Chris Ballentine

Chris Ballentine is a shareholder with the firm. Since 1984 he has concentrated his practice in the areas of insurance coverage litigation relating to professional and general liability policies; he is also involved in general insurance defense and commercial litigation. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Chris Ballentine included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors New Attorney Award of Merit, Legal Aid Society, Orange County Bar Association, 1989 Award of Excellence, Legal Aid Society, Orange County Bar Association, 1993 Awarded Martindale-Hubbell's "AV" Rating, 2000 Judge J. C. "Jake" Stone Distinguished Service Award, Orange County Legal Aid Society, 2003 President's Pro Bono Service Award, Florida Bar, 2004 Other Sources of Feedback About Chris Ballentine Included on the 2018Florida Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2017 Florida Super Lawyers list 2016 Florida Super Lawyers list

• Partner
• References
• Lynn Loisel, CNA Insurance Companies
• Lynn Rupp, Western World Insurance Company
• David Wilder, Fla. Lawyers Mutual Insurance Co.

• 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
• Representative Clients
• Clarendon/North American Risk Group of Companies
• Western World Insurance Company
• Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
• USAA
• QBE Insurance / North Pointe Insurance
• QEO / State National Insurance Company
• Physicians Casualty Insurance Company
• The Cincinnati Insurance Company

• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Conde
• Citation: 595 So. 2d 1005
• Court: Fla. 5th DCA
• Year: 1992
• Serial Number: 1992052261
• American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA v. FDIC
• Citation: 958 F. 2d 324
• Court: 10th Cir.
• Serial Number: 1992054966
• Transcontinental Ins. Co. v. Ice Systems of America, Inc.
• Citation: 847 F. Supp. 947
• Court: M.D. Fla.
• Year: 1994
• Serial Number: 1994077139
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Furo
• Citation: 588 So. 2d 61
• Year: 1991
• Serial Number: 1991178674
• Northern Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. Hampton
• Citation: 510 So. 2d 649
• Year: 1987
• Serial Number: 1987094547
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Black & Black, P.A.
• Citation: 674 So. 2d 163
• Court: Fla. 3d DCA
• Year: 1996
• Serial Number: 1996105912
• Continental Casualty Co. v. Wendt
• Citation: 205 F. 3d 1258
• Court: 11th Cir. 2000
• Serial Number: 2000069421
• American Casualty Co. of Reading, PA. v. Wilkinson
• Citation: 990 WL 302175
• Court: W.D. Okla
• Year: 1990
• Serial Number: 1991124776
• Haynes v. L.F. Lloyd
• Citation: 533 So. 2d 944
• Year: 1988
• Serial Number: 1988150860
• Transcontinental Ins. Co. v. Jim Black & Associates, Inc.
• Citation: 888 So. 2d 671
• Court: Fla. 2nd DCA
• Year: 2004
• FCCI v. Horne
• Citation: 890 So. 2d 1141
• Westport v. VN,
• Citation: 513 Fed, Appx 927
• Court: 11th Cir
• Year: 2013
• Columbia Ca. v. Ker
• Citation: WL44558696
• Court: 11th Cir.
• Year: 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)

• Florida, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1985
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1985

• Orange County Bar Association (Member)
• The Florida Bar (Member)