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Ft. Lauderdale
110 East Broward Blvd.
Suite 2000
Ft. Lauderdale FL 33301
TEL: (786) 693-2351
FAX: (612) 336-9100

jchodos@zellelaw.com

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Practice Areas

Bar and Court Admissions

State Courts: Florida, District of Columbia, New York
United States District Courts: Northern District of Florida, Middle District of Florida, Southern District of Florida, District of Colorado
United States Court of Appeals: Eleventh Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Education

Nova Southeastern University, JD, 2006
Moot Court Honor Society (Travel Team member)
Order of Barristers
ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, Managing Editor
Emory University, BA, History, 2003
Varsity Cross Country Team member

Jason M. Chodos

Jason primarily devotes his practice to representing the interests of insurers in first-party property insurance coverage matters including commercial, homeowner’s, apartment and condominium properties. Jason has extensive experience litigating and providing advice concerning various property damage losses, business interruption claims and bad faith claims under first-party property policies.

Jason advises insurers on appraisal-related issues, avoidance of bad faith, claims handling practices and strategies for minimizing both the risk and expense of litigation, and he has assisted with revising existing policy forms and drafting new policy endorsements. Jason has given presentations on various topics that impact how insurers do business in certain states, including New Case Law Decisions and Statutes, Trends in the Legal Industry, Claims Handling Practices, Post-Loss Assignments of Benefits, Appraisals, Catastrophic Losses and Public Adjusters.

In addition to his first-party insurance coverage work, Jason has significant experience handling third-party coverage matters. Specifically, Jason litigates and provides coverage advice to insurers concerning various types of commercial general liability matters and claims arising under such policies.

Representative Matters

Webb Dental Assocs. DMD PA v. Cincinnati Indem. Co., No. 1:20-CV-250-AW-GRJ, 2021 WL 800113 (N.D. Fla. Jan. 15, 2021)

Raven Envtl. Restoration Servs., LLC v. United Nat’l Ins. Co., No. 1:20-CV-23061-UU, 2020 WL 5834755 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 28, 2020)

Raven Envtl. Restoration Servs., LLC v. United Nat’l Ins. Co., No. 20-23060-CIV, 2020 WL 5292049 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 3, 2020)

Somethings Fishy Enterprises, Inc. v. Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company, 415 F. Supp. 3d 1137 (S.D. Fla. Nov. 8, 2019)

Motion for reconsideration denied, 2020 WL 2896649 (S.D. Fla. June 2, 2020)

Marlowe v. Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company, 2020 WL 736628 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 29, 2020)

Report and recommendation affirmed 2020 WL 736000 (M.D. Fla. February 13, 2020)

Grey Oaks Country Club, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance Company, 2019 WL 4594591 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 23, 2019)

Grey Oaks Country Club, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 2019 WL 3072326 (M.D. Fla. Jul. 15, 2019)

Komar Investments, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 2019 WL 2139571 (S.D. Fla. May 16, 2019)

Grey Oaks Country Club, Inc. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., 2019 WL 1359604 (M.D. Fla. Mar. 26, 2019)

Bahama Bay II Condo. Ass’n, Inc. v. United Nat’l Ins. Co., 374 F. Supp. 3d 1274, 2019 WL 1601888 (M.D. Fla. 2019)

The Jacqueline Norris Huggett v. Ironshore Specialty Ins. Co., 2018 WL 8359643 (S.D. Fla. July 18, 2018)

Farrey’s Wholesale Hardware Co. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., No. 16-23956-CIV, 2016 WL 7437939 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 27, 2016)

Aiges v. Ironshore Specialty Ins. Co., No. 15-CV-61300, 2015 WL 12564324 (S.D. Fla. Dec. 9, 2015)

Hermitage Ins. Co. v. Franklin, No. 15-22477-CIV, 2015 WL 12778786 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 2, 2015)

Great American Ins. Co. of NY v. 2000 Island Blvd. Condo. Ass’n, Inc., 153 So. 3d 384 (Fla. 3d DCA 2014)

Towers of Oceanview South Condo. Ass’n, Inc. v. Great American Ins. Co. of NY, 2014 WL 4376147 (S.D. Fla. 2014)

Tower Ins. Co. of NY v. Blocker, 2013 WL 4716397 (M.D. Fla. 2013)

Tower Ins. Co. of NY v. Blocker, 2013 WL 499863 (M.D. Fla. 2013)

Tower Ins. Co. of New York v. Bilu Holdings, Inc., No. 11-21771-CV, 2012 WL 13012756 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 16, 2012)

Axis Surplus Ins. Co. v. Contravest Const. Co., 921 F. Supp. 2d 1338 (M.D. Fla. 2012)

Tower Ins. of NY v. Lormejuste, 2012 WL 1986881 report and recommendation adopted and incorporated, 2012 WL 1986827 (N.D. Fla. 2012)

Professional Affiliations

Loss Executives Association
Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Claims and Litigation Management

Noteworthy

Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2024.

Previously selected for the Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for eight consecutive years in the practice area of Insurance Coverage, a designation received by fewer than 2.5 percent of attorneys in the state