Shaheen Nouri
Associate | Tampa
snouri@butler.legal
813-281-1900
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Shaheen Nouri practices insurance defense, focusing on residential and commercial property coverage and extra-contractual matters. He represents insurers in both state and federal courts.
Shaheen has served as in-house litigation counsel for a national insurance holding company, providing counsel to various departments, from claims to underwriting. Before dedicating his practice to defending insurers, Shaheen worked for the Florida Attorney General’s Office.
A native of Seattle, Washington, Shaheen earned his Bachelor’s in Philosophy and Political Science from the University of South Florida and his Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law. After graduating, Shaheen was awarded the Walter Mann Leadership Award and the Reiter Scholarship for Excellence in Legal Advocacy. Shaheen earned the highest grade distinction in several courses, including Federal Civil Practice and Real Estate Law, and served as a teaching fellow in Federal Civil Practice for several semesters. Shaheen was also an editor of the Journal of Advocacy & Law and interned for several Florida Circuit Court Judges and several federal courts, including the Chief Judge of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Florida’s Middle District.
Admissions
- Florida
Education
- Stetson University College Of Law
Doctor Of Jurisprudence - University Of South Florida
Bachelor Of Arts
Media
Florida Law Requiring Property Claims-Handling Attestation Takes Effect Tuesday, August 1, 2023
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an important memorandum to the insurance industry about the new Florida law that requires each authorized residential property insurer to submit, annually, an attestation about their property claims handling manuals. The new law took effect on July 1, 2023. See Section 627.4108, Fla. Stat. (2023). The law requires each authorized residenti...
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 ...
Attorneys Vincent Fernandez and Shaheen Nouri Published in Claims Journal
The Claims Journal recently republished a blog written by attorneys Vincent Fernandez and Shaheen Nouri discussing a Florida Supreme Court decision which answered the question of what it means to be a “disinterested” appraiser. You can read the Claims Journal article by clicking here....
Too Interested To Be Disinterested: The Florida Supreme Court’s Take on Disinterested Appraisers
“If you and we fail to agree on the amount of loss, either party can demand that the amount of the loss be set by appraisal. . . . [e]ach party will select a qualified, disinterested appraiser[,]” is a phrase known all too well by courts, carriers, policyholders, and their respective counsel across the State of Florida. On February 9, 2023, the Florida Supreme Court answered the question of...
