Vincent Fernandez
Senior Associate | Tampa
vfernandez@butler.legal
813-281-1900
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Vincent Fernandez is a Senior Associate in our Tampa Office. He practices in first-party coverage and extra-contractual matters, including claims and lawsuits by businesses, condominium associations, and homeowners for property damage and business interruption losses.
Vincent graduated with his Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of South Florida in 2013 and earned his Juris Doctorate from the Florida State University College of Law in 2017. He focused on litigation, trial advocacy, and legal research during law school.
After graduation, Vincent served as a Hearing Officer over a Medicaid Recipient Tribunal within the Agency for Health Care Administration’s Office of Medicaid Fair Hearings in Tallahassee, Florida. Before joining the firm, he practiced criminal law as an assistant state attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit.
Vincent is licensed to practice law in the State of Florida and has litigated cases in State Court and each of the three Federal District Courts.
Admissions
- Florida
Education
- Florida State University College of Law
Juris Doctorate - University of South Florida
Bachelor of Science
Memberships
- Florida Bar Association
Courts
- United States District Court – Northern District of Florida
- United States District Court – Middle District of Florida
- United States District Court – Southern District of Florida
Media
Third District Court of Appeal Joins Debate Over Retroactive Application of Florida Statute 627.70152’s Presuit Notice Provision
On February 14, 2024, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal, in Fernando Cantens and Ana Marie Cantens v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, No. 3D22-0917 (Fla. 3d DCA Feb. 13, 2024), joined Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal, in Cole v. Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 363 So. 3d 1089 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023), holding that the pre-suit notice requirement of section 627.70152...
Butler Presents the IMPACT Award for 2023
Butler’s Media Committee recently selected the recipient of the 2023 IMPACT Award. The word “IMPACT” stands for Insightful Marketing Promoting Attorney-Client Trust. Butler has a long tradition of legal scholarship. This award recognizes an Associate or Senior Associate with exceptional dedication to legal scholarship and outstanding contributions to Butler's scholarly content. We're ...
Insurers May be on-the-hook for Pre-Suit Attorney’s Fees, but Can Avoid Them by Considering Pre-Suit Settlement
Tendering policy limits to an insured in response to a Notice of Intent to Litigate, under section 627.70152, Florida Statutes (2021), precludes insureds from recovering pre-suit attorney’s fees from their property insurers in a subsequently filed litigation for the same claim. The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently held that plaintiffs are not entitled to attorney’s fees if a...
A Matter of Means and Methods: Florida Appellate Court Upholds Retroactive Presuit Notice Requirement
The presuit notice requirements of section 627.70152, Florida Statutes, are procedural in nature and, therefore, apply retroactively to insurance policies existing at the time the law was enacted (July 1, 2021). Herman Cole v. Universal Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., No. 4D22-1054 (Fla. 4th DCA May 3, 2023). Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of an in...
Confined to the Four Corners by the Rules of Contract Interpretation
A Review of Shiloh Christian Center v. Aspen Specialty Insurance Company The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the plain text of an insurance policy trumps the parties’ subjective intent and expectations to the contrary, reversing the trial court’s entry of summary judgment. Shiloh Christian Center v. Aspen Specialty Ins. Co., No. 6:20-cv-01774-CEM-LHP, 2023 WL 2920573, at ...
