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Attorney Profile

Jason S. Mazer

Jason Mazer

Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A.
100 Southeast Second Street, 30th Floor
Miami, FL 33131

Miami

Florida (FL)

Contact Contact Jason S. Mazer
T: 305-577-4849
F: 305-577-3558

Visit: www.vpl-law.com
Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage (80%), Employment Litigation: Plaintiff (10%), Business Litigation (10%)

Insurance Coverage

Employment Litigation: Plaintiff

Business Litigation

Industry Groups: Bankruptcy Trustees, Construction, General Corporate, Health Care Providers/hospitals, Municipalities

Profile

Jason Mazer, born in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, received his B.A. from Tufts University in 1994 and his J.D., Order of the Coif, from Washington University School of Law in 1998. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida; and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Mazer concentrates his trial and appellate practice on the areas of insurance litigation, insurer bad faith, unfair insurance claim practices, and employment law. He has written extensively and frequently lectures on a variety of insurance coverage and bad faith issues. Mr. Mazer exclusively represents individual, municipal, and corporate policyholders, including bankruptcy trustees, in insurance coverage and bad faith disputes.

Selected To

Florida Rising Stars 2011
Florida Rising Stars 2010
Florida Rising Stars 2009

About Jason Mazer

Admitted: 1998, Florida

Professional Webpage: www.vpl-law.com/Attorneys/Jason-S-Mazer.shtml

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Co-Chair of Excess & Umbrella Insurance Sub-Committee of ICLC, 2010 - Present American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Former Web Site Managing Editor American Bar Association, Litigation Section, Former Co-Chair, Life, Health & Disability Sub-Committee American Association for Justice, Member Florida Bar, Member Florida Justice Association, Member Dade County Bar Assocation, Member

Other Outstanding Achievements:

  • Super Lawyers -- South Florida Edition, Florida Rising Stars, June 15, 2009 South Florida Legal Guide Top Up & Comers, 2009 South Florida Business Journal, Best of the Bar, April 30, 2004

Newsletters:

  • Strategy needed to deal with Chinese drywall claims, Florida Real Estate Journal, June 1 - 15, 2010 Insurance strategy can aid victims, minimize financial pain, Daily Business Review, May 24, 2010 Pilot Life Pushed ERISA's Preemption Pendulum To The Top Of This Arc, But Didn't Suspend The Law Of Gravity, The Florida Bar Journal, January, 2004 No Gunboats and No Diplomacy-Resolving Disputes over Life and Health Insurance Sold in Unregulated Markets, The Florida Lawyer, April, 2001

Educational Background:

  • Washington University School of Law, St Louis, Missouri J.D. - May, 1998 Honors: Order of the Coif Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts B.A. - 1994 Major: Religion
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