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Overview
For over 30 years, Joseph R. Miele, Jr. has dedicated his practice to the representation of insurers in a variety of complex insurance coverage and claim-handling disputes under a multitude of different insurance programs. He has particular expertise in first-party, construction defect, director & officer claims against condominium and home-owners’ associations, general liability, premises liability, environmental contamination, and, toxic-torts. Mr. Miele has handled hundreds of coverage and claim-handling matters individually and as regional and national counsel in State and Federal Courts at the trial court level and on appeal. He has litigated or provided coverage evaluations in most States throughout the Country. Mr. Miele frequently lectures and counsels insurers and third-party administrators on insurance coverage law and proper claim-handling practices.
Mr. Miele has vast experience in coverage matters arising from large and catastrophic damage claims from such things as construction defect, hurricanes/storm events; environmental pollution, toxic torts, and infectious disease.
Originally from New Jersey, Mr. Miele practiced in his home state and in New York for 10 years prior to admission to the Florida Bar in 2000. He began his career as a Home Office Supervisor with a division of AIG overseeing complex claims nationwide for certain AIG member insurance companies. While there, Mr. Miele gained considerable knowledge of the insurance industry and experience in the claim handling and resolution process which has proven invaluable throughout his professional career.
Admissions
- Florida
- New York
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court
- Southern and Middle Districts of Florida
Education
- New York Law School – J.D.
- Seton Hall University – B.S. in Business Administration
Publications
- Florida’s costly legal system trumps expenses in other states, Tampa Business Journal, quotes by Joseph Miele, Esq., 11-30-2022
- Joseph Miele, Esq., quoted in Tampa Bay Business Journal article: Pinellas property insurance lawsuit ,11-11-2022
- Pandemic Prompts Claims Rethink, Business Insurance, ft. Joseph Miele, Jr.
- Insurers, Policyholders Gear Up for Covid Suits’ Next Phase, Bloomberg Law, ft. Joseph Miele Jr.
- Claims for Business Income Loss Due to Construction Dust Denied in Pre-COVID Case, Insurance Journal, ft. Joseph Miele
- Recent 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Could Have a Positive Impact for Insurers on COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims
- Property Coverage Update: COVID-19
- Construction-Defect Trends Vary by Jurisdiction, but They All Point to More Expensive and Creative Claims, CLM News, ft. Joseph Miele
- Quoted or featured in numerous insurance and business trade publications.
News
- Pandemic Prompts Claims Rethink, Business Insurance, ft. Joseph Miele, Jr.
- Insurers, Policyholders Gear Up for Covid Suits’ Next Phase, Bloomberg Law, ft. Joseph Miele Jr.
- Claims for Business Income Loss Due to Construction Dust Denied in Pre-COVID Case, Insurance Journal, ft. Joseph Miele
- Recent 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Could Have a Positive Impact for Insurers on COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims
- Property Coverage Update: COVID-19
- Regular speaker at the annual CLM Construction Defect Conference.
- Regular speaker at the annual West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Conference.
- Regular speaker at the Seminar Group’s annual Insurance in the Construction Industry Conference.
- CLM Construction Conference, Joe Miele Speaking, Sept. 25-27, 2019 : Creative and Emerging Coverage Trends in Florida and Beyond
- The 2019 West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar – Joe Miele Presenting – May 9-10, 2019 : Pitfalls and Possibilities - Litigating CD Coverage in Florida
- Joseph R. Miele Speaker at December ExecuSummit (December 4, 2018)
