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.

• Automobile and Motorized Vehicles
• Construction
• First-Party Property: Personal and Commercial
• Premises Liability
• Products Liability
• Trucking – Transportation

Education

• St. Thomas University College of Law (J.D., 1999)

  Honors: Dean’s List

• University of South Florida (B.A., 1996)

  Honors: Dean’s List

• State of Florida 1999
• District of Columbia

• Kubicki Draper Construction Practice Group, Member
• Florida Bar Association
• Transportation Lawyers Association
• Orange County Bar Association
• Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, Member
• American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)

• Certified Continuing Education Instructor, State of Florida

• “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
• “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