Isabelle Cavanagh

EXPERIENCE:       

Certified Family Mediator – 2016 to present

Certified Circuit Civil Mediator – 2007 to present
Mediated over one thousand cases involving personal injury, property insurance, real estate, contract, foreclosure, debt, landlord/tenant

Yeslow & Koeppel, P.A. – 2009 to 2016
Attorney at Law
Attended hearings/mediations/depositions, prepared pleadings, performed legal research

The Hartford Insurance Co., Tampa, FL – 2005 to 2007
Litigation Plus Consultant
Managed catastrophic automobile injury cases with the potential for additional contractual liability including investigating and negotiating claims
Attended pre-suit mediations and represented company in non-litigation cases
Monitored files in suit and strategized with other counsel

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., Fort Myers, FL – 1990 to 2005
Claims Specialist (1996 to 2005)
Managed minor to catastrophic automobile injury claims
Panelist for Arbitration Forums, Inc., responsible for presiding over intercompany disputes including reviewing evidence, making binding decisions on liability and damages and providing written legal analyses of decisions (Heard over 200 cases in 3 years

Claims Attorney (1990 to 1996)
Researched and advised management on coverage issues, presented seminars on insurance legal issues to claims representatives, attended mediations, viewed trials and reported progression to divisional superintendent
Prepared and presented seminars to claims representatives on Basic Legal Concepts, Bad Faith, Preparing for a Deposition, Emotional Distress, Wrongful Death, Uninsured/Underinsured Motor Vehicle Coverage, PIP Nexus vs. Situs, and Comparative Fault
Prepared and presented seminars on Good Faith Claims Handling at the regional office claims  school and courses in Negotiations, The Business of Better Writing and Managing Stress at State Farm University

Ralph W. Symons, P.A., Miami, FL – 1989
Attorney at Law
Attended hearings/mediations/depositions, prepared pleadings, performed research, and handled insurance subrogation trials

Honorable Judge Mel Grossman 17^th Judicial Circuit – 1988
Judicial Intern

MEMBERSHIP:      

Active Member – Florida Bar (1989 – present)
Board Member – Arbitration-Mediation Advisory Board for the Twentieth Judicial Circuit (2013 – present)

PERSONAL:            

Born January 1961 and raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY and Atlantic Beach, NY

EDUCATION:         

Nova University Center for the Study of Law, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Juris Doctor, 1989

Marymount College, Tarrytown, NY
B.S. in Business Administration, 1984

Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Major: Political Science (1979 – 1982)