Cary D. Steklof, Esq.

Cary D. Steklof is an associate with Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. in Miami and concentrates his practice in insurance recovery, exclusively representing individual, corporate and municipal policyholders and third-party claimants in disputes with insurance carriers. With experience in the areas of insurance liti- gation, insurer bad faith and unfair insurance practices, he negotiates with insurance carriers to achieve cost-effective resolutions for clients. Mr. Steklof has successfully litigated complex claims involving director and officer liability, errors and omissions, fidelity bonds, commercial general liability, property damage and business interruption. He regularly represents bankruptcy trustees, receivers, assignees and court-approved fiduciaries in complex business litigation involving director and officer, error and omis- sion, and commercial general liability insurers. Mr. Steklof has authored various articles and seminar presentations on insurance law and insurer bad faith. His most recent publication, Confronting Post- Claim Underwriting: An Approach for Policyholders, appears in New Appleman on Insurance Law. A member of the Florida Bar, Mr. Steklof is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, the South- ern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He received his B.A. cum laude from Northwestern University in 2007 and his J.D. cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 2010, where he was an editor for the Washington University Global Studies Law Review, which published his article on medical tourism. Following law school, Mr. Steklof has served as a judicial intern to Federal Judge Robin S. Rosenbaum in the Southern District of Florida (cur- rently Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals) and as a legal intern in the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office in Ft. Lauderdale.