Dennis A. Di Palma was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from John Carroll University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. After college, Dennis moved to Southwest Florida to pursue a career playing professional golf. Dennis then went on to attend Ave Maria School of Law, where he earned his Juris… Read More
Thomas Pritchard
Thomas is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. He comes from a multi-generational family of legal professionals with deep roots in Charleston and the Lowcountry. He attended the University of South Carolina as an Alumni Scholar. During his undergraduate years he served as a page in the South Carolina House of Representatives, an intern in… Read More
Brandt A. Carlson
Brandt Carlson joined Vernis & Bowling in March 2020, when he relocated his legal practice from Sarasota to St. Petersburg. Brandt’s prior litigation experience includes a wide variety of disciplines, ranging from commercial, construction, and complex civil defense to judgment collection and employment law. His primary exposure has been in handling insurance defense, major commercial… Read More
Philip Fairman
Philip Fairman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Phil obtained a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master’s Degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Cincinnati. Phil obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa College of Law. Phil began his legal career as a prosecutor with the State Attorney’s office… Read More
Jennifer Whitworth
Jennifer Whitworth is an experienced insurance defense attorney representing insurers, insureds, and businesses in complex civil litigation. Licensed since 2011, her practice focuses on personal injury, personal and commercial auto and trucking liability, wrongful death, industrial accidents, products liability, strict liability, premises liability, construction defect, accounting malpractice, FLSA disputes, and first-party claims involving bad faith,… Read More