Ryan Benninger was born in Morgantown, West Virginia. Before joining Vernis & Bowling, he worked for a maritime defense firm located in Miami, Florida, where he focused much of his practice assisting in the defense of cruise lines in crewmember personal injury claims before the ICDR. Mr. Benninger also assisted in the defense of maritime-related… Read More
Skyler Trettis
Skyler Trettis is a civil litigation attorney in the St. Petersburg office of Vernis and Bowling. He graduated cum laude from Stetson Law school and graduated cum laude from Florida State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance. Skyler has a concentration in handling legal disputes involving commercial liability, products liability, automobile liability, premises liability… Read More
Paulette Fouts
Paulette Fouts was born in California and was raised in Ohio. She graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University. Following the completion of her undergraduate studies, she attended Georgetown University Law Center where she earned her Juris Doctor. At Vernis and Bowling, she primarily works on First and Third Party Insurance Claims and Premises… 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
Paul Kissel
Paul is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He was born in Miami, FL. After graduating from the University of Miami in 1973, Paul obtained a master’s degree in library science from Florida State University in 1974. Paul worked as a reference librarian with the Defense Intelligence Agency in Arlington, VA and then with The… Read More