for breach of contract, his client also prevailed on a counterclaim for costs to repair the subcontractor’s deficient flooring work.

In Miami-Dade County, he effectively defended the railing subcontractor responsible for the manufacturing, coating and installation of the balcony railings on a 30-story, 210-unit, luxury high rise condominium tower on Williams Island. After eight days of trial before the Honorable Judge Peter Lopez, the case successfully settled.

While the bulk of his practice is comprised of defending large contractors and subcontractors in breach of contract and negligence claims involving large hotels, condominiums and multi-family apartment complexes, Jason’s litigation experience also includes the representation of a Fortune 300 Company in a personal injury lawsuit involving a massive carbon dioxide spill.

In Pinellas County, Jason defended and obtained a complete defense verdict for a driver involved in a rear end automobile accident. Despite his client admitting liability for the accident, the defense disputed that the accident caused any permanent injuries, and after 5-days of trial the jury awarded no damages to the Plaintiff.

In addition to trials, Jason has arbitrated or mediating over one hundred construction related disputes throughout Florida, and received an “AV,” or top rating, from Martindale-Hubbell in 2014. Jason was listed by Florida Trend Magazine as Legal Elite, is named in Best Lawyers of America® for Commercial Litigation and was recognized by Florida Super Lawyers as one of Florida’s Top 100 Lawyers in the state.

Presentations & Publications

Presentations

Florida Construction Defect Statute: Understanding and Responding to 558 Notices, January 26, 2023
The 4 Quarters of Risk Transfer (Continuing Education Course for Claims Professionals), October 22, 2020
CD Case Management Strategies and Case Study of D.R. Horton, Inc. v. Heron’s Landing Condo. Assoc. of Jacksonville, Inc. (Continuing Education Course for Claims Professionals), September 2019
Construction Defect Litigation (Continuing Education Course for Claims Professionals), July 2018
Opportunity to Cure and Right to Repair: Florida’s 558 Pre-suit Procedure and 10 Florida CD Cases to Know, June 2018
Bouchard Insurance’s Construction Seminar: Practical Tips for Contractors Responding to Fla. Stat. § 558 Construction Defect Claims and Pre-suit Notices, May 2018
Efficient & Aggressive Defense of Premises Liability Claims, September 2017
Pre-suit Opportunity to Cure/Right to Repair: A 50 State Survey of Pre-Suit Procedures in Construction Defect Cases, June 2017 CLM Webinar
5 Hour Law and Ethics Update (Continuing Education Course for Claims Professionals), July 1, 2014
CD Claims: Proactive Management Early and Often, June 26, 2014
Issues Impacting Construction Cases (Continuing Education Course for Claims Professionals), April 12, 2013
Guest Lecturer Construction Law class at Stetson Law School, March 2013
Ethics and Good Faith: Tripartite Conflicts in Florida Claims (Continuing Education Course for Claims Professionals), February 7, 2013
Adjuster Ethics Pursuant to Florida Administrative Code, December 7, 2011
Construction Defect Claims – Damages and Indemnity (Continuing Education Course for Claims Professionals), September 28, 2011
Chinese Drywall Presentation to Real Estate Committee of St. Petersburg Bar, November 2009

Publications

“The FL Dept. of Revenue Changes Rules for Direct Purchase Orders (Construction Projects)”, The Paraclete, Author, April 2011.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

St. Petersburg Bar Association
Florida Bar Association
The Illinois Bar