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Shannon Alfonso

Associate | Tampa

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Shannon Alfonso is an associate in Butler’s Tampa office, practicing in our First-Party Property department. She received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from the University of Tampa in 2003. Following graduation, Shannon went on to work as a grant writer, instructor, and technical specialist to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, implementing FEMA’s Public Assistance Program.

Shannon earned her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law and was admitted to practice law in Florida. During her time at Stetson, she completed an externship with The Spring of Tampa Bay, Legal Division. Since graduating, she has focused her legal career on landlord-tenant law and first-party property.

Recognitions

Beta Gamma Sigma

Education

University of Tampa
Bachelor of Science

Stetson University College of Law
Doctor of Jurisprudence

The Spring of Tampa Bay, Legal Division
Externship

Memberships

Girl Scouts of America – lifetime member

Media

Don’t Put the Suit Before the Proof: Bailetti’s Message on Premature Breach Suits

  Florida’s First District Court of Appeals delivered a clear warning to policyholders and their counsel in Bailetti v. Universal Property & Cas. Ins. Co., --- So. 3d ---, 2025 WL 2845101 (Fla. 1st DCA Oct. 8, 2025): a breach of contract suit must be grounded in a breach that exists at filing, not one manufactured later through litigation. After Hurricane Sally damaged the insureds’ Pen...

Shannon Alfonso