John M. Siracusa Esq.

Throughout the course Mr. Siracusa’s career, he and his partner, Joseph W. Janssen, III, Esq., have represented thousands of clients in property and marine insurance coverage cases, complex business litigation, construction defect claims, admiralty, personal injuries, wrongful death and land use in the state and federal trial courts throughout Florida. Mr. Siracusa has recovered multi-million dollar federal trial verdicts and hundreds of millions in settlements for his clients through litigation. In 2009, the Miami Daily Business Review recognized him as one of South Florida’s Most Effective Lawyers in the category of Complex Business Litigation. Mr. Siracusa is a course provider for the Florida Department of Financial Services and has lectured at the Windstorm Conferences in New Orleans and Orlando on forced place insurance. Mr. Siracusa is also a licensed commercial pilot, certified flight instructor and retired U.S. Merchant Marine Captain.

• Partner

• Sea Eagle Diving Adventures Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, Owner/Operator, 1992 - 1994
• Captains Corner Dive Center/Sky Pirate Parasail, Key West, Florida, Owner/Operator, 1994 - Present

• PADI Scuba Instructor 1988

• Sunrise at Seaside Condominium Association, Inc. v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
• Key West Beach Club Condominium Association No. 1, Inc. and Key West Beach Club Condominium Association No. 2, Inc. v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
• Rosewood Condominium Homeowners Association, Inc. v. American Coastal Insurance Company
• Pear Tree Properties, LLC v. Acuity, a Mutual Insurance Company
• The Porto Venezia Condominium Association, Inc. v. WB Fort Lauderdale, LLC

• Florida, 1998
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2008
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida, 2013

• American Bar Association (Member)
• Florida Bar Association (Member)
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (Member)
• Federal Bar Association (Member)
• Propeller Club of the United States