Source: https://www.corlessbarfield.com/about/ted-a-corless/
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 16:22:37+00:00

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At Corless Barfield Trial Group, our firm brings extensive experience and a unique approach to each case we handle. Recognized as one of the leading insurance litigation lawyers in Florida, founding attorney Ted A. Corless formerly represented some of the most powerful insurance companies in the state and currently uses that inside experience to assist property owners and personal injury victims in recovering compensation for their losses.
Corless routinely shares his experience and knowledge by authoring articles, giving television interviews and presenting lectures throughout the United States on a range of legal topics, including insurance coverage, complex expert testimony and insurance bad faith. He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Kansas and Missouri and has received an AV peer review rating* through the Martindale-Hubbell system. Further, Corless is a member of the American Society of Trial Consultants.
Corless has handled dozens of sinkhole property damage trials for property owners in the Tampa area since 1998. These disputes include (but are not limited to): damages associated with sinkhole, windstorm, fire, and water. In his current capacity, he represents owners of homes, apartment buildings, commercial buildings, and condominiums in insurance claims and disputes.
He has authored and presented lectures throughout the United States on a wide variety of topics including insurance coverage, complex expert testimony, and insurance bad faith. Corless is licensed to practice law in Florida, Kansas, and Missouri, as well as several Federal District Courts and Federal Appellate Courts, and he is ranked “AV” by the Martindale-Hubbell® system for being recognized by his peers as having the highest level of excellence and professionalism.
Ted Corless has a broad range of litigation experience including first-chair jury trial experience in matters relating to commercial litigation, environmental law, construction law, bodily injury, advertising injury, products liability, and insurance coverage litigation. He is a lecturer in development and cross-examination of expert witnesses in a wide variety of scientific, engineering, and medical-related matters.
Corless has also served as lead counsel in jury-tried cases, as well as bench-tried and arbitration disputes. He’s provided active audit support to insurers regarding statutory compliance and drafting of policy language. Finally, he has deposed and cross examined expert witnesses in various fields, some of which include: architectural design, cardiology, civil engineering, economics, epidemiology, fire cause and origin, geotechnical engineering, geophysics, hydrogeology, internal medicine, oncology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pathology, psychiatry, pulmonology, seismology, and toxicology.
Although Corless was on track to being a partner at these big firms, something was missing.
Much of what makes Corless tick comes from his upbringing in a small northwest Missouri town. He started his practice in the Midwest and brings those values to his firm today.
Part of that approach means not taking every case. Instead, his firm limits itself to spending time on the cases that deserve the attention and care only Corless Associates can provide.
Corless realizes the importance and significance of what he does every day for the clients he does take on – how the suggestions he offers or the decisions he makes impact people’s lives. At the same time, giving people a voice to fight back is what drives him.
He’s a devotee of Cajun Creole cooking. “I don’t get to cook as much as I like, but when I do, I guarantee it will be spicy.” For Super Bowl, you can expect Shrimp Creole, Crawfish Etouffee, and lots of BBQ at the Corless home.
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State Farm Fire & Casualty Company v. Arthur Dunn, et al.
Gary Phillips, et al. v. Schmidt Brothers Executive Homes, Inc.
Cypress Property & Casualty Company v. Vincent McCoy, et al.
State Farm Florida Insurance Company v. Joan Guilfoyle et al.
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