Triple Board-Certified Trial Attorney
“The rights of those seeking to hold insurance companies and those causing injuries accountable are under constant attack. We are committed to the protection and prosecution of these rights.”
Lee Gunn practices with the Tampa law firm of Gunn Law Group, P.A., where he primarily prosecutes insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, medical malpractice, and catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.
Lee received his law degree from the University of Florida in 1982 and was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame in recognition of his leadership activities. For the first 17 years of his practice, he defended insurance companies, hospitals, manufacturers, and corporations including Coca-Cola Enterprises, Hospital Corporation of America, Enterprise Leasing Company, Walgreen Co., AAA AutoClub South, GEICO, State Farm Fire Insurance Company, Travelers Insurance Companies, and USAA.
In 2000, Lee decided to instead represent policyholders and the injured. He now focuses his practice upon the prosecution of cases involving substantial losses throughout Florida. Lee has obtained numerous multimillion-dollar recoveries for his clients.
Lee is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer by The Florida Bar (1990) and the National Board of Trial Advocates (1995). He is AV® Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®. He has been further recognized by Super Lawyers®, Best Lawyers in America®,National Law Journal, National Trial Lawyer - Top 100, and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite. Lee is a Trustee for the University of Florida Law Center Association and Hillsborough County Bar Foundation, and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocacy (“ABOTA”), the Florida Justice Association (Eagle Centurion), and American Association for Justice.
Certifications
The Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, 1990
National Board of Trial Advocacy Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, 1995
Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, 2000
Professional Honors
AV Preeminent® Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®
Florida Super Lawyers®
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Who’s Who in American Law
Recipient of Florida Justice Association Eagle Centurion Award
Florida Trend Legal Elite
Florida’s “Best Lawyers”
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America
America's Best Attorneys 2021
Professional Activities & Titles
University of Florida Hall of Fame
First Place, Best Brief, Robert Orseck
Memorial Moot Court Tournament, 1982
Director, Moot Court Team
University of Florida Justice Campbell Thornal National Moot Court Board.
National Member of The Order of Barristers
Florida Blue Key
Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 1983
St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford, England
Education
University of Florida
Juris Doctor
1982
University of Florida
Bachelor of Science
1980
Memberships
The Florida Bar
Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
Northern and Southern Districts
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Florida Justice Association (Senior Fellow Member)
American Association for Justice (Bad Faith Committee)
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
American Bar Association (Member, Tort and Insurance Section)
Hillsborough County Bar Association
Bay Area Legal Services Volunteer
Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club
Tampa Bay Performing Arts, Center 300 Club
Tampa Club
Tampa Yacht and Country Club
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Awards
AV Martindale-Hubbell
Florida Trend Legal Elite
Florida's "Best Lawyers"
The National Trial Lawyers - Top 100
ABOTA Judicial Liaison Committee- Tampa Chapter
National Board of Trial Advocacy 2020
Triple Board-Certified Trial Attorney
Fellows of the American Bar Foundation (ABF)
Top Rated Lawyer 2020 by Avvo - Lee Gunn
Preeminent Lawyers - Martindale Hubbell 2020
Super Lawyers 2022 - 15 Years Milestone
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Top 100 Medical Malpractice Litigators 2021
Super Lawyers 2022 - Thomson Reuters
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Avvo Top Rated Lawyer | 2022
Top 50 Attorneys | Tampa Bay Magazine
American Registry | Most Honored Lawyers
Publications
Update on Current First and Third Party Bad Faith Claims
Manasota Trial Lawyers Board
2016
Bad Faith on a Budget: Strategies for Presenting the Six-Figure
Florida Justice Association Workhorse Seminar 30th Anniversary
2016
The Five W’s for a Successful UM Bad Faith Case
Florida Justice Association
2016
Master of Justice
FJA Insurance & Bad Faith
2015
Florida Insurance Fraud
Windstorm Conference
2014
The Civil Remedy Notice – A Cure For What Ails You
Florida Justice Association Masters of Justice, Bad Faith Seminar, Chair and Moderator
2013
Daubert Enters Florida Courtrooms
Florida Justice Association, Annual Convention
2013
Florida Property Insurance Case Law Update
Windstorm Conference
2013
The Perfect Bad Faith Case
Manasota Trial Lawyers Board
2012
Using Proposals for Settlement to Trigger Payment and Establish Bad Faith
Florida Justice Association
2012
Perfecting Bad Faith
Romano Law Group
2012
Florida Property Insurance Case Law Update
Windstorm Conference
2012
The Good In Bad Faith
Bad Faith Boot Camp Seminar, Cole, Scoot & Kissane, P.A.,
2011
Setting the Sails to Protect Health Care Providers Despite the Safe Harbor
Florida Justice Association Master of Justice Medical Malpractice Seminar
2011
Co-Chair and Moderator
Fall Insurance Law Seminar, Florida Justice Association
2010
Discovery in the First Party Bad Faith Case
Florida Justice Association, Workhorse Conference
2010
Dealing with the Upside Down Policyholder
Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters Conference
2009
Perfecting the Bad Faith Case
Florida Justice Association Annual Convention
2009
Florida Property Insurance Law Update Wind and Related Cases
Windstorm Conference
2009
Jury Selection
Hillsborough County Bar Association, Young Lawyers’ Division State Court Trial Seminar
2008
Florida Property Insurance Law Update Wind and Related Cases
Windstorm Conference
2008
Raising the Bar: Getting Insurance Reserves Set to Your Value
Florida Justice Association Fall Convention
2008
Panelist, Insurance Bad Faith Update, FJA Annual Convention
Florida Justice Association
2008
Jury Selection
HCBA YLD State Court Seminar
2008
Insurance Carrier Breach of Fiduciary Duties – More Than Just a Failure to Meet the Conditions of a Demand
Florida Justice Association, Workhorse Seminar
2007
Update on Insurance Issues in Florida
Claim Practices Litigation – An Overview of Insurance Carrier Fiduciary Obligations, Lorman Seminars
2007
Insurance Bad Faith: Do You Know It When You See It?
The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Annual Convention
2006
How to Be Picked, But Not Picked Apart
Advanced Marketing Clinic for Expert Consultants
2006
Finding and Obtaining Insurance Coverage in Big-Rig Trucking Cases
The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Workhorse Seminar
2006
Raiders of the Lost Data: Electronic Data Discovery
Windstorm Conference
2006
Trial Skills Excellence in Advocacy Workshop
Young Lawyer’s Division, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Stetson University College of Law
2006
Law and Technology: Electronic Discovery
The American Association of Nurse Attorneys Twenty Third Annual Meeting and Educational Conference
2004
Civil Trial Update – Insurance, Personal Injury & Malpractice
Florida Bar Convention
2004
Mock Trial Presentation
Windstorm Conference, New Orleans
2004
Mock Trial Presentation
Hillsborough County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
2004
A Former Defense Lawyer’s Ten Tips for a Better Settlement
The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Annual Seminar During Jazz Fest: Discovery, Depositions, Trial Strategies, and Settlement
2003
Bad Faith
Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters – Windstorm Conference
2003
The Ethical Preservation of Policyholder Rights in the Wake of Talat
Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters, Annual Convention
2001
Unauthorized Practice of Law
Florida Windstorm Conference
2001
Procedural Aspects of Coverage Disputes Including Bad Faith Issues
Florida Bad Faith Insurance Seminar, PESI seminars
1998
Insurance Law: Including Issues of Bad Faith
Lorman Education Services
1996
Life Care Planning: A Defense Perspective
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, National Convention
1995
Joint Tortfeasor Liability, How to Use Messmer
FDLA Trial Lawyers Summit II
1992
Demonstrative Evidence in the Courtroom/Techniques in Presentation and the Predicates for Admissibility
AVI seminar
1992
The Briar Patch: Thorny Issues in Florida Civil Litigation
PESI seminars
1991
Florida Proof of Personal Injury Damages
PESI seminars
1991
Life Care Planning: A Defense Perspective
NARPPS Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2 and 3, April 1994, Second Ed. 2004
Meeting the Challenges, Inside Life Care Planning
Vol. 1, No. 2, Sept.-Oct. 1995
Florida’s Adoption of the Market Share Products Liability Theory-Drugs and Beyond
Florida Bar Journal, March 1991
Recent Developments in Florida’s Access to Court
Florida Bar Journal, November 1983
Debra P. v. Turlington: Due Process Enters the Classroom, But How Far?
11 J.L. & Educ. 573, Oct. 1982