Sydney Broom
Senior Associate | Tampa
sbroom@butler.legal
813-281-1900
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Sydney Broom is a senior associate in Butler’s Tampa office, where she focuses her practice on subrogation and recovery. She represents insurers and insureds in property and casualty matters arising from water and plumbing failures, fires and explosions, product defects, and structural or heavy equipment failures. Sydney handles construction defect and liability matters involving disputes surrounding contractor and design professional negligence. Her experience also includes property damage involving motor vehicles, marine vessels, and maritime losses.
Sydney is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Consistent communication and close attention to detail are central to Sydney’s work ethic. She brings a practical, solutions-oriented approach to each matter, carefully managing risk and cost efficiency to deliver the best outcome for her clients.
Sydney was born in Gainesville, Florida, and raised in Tampa Bay. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Political Science from the University of Florida. While pursuing her undergraduate degrees, she interned with the Office of the State Attorney’s Criminal Traffic Unit. She later received her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law, where she worked as a law clerk and gained hands-on experience in insurance subrogation, first-party property insurance, civil litigation, and family law.
Education
- University of Florida
Bachelor of Arts
- University of Florida
Bachelor of Arts
- Stetson University College of Law
Doctor of Jurisprudence
Media
New York Court Emphasizes the Importance of Notice in Subrogation
An insurer generally acquires its insured’s rights against tortfeasors through subrogation. But what happens if the insured enters into a settlement and releases the responsible third party? Does the release extinguish the insurer’s subrogation claims? Like most answers to legal questions, it depends. Whether an insured’s release of a third party is binding against a subrogating insurer var...
When the “Made Whole” Doctrine Isn’t a Defense to Subrogation
In some jurisdictions, the “made-whole” doctrine requires insured parties to be made whole before an insurance carrier may recover from a third-party as a subrogee. Every so often, a tortfeasor will argue this doctrine as a defense to a subrogation claim. When this happens, subrogation attorneys are left to argue that the “made-whole” doctrine relates to claims between the insured and its ...
