Chris Ballentine
200 E. Robinson Street, Suite 800, Orlando, FL 32801
About Chris Ballentine
Practice Areas
- Insurance
Education
- University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1984J.D.
- Honors: With High Honors
- Law Review: University of Florida Law Review, Member, Senior Research Editor, 1983 - 1984
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 1981B.S.
- Major: Government
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Gulf Coast Community College, Panama City, FL, USAA.B.
- Honors: summa cum laude
Representative Cases
- Allstate Ins. Co. v. Conde, 595 So. 2d 1005 (Fla. 5th DCA 1992)
- American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA v. FDIC, 958 F. 2d 324 (10th Cir. 1992)
- Transcontinental Ins. Co. v. Ice Systems of America, Inc., 847 F. Supp. 947 (M.D. Fla. 1994)
- Allstate Ins. Co. v. Furo, 588 So. 2d 61 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991)
- Northern Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. Hampton, 510 So. 2d 649 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987)
- Continental Casualty Co. v. Black & Black, P.A., 674 So. 2d 163 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996)
- Continental Casualty Co. v. Wendt, 205 F. 3d 1258 (11th Cir. 2000 )
- American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA. v. Wilkinson, 990 WL 302175 (W.D. Okla 1990)
- Haynes v. L.F. Lloyd, 533 So. 2d 944 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988)
- Transcontinental Ins. Co. v. Jim Black & Associates, Inc., 888 So. 2d 671 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2004)
- FCCI v. Horne, 890 So. 2d 1141 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)
- Westport v. VN,, 513 Fed, Appx 927 (11th Cir 2013)
- Columbia Ca. v. Ker, WL44558696 (11th Cir. 2010)
- Cincinnati Insurance Co. V. Quorum, 2016 WL 2937461 (M.D. Fla.)
- Reuter v. Physicians Casualty, 262 F. Supp. 3d 1341 (S.D. Fla.) 2017 WL 395242 (S.D. Fla.)
- Roberson v. USAA, 2016 WL 5864431 (M.D. Fla.)
- Volusia Co. Cattlemen's Assn. v. Western World Insurance, 218 F. Supp. 3d 1343 (M.D. Fla. 2016)
- St. Paul v. Llorente, 156 So. 3d 511 (Fla. 3rd DCA 2014)
Classes and Seminars
- Insurance Law in Florida Seminar, Lorman Education Services, 1999 - 2000
- Guardian ad Litem, Orange County Legal Aid Society
- Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Florida Seminar, Lorman Education Services, 2003
- Understanding the Current C6P Policy, Lorman Education Services, 2007
- Insurance Litigation, Law Review CLE, 2012
- Reservations of Rights, Council on Litigation Management, 2011
- Understanding the Current C6L Policy in Florida, RIMS, 2009
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1985
Other Affiliations
- Orange County Bar Association (Member)
- The Florida Bar (Member)
Articles
Published Works
- "Who is a Negro? Revisited: Determining Individual Racial Status for Purposes of Affirmative Action", University of Florida Law Review, Volume XXXV, Fall, 1983
- "Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, 1989
- "Legal Malpractice Insurance Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, 1993
- "Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, Second Edition, 1999
- "Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, Third Edition, 2002
- "Legal Malpractice Insurance, Chapter 6", Professional Liability of Lawyers in Florida (Co-Author), The Florida Bar, CLE, Supplement Thereto, Fourth Edition, 2006
Office Info
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Nearby Lawyers
- Insurance
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