James K. Parker was born and raised in Orlando, Florida. Jim graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 1973. He is an AV-rated trial attorney that has been in litigation practice in southern Florida for 45 years. Jim is a named partner with the Firm and is also certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court Mediator and is a member of the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators.
During his 45 years of practice, Jim has concentrated his efforts as a litigator representing clients in a broad range of disputes involving negligence, personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, professional liability, employment practices liability, broker’s errors and omissions, insurance coverage issues, declaratory actions, homeowners associations, condominium associations, construction defects and commercial litigation. Representative clients include Axis Insurance, AIG Insurance Companies, and Travelers Insurance Company.
Most of Jim’s practice is devoted to the representation of insurers and their insureds, but his practice also includes the representation of Plaintiffs. After graduation from law school, Jim was appointed as an Assistant State Attorney under then State Attorney, Richard Gerstein. He then went into private practice representing clients in all levels of criminal defense matters. In 1976, he joined the law firm of Samuel M. Spatzer, P.A. practicing civil litigation. In 1982, Jim established his own firm in Coconut Grove, Florida. He became partner of Cohn, Parker & Cohn, P.A. in 1990. In 2004, he joined Boyd Richards Parker & Colonnelli, P.L. to participate in the handling of the firm’s many complex adversarial proceedings.
