Gene P. Kissane is a Partner in the firm’s Miami and Key West offices. Mr. Kissane is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated Preeminent attorney who practices personal injury litigation, transportation litigation, negligent security litigation, premises liability litigation and professional liability litigation, including legal malpractice, medical malpractice, and nursing home litigation. He has experience handling Errors and Omissions claims, including those brought against insurance brokers and agents. He is an active participant in the firm’s SIU Fraud Division representing carriers by bringing affirmative complaints and counterclaims on their behalf.
Mr. Kissane has been a guest lecturer on multiple topics throughout the country and has been an invited guest speaker on multiple occasions in the Old Library at Lloyd’s of London presenting on topics including avoidance of bad faith, and how to avoid nuclear verdicts. He has lectured on multiple hundreds of occasions throughout the United States and in London on these and other trial related topics.
Mr. Kissane is a co-author of a section of 'The Federal Evidence Practice Guide', published by Matthew Bender Publishing Co.
Mr. Kissane earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Miami and a Juris Doctor from The University of Miami School of Law. Honors and distinctions he received while in college and law school included the Golden Key National Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society, Who’s Who Among American College and University Students, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Society, and received two American Jurisprudence Book Awards.
Mr. Kissane also served as a Federal Judicial Law Clerk for United States District Judge Thomas E. Scott of the Southern District of Florida after graduating from law school.
Awards & Recognitions
The Best Lawyers in America , Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, recognized since 2013
America’s Most Honored Lawyers Top 1% by The American Registry, 2022
Lawyers of Distinction, 2020
Who’s Who in America, 2019
America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys, 2019 by America’s Top 100, LLC
Top Lawyer, Florida Trend Magazine multiple times
Multiple years named as a Top Lawyer by South Florida Legal Guide
Multiple years as one of the top 1.7% of Civil Trial Lawyers in the State by Florida Trend Magazine, 2005-2012
Newsroom
News
•Florida Appeals Court Affirms CSK Defense Verdict in Boating Accident Case
Recent Successful Trial, 2.11.2026
•Defense Verdict - Vehicular Accident - Putnam County
Recent Successful Trial, 4.25.2024
•Favorable Jury Verdict - Catastrophic Injury - Nassau County
Recent Successful Trial, 10.25.2023
•Trip and Fall Defense Verdict
Recent Successful Trial, 10.14.2022
(Also at Key West Office)
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respected by their peers for high professional achievement and ethical standards.
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