Bretton Albrecht is an “AV” rated attorney with extensive experience in the firm’s appellate and coverage division. Her practice focuses on appellate litigation, insurance coverage and defense, claim administration, bad faith claims, and complex litigation support.

Before joining Kubicki Draper, Bretton spent several years clerking at Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal, where she served as a senior staff attorney, and also served as a staff attorney at Florida’s Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court. These roles sharpened her legal research, writing, and analytical skills, while providing her with invaluable insight into the intricacies of both trial and appellate practice.

Bretton is actively involved in the Appellate Practice Section of The Florida Bar and has authored multiple articles published in The Florida Bar Journal. She served as the Editor for the firm’s “KD Quarterly” from 2011-2015 and was recognized a Florida Super Lawyer “Rising Star” from 2013-2017.

Originally from Vero Beach, Bretton earned her Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, from Mississippi State University, and she earned her Juris Doctorate with honors, from the University of Mississippi School of Law, where she served on the Moot Court Board.

• Appellate Practice and Litigation Support/Consulting
• Automobile and Motorized Vehicles
• Bad Faith and Claims Handling Assistance
• Construction
• Personal Injury Protection (PIP)
• Premises Liability

Education

• University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006)
• Mississippi State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003)

• State of Florida 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit 2013

• Kubicki Draper Appellate and Coverage Practice Group, Member
• Kubicki Draper First Party Practice Group, Member
• Kubicki Draper PIP / SIU Practice Group, Member
• The Florida Bar, Appellate Practice Section
  • Pro Se Appellate Handbook. Editor (2014-Present)
  • Pro Se Appellate Handbook. Assistant Editor (2013-2014)
  • The Record, Assistant Editor (2013-2014)
  • Assistant Editor, Florida Bar Journal submissions (2011-2013)
  • Member, Publications Committee (2009-Present)
  • Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee (2009-Present)
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Appellate Practice Institute (ECAPI)
  • Planning Committee (2012-2013)
• Dade County Bar Association

• Certified Continuing Education Instructor, State of Florida

• Rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell
• Super Lawyers Magazine, Florida Rising Stars (2013-2021)

• “Behind the Curtain: Pre-suit Strategies for Handling NOILs and CRNs.,”  Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2024
• “In the Red Zone – Handling Civil Remedy Notices in First Party Cases,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2023
• “The ABCs of Coverage, Bad Faith, and Civil Remedies,” Gainsco, 2022
• “Florida Case Law Update: Notable Decisions 2022,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2022
• “Civil Remedy: Protocols and Procedures,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2021
• “Advanced PIP Litigation – Part I,” KD Webinar, 2020
• “CRAPS – Civil Remedy Anatomy, Protocols, and Solutions,” Kubicki Draper, Go All In for KD’s Claim Game – First Party Property Conference, 2019
• “Appellate and Post Trial Issues and Interlocutory Appeals – Writs and Appeals from Non-Final Orders,” GEICO, 2018

• Extra-Contractual, Consequential Damages Not Recoverable in First-Party Actions for Breach Of Contract Under An Insurance Policy, KD Winter Quarterly, 2021
• Jumping the Gun: Premature Appeals in Civil Cases, 84 Fla. Bar J. 42 (March 2010)
• Fee Simple: A Procedural Primer on Appellate Attorney’s Fees and Costs, 87 Fla. Bar J. 24
  (Feb. 2013)
• Inside the Fifth District Court of Appeal, The Record, Vol. XVIII, No.2 (2010 – 2011 updates)