Julianna Thomas McCabe
Partner

Florida

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 litigation attorney with a national practice focusing on the representation of the financial services industry in complex federal and state litigation, including class action defense, consumer fraud, ERISA litigation, securities litigation, commercial litigation, and contractual disputes. She frequently defends high stakes lawsuits in various jurisdictions, including punitive damage and bad faith lawsuits in Florida, Mississippi, West Virginia, California and other venues. She has prepared briefs before the U.S. Court 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 she has extensive experience litigating 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. As a trial attorney and appellate practitioner, Ms. McCabe is known for her legal writing, negotiating, and technical skills.

Representative Matters

• Adams v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co., 493 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2007), affirming injunction against class members to prevent collateral attack of class action settlement and relitigation of released claims in Mississippi state court.
• Adams v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co., 417 F. Supp. 2d 1373 (M.D. Ga. 2006); obtained injunction to prevent class members from collaterally attacking multi-state class action settlement and from relitigating released claims.
• McLain v. Southern Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co.; mass action filed in Hinds County, Mississippi; successfully petitioned Mississippi Supreme Court for writ of mandamus; writ issued, directing random judicial assignments for severed plaintiffs in judge-shopping case.
• McCorkle v. Northwestern Mut. Life Ins. Co., 112 P.3d 838 (Idaho Ct. App. 2005), affirming summary judgment in favor of insurer on statute of limitations grounds, rejecting plaintiffs' discovery rule argument.
• Pipes v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, 254 F.R.D. 544 (E.D. Ark. 2008); obtained order denying class certification.

Speeches and Publications

• Contributing Author: Chapter 3, Preemption, in the "Handbook on ERISA Litigation," Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen Publishers (3d ed. 2007)
• Panelist: Mock Supreme Court Argument, "Silencing the Court: Judicial Impartiality v. Free Speech," ABA Annual Meeting, August 2006
• Co-Author: "Recent Developments in Credit Insurance Litigation: An Update", Practicing Law Institute, Corpoate 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)