Yvette M. Pace

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Yvette Pace focuses on handling construction defect, contract dispute, premises liability, automobile and trucking related accidents, and first-party claims.

Yvette began her career at the State Attorney's Office as an Assistant State Attorney where she honed her courtroom skills trying many jury trials and non-jury trials. After working with the State, Yvette went to work for a plaintiff's personal injury firm handling a multitude of cases which included nursing home and medical malpractice cases, most involving a death. Yvette’s varied background provides her clients a unique perspective on evaluating and handling claims.

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Credentials

Education

  • St. Thomas University College of Law, Miami, FL (J.D., 1999)
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  • University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (B.A., 1996)
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Admissions

  • State of Florida, 1999
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Certifications /  Specialties

  • Certified Continuing Education Instructor, State of Florida

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Kubicki Draper Construction Practice Group, Member
  • Florida Bar Association
  • Transportation Lawyers Association
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Member
Presentations

Speaking Engagements / Presentations

  • "Defending Construction Cases and the Possibility of Early Resolution," Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2023
    "Florida 4-Hour Law and Ethics Update," Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2023
  • "Depositions and Courtroom Testimony," Marriott Vacations Worldwide, 2016
  • "Understanding the Civil Litigation Process: What Every Loss Prevention Office Should Know From Pre-Suit Investigation to Litigation," Global Safety & Security Leadership Symposium, 2015
  • "The Key Ingredients for a Proper Assessment, Strong Defense and Favorable Resolution of a Construction Defect Case," MidContinent, 2015
  • "Utilization of Motions and Construction Defects," MidContinent, 2015
  • "Maximizing your Defense by Strategic Utilization of Motions from Start to Finish of your Case," Travelers, 2013
  • http://wiseadmin.net/wise2/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif"Utilization of Motions and Construction Defects," Westfield, 2013
  • "Liability Update: Actions and Distractions While Driving," Hartford, 2012
  • "Following the Bouncing Ball...Medicare Reporting, Liens and Set Aside's, Current Strategies for Handling at the Claim Level and in Litigation," Kubicki Draper Claims Management Conference, 2012
  • "Proposals for Settlement," Kubicki Draper Claims Management Conference, 2010
  • Overview
  • Practice Areas
  • Credentials
  • Presentations

locations

Miami

Miami Office

9100 South Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1800
Miami, FL 33156

T: 305.374.1212 F: 305.374.7846

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Miami-Dade

Key West

Key West Office

402 Applerouth Lane, Suite 2C
Key West, FL 33040

T: 305.509.7300 F: 305.374.7846

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Monroe
Ft. Lauderdale

Ft. Lauderdale Office

110 East Broward Blvd., Suite 1400
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

T: 954.768.0011 F: 954.768.0514

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Broward
West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach Office

1700 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 800
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

T: 561.640.0303 F: 561.640.0524

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Indian River | Martin | Okeechobee | Palm Beach | Saint Lucie

Tampa

Tampa Office

400 North Ashley Drive, Suite 1200
Tampa, FL 33602

T: 813.204.9776 F: 813.204.9660

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Hernando | Hillsborough | Manatee | Pasco | Pinellas | Polk | Sarasota
Orlando

Orlando Office

201 South Orange Avenue, Suite 475
Orlando, FL 32801

T: 407.245.3630 F: 407.245.7685

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Brevard | Highlands | Orange | Osceola | Seminole
Ocala

Ocala Office

1396 NE 20th Avenue, #500
Ocala, FL 34470

T: 352.622.4222 F: 352.622.9122

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Alachua | Citrus | Dixie | Gilchrist | Lake | Levy | Marion | Putnam | Sumter | Volusia
Jacksonville

Jacksonville Office

1 Independent Drive, Suite 1601
Jacksonville, FL 32202

T: 904.396.0062 F: 904.396.0380

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Baker | Bradford | Clay | Columbia | Duval | Flagler | Hamilton | Nassau | Saint Johns | Union
Pensacola

Pensacola Office

125 West Romana Street, Suite 550
Pensacola, FL 32502

T: 850.434.0003 F: 850.434.0223

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Escambia | Holmes | Okaloosa | Santa Rosa | Walton

Tallahassee

Tallahassee Office

1705 Metropolitan Boulevard, Suite 202
Tallahassee, FL 32308

T: 850.222.5188 F: 850.222.5108

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Bay | Calhoun | Franklin | Gadsden | Gulf | Jackson | Jefferson | Leon | Liberty | Wakulla | Washington | Madison | Lafayette | Taylor 

Ft. Myers

Ft. Myers Office

13350 Metro Parkway, Suite 201
Fort Myers, FL 33966

T: 239.334.8403 F: 239.939.0700

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Charlotte | Collier | DeSoto | Glades | Hardee | Hendry | Lee

Mobile

Mobile Office

11 North Water Street, Suite 10290
Mobile, AL 36602

T: 251.308.3351 F: 251.287.1624

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Baldwin | Washington | Clarke | Escambia | Covington | Geneva | Houston | Henry |  Dale | Coffee | Barbour | Pike |Crenshaw | Butler  | Monroe | Clarke | Choctaw | Wilcox | Bullock | Russell

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Our Firm

our hi(story)

In 1963, Gene Kubicki founded the firm based on dedication to excellence. The same high standards have been maintained for over five decades -- years which have seen the firm’s ranks swell to over 200 attorneys.

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Our team knows return clients are the life blood of any law firm and this is why we ensure client satisfaction by an exacting attention to service and quality.  Client service coupled with a spectacular work ethic, makes our team hard to beat.

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Kubicki Draper is committed to fostering an environment of equal opportunity for success and believes diversity is not only a moral imperative, but is also sound business practice.

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ourPractices

In response to the growing needs of its clients, the firm began expanding in the early 1980's and today is a diverse full-service law firm providing trial, appellate, coverage, commercial and real estate transaction services.

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ourresults

Kubicki Draper enjoys a national reputation for expertise in the handling of complex, high stakes litigation matters, as well as, appellate, general commercial and real estate practice.

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ourreach

With a dozen offices throughout the State of Florida and other key points in the southern parts of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississipi, our firm is familiar to every venue statewide and will never get home-teamed.

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