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- Florida
- U.S. District Court for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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| Education |
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- J.D., Boston University, 2000 (magna cum laude; Boston University Law Review, staff member 1998-1999, Executive Editor, 1999-2000)
- M.A., University of Connecticut, 1995
- B.A., University of Akron, 1993 (magna cum laude)
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| Noteworthy |
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- Dade County Bar Association - Put Something Back Pro Bono Program, pro bono service award, 2009
- Selected as a Florida Rising Star in Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2009
- Intern to Honorable Mark W. Vaughn, Chief Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Hampshire, Summer 1998
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| Professional Affiliations |
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- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation and Tort, Trial, & Insurance Practice Section ("TIPS")
- Trial Techniques Committee (Litigation Section) - Co-Chair of Organization and Resources Sub-committee
- Appellate Advocacy Committee (TIPS Section) - Vice Chair
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| | | Julianna Thomas McCabe
PartnerMiami Email: jt@jordenusa.com
Phone: 305.347.6870
Fax: 305.372.9928 Julianna Thomas McCabe is a Partner in the Miami office of Jorden Burt LLP. Ms. McCabe is a Class Action Litigator and Appellate Lawyer with 11 years of national experience representing the firm's clients in the financial services industry. She has a proven track record of positive results defending complex cases in high stakes litigation including punitive damage and bad faith lawsuits in Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, California and other venues. Ms. McCabe has prepared briefs filed in the United States Supreme Court, several U.S. Courts of Appeals and various State Supreme Courts and intermediate appellate courts.
Ms. McCabe has successfully represented the Firm's clients at arbitration before the NASD, and has litigated the enforceability of contractual arbitration clauses under the Federal Arbitration Act. Ms. McCabe has also participated in numerous successful mediations, and has defended creditors' rights in consumer bankruptcy proceedings. Known for legal writing, negotiating, and oral advocacy, Ms. McCabe is licensed to practice in all Florida state and federal courts and in the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits. Representative Matters
- Crager v. Runyan, --- S.Ct. ---, 2011 WL 4533079 (U.S. Oct. 3, 2011)
- Hunter v. Transamerica Life Ins. Co., 2011 WL 4621111 (S.D. Tex. Sept. 27, 2011)
- Transamerica Life Ins. Co. v. Moore, 274 F.R.D. 602 (E.D. Ky. 2011)
- Hunter v. Runyan, 2011 Ark. 43 (Feb. 9, 2011)
- Wright v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of Am., 2010 WL 481003 (N.D. Miss. Feb. 4, 2010)
- In re Life Investors Ins. Co. of Am., 589 F.3d 319 (6th Cir. 2009)
- Pipes v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of Am., 711 F. Supp. 2d 964 (E.D. Ark. 2009).
- Smith v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of Am., 2009 WL 3756913 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 6, 2009)
- Pipes v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of Am., 254 F.R.D. 544 (E.D. Ark. 2008)
- Adams v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co., 493 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2007)
Speeches and Publications
- Program Co-Chair: "Winning Strategies for Jury Instructions," ABA TIPS Annual Spring CLE and Leadership Forum, 2011
- Teleconference Program Co-Chair: "Punitive Damages after Philip Morris USA v. Williams," ABA TIPS and Litigation Sections, 2007
- Contributing Author: Chapter 3, Preemption, in the "Handbook on ERISA Litigation," Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers (3d ed. 2007)
- Panelist: Mock Supreme Court Oral Argument, "Silencing the Court: Judicial Impartiality v. Free Speech," ABA Annual Meeting, 2006
- Co-Author: "Recent Developments in Credit Insurance Litigation: An Update", Practicing Law Institute, Corporate Law and Practice Course Handbook Series, 1301 PLI/Corp. 379 (2002)
- Co-Author: "Operating in the Sub-Prime Market: Ancillary Products Issues", Practicing Law Institute, Corporate Law and Practice Course Handbook Series, 1241 PLI/Corp. 1047 (2001)
- Author: "Fifteen Years After Weintraub: Who Controls the Individual's Attorney-Client Privilege in Bankruptcy", 80 B.U. L. REV. 635 (2000)
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