Thais Passerieu
Senior Associate | Tampa
tpasserieu@butler.legal
813-281-1900
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Thaïs Passerieu is a Senior Associate at Butler. Her practice is focused on First-Party Property Coverage as well as Extra-Contractual matters. Prior to joining the Firm, Thaïs practiced Third-Party insurance defense litigation, including premises and automobile liability.
Before relocating to Florida, Thaïs was a commercial litigation associate with a full-service law firm in Puerto Rico. She is licensed in Florida and Puerto Rico and has extensive experience in civil, commercial litigation, business torts, and in various immigration matters. Thaïs is also admitted to practice before the First Circuit Court of Appeals and the Federal District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Thaïs graduated from University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 2013. While in Law School, she was a Senior Editor for the Law Review and a member of the Federal Criminal Practice Defense Law Clinic. She holds a Master’s Degree in Translation and a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, with emphasis in music and voice. She also received the Puerto Rico UNESCO Association Distinguished Youth Award on two occasions.
Thaïs is a member of the Florida Bar, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the National Hispanic Bar Association, the Tampa Hispanic Bar Association and Puerto Rico’s Colegio de Abogados.
Before practicing law, Thaïs was a professional translator and interpreter. She is French-Puerto Rican, born in San Juan, she was raised in France and lived many years in South America. She is also fluent in French and Spanish, and has a degree in French Literature from the Sorbonne in Paris. Thaïs is passionate about language, inter-cultural communication, as well as animal rights advocacy, travel and opera.
Admissions
- Florida
- Puerto Rico
Education
- Université Paris Iv Sorbonne
French Literature - University of Puerto Rico
Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (Music), Magna Cum Laude - University of Puerto Rico
M.A., Translation, Summa Cum Laude - University of Puerto Rico
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Magna Cum Laude
Memberships
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
- Colegio De Abogados De Puerto Rico
- Federal Bar Association; Young Lawyers Division; Puerto Rico Chapter
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- Tampa Hispanic Bar Association
- The Florida Bar
Courts
- All-state Courts of Florida
- Commonwealth of Puerto Rico State Courts
- United States Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
- United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Media
Words matter: a series of leaks constitutes a single occurrence under particular policy language
In a recent decision from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, styled KT State & Lemon, LLP et al. v. Westchester Fire Ins. Co. et al.,[1] the Court granted summary judgment to the Plaintiffs and held that a series of leaks occurring over a three-month period constituted a single “occurrence” under a specific Builder’s Risk Policy. Westche...
Bracing for Fiona – A pre and post analysis of hurricane risk in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean
Five years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico braced again as Tropical Storm Fiona, expected to become a Hurricane by landfall, made its way to the Caribbean Island. Before Maria, the 100 x 35 mile island was not directly hit by such a powerful Hurricane since Hurricane San Felipe, in1928.[1] The storm ravaged Puerto Rico. According to a Harvard study over 4,600 people died, whether from direct i...
Ones to Watch – 2023 Edition
Join us in congratulating our attorneys who were recognized in the 2023 Best Lawyers - Ones to Watch publication! Click on their icons to learn more. Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Their process is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical...
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWEST SENIOR ASSOCIATES
Join us in congratulating our firm’s newest Senior Associates: C.J. Dewrell, Roman Harper, and Thais Passerieu. Each of them has exhibited hard work and dedication to our firm’s success. To learn more about each attorney, click their names above....
Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch 2022
Please join us in congratulating our attorneys for their inclusion in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. This list recognizes lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice. They have been recognized in the First Edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for their work in insurance litigation. Congratulations! Click their...
