Kara Byrnes focuses her practice exclusively on first-party property litigation and trials, drawing on a diverse background of experience in alternative dispute resolutions, bodily injury, personal injury protection, and premises liability matters. In addition to her legal practice, Kara is passionate about educating others and regularly speaks with clients, as well as lectures at conferences, seminars, and webinars on first-party property issues and emerging trends in Florida.

Kara earned her law degree from Florida Coastal School of Law in December 2011, where she ranked as a quarter-finalist in Moot Court. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Florida with a double major in English and Public Relations.

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Automobile and Motorized Vehicles
• First-Party Property: Personal and Commercial
• Fraud / SIU / EUO
• Hospitality and Retail
• Personal Injury Protection (PIP)
• Premises Liability

Education

• Florida Coastal School of Law (J.D., 2011)

  Honors: Moot Court Honor Board, Student Bar Association, Family Law Society, Family Law Section, Florida Coastal 3L Honor Court Justice

• University of Florida (B.S., 2009)

  Honors: President and Founder of Student Government’s Young Leaders Conference, awarded organization of the year in 2008; Vice President of Mortar Board Honor Society; Student Government Productions; Delta Gamma event coordinator and Honor Court Member

• Delta Gamma

• State of Florida 2012

• Kubicki Draper First Party Practice Group, Member
• Kubicki Draper PIP / SIU Practice Group, Member
• Jacksonville Area Defense Counsel, Member
• Florida Bar Association
• Jacksonville Bar Association
• Florida Claims Defense Network
• Screen Actors Guild

• Certified Continuing Education Instructor, State of Florida

• “Navigating Insurance Claims – Fact vs Fiction,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2025
• “Ace Your Investigation in Roof and Plumbing Claims,” PLRB, Large Loss Conference, 2025
• “Navigating the 2025 Amendments: Mastering the New Florida Rules of Civil Procedure,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2024
• “Behind the Masks: Unveiling New Development in Florida First Party Case Law Update,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2024
• “Fighting Fraud in Late Reported Homeowners Claims,” FIFEC, 2023
• “Taking the Fraud Out of the Public Adjuster’s Estimate,” Heritage, 2022
• “Assigment of Benefits: Defense Against Water Mitigation and Current Legal Issues Involving the Concurrent Cause Doctrine,” Frontline, 2022
• “Florida 4-Hour Law and Ethics Update,” Orlando Claims Association, 2022
• “Florida 5-Hour Law and Ethics Update,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2021
• “Ace Your Pre-Suit Investigation,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2020
• “Florida 5-Hour Law and Ethics Update,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2020
• “Hot Topics in PIP,” Kubicki Draper Webinar, 2020
• “Virtual Slots: Technology Solutions for First-Party Coverage and Claims,” Kubicki Draper, Go All In for KD’s Claim Game – First Party Property Conference, 2019
• “Solicitation and Brokering,” Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee (FIFEC), 2018
• “PIP Hot Topics and Trends,” Progressive, 2016
• “Corporate Representative Depositions,” Assurance America, 2016

• “Fighting Attorneys Fees Following Appraisal,” KD Summer Quarterly, 2019

A lifelong lover of public speaking and acting, Kara remains an active member of the Screen Actors Guild. She began her career at age five and has appeared in 14 national television commercials. In her free time, Kara enjoys spending time with her children at their sporting events, going to the beach, running, flipping houses with her husband, and traveling.