Jessica Prats brings a broad legal background with experience in administrative law, alternative dispute resolutions, automobile negligence, community associations, construction and first-party property matters.

She earned her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law, where she received a Certificate of Concentration in Environmental Law and was recognized for her excellence in appellate law. Jessica began her career at one of Florida’s largest insurance defense firms, focusing on first-party property and community association law. She later expanded her community association practice and developed her construction law skills at a prominent full-service law firm in Tampa before joining Kubicki Draper.

Throughout her career, Jessica has handled cases ranging from small claims to complex multi-party, multi-million dollar disputes involving contractual, commercial, corporate, environmental and maritime issues. She is admitted to practice in Florida’s Middle District and is currently working toward her mediation certification.

• Administrative Law and Criminal Licensing
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Automobile and Motorized Vehicles
• Community Associations
• Construction
• First-Party Property: Personal and Commercial

Education

• Stetson University (J.D., 2014)

  Honors: Certificate of Concentration in Environmental Law; Excellence in Appellate Advocacy

• Stetson University (B.S., 2010)

• Omicron Delta Kappa
• Alpha Chi Omega

• State of Florida 2014
• U. S. District Court, Middle District of Florida 2015

• Kubicki Draper First Party Practice Group, Member
• Florida Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
• American Constitution Society
• Tampa Bay Claims Association

• Certified Florida Supreme Court Circuit Civil Mediator
• Certificate of Concentration in Environmental Law

• “A Legal Juggernaut: Cast Iron Litigation,” Kubicki Draper and NV5 Training, 2022
• “Defending Against Inflated Estimates for First Party Homeowners Claims,” Frontline, 2022
• “Prejudice Resulting from Late Reporting: Understanding the Two Step Analysis,” Security First Florida, 2022
• “Defending Against Inflated Estimates for First Party Homeowner Claims,” Security First Florida, 2020
• “Water Mitigation Defense Strategies,” AAA Webinar, 2020
• “Water Mitigation Defense Strategies,” Water Losses & Cast Iron Pipes Webinar Series, 2020
• “Roofing Claims in 2020: The Legal Perspective,” Stephens Engineering, 2020
• “Blackjack! – 25% (Not “21”) on Litigating Roofing Claims,” Kubicki Draper, Go All In for KD’s Claim Game – First Party Property Conference, 2019

• Guardian ad Litem
• Young Lawyer’s Division (aided Hurricane Matthew victims)

• Anti-concurrent cause: A shield, a sword or both? You decide., KD Fall Quarterly, 2020
• Litigating in Troubled Times: Technology Tips to Take a Top EUO, KD Spring Quarterly, 2020