Marjorie Hensel focuses her practice primarily in the areas of professional liability defense representing lawyers and law firms, accountants, architects, surveyors, engineers, debt collectors, broker/dealers, insurance brokers and agents, real estate agents, travel agents, tattoo artists and cosmeticians, as well as manufacturers and title insurance companies. She also has experience in extra-contractual liability and catastrophic litigation. Ms. Hensel defends EEOC claims, and also practices in the areas of securities broker/dealer liability, where she has defended broker/dealers before self-regulatory organizations. In addition, Ms. Hensel handles securities arbitration claims before the NASD.

Ms. Hensel has a broad litigation background in both defense and plaintiff litigation. Her ability to see a case from both sides is an asset she brings to the defense of her clients at trial. Ms. Hensel’s significant representative matters are listed below:

• Tried a legal malpractice case where obtained a directed verdict for one defendant and a defense verdict for the remaining defendants and the firm.
• Defendant granted motion for summary judgment in legal malpractice action on statute of limitations and discovery rule.
• Obtained dismissal for shareholders of law firm in AAA arbitration dispute.
• Represented a national grocery store chain in class action lawsuit filed in U.S. district court alleging violation of FACTA.
• Obtained dismissal for a foreign machinery manufacturer in products liability action on the basis of forum non conveniens.
• Defendant granted summary judgment in products liability action on basis that exercise equipment was not defectively designed.
• Defended securities brokers in class action involving mortgage backed securities.
• Defended accountant/financial planner in class action in case where plaintiffs claimed the products sold were unsuitable.
• Defended officers and directors of a national racing boat organization in multistate litigation.
• Defended class action against travel agent/planning company in US. District Court, Middle District of Florida.

Ms. Hensel joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in October 2010. Previously she was for more than two years a shareholder with Marshall, Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, in Tampa, Florida.

Ms. Hensel began her legal career in 1988, as an associate with Ferraro & Associates, P.A., in Miami, Florida. In 1996, she moved to Bleakley & McKeen, P.A., in Detroit. From 1999 to 2001, Ms. Hensel was an associate with Maddin Hauser Wartell Roth Heller, P.A., in Southfield, Michigan. She returned to Florida in 2001, and was for five years a senior associate at Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig, LLP, in Tampa, Florida. She spent one year as a partner with Litchfield Cavo, LLP, also in Tampa, before joining Marshall, Dennehey in 2008.

During law school, Ms. Hensel was a law clerk in the Legal Department of the Metro Dade County Sheriff’s Office.

Ms. Hensel is a 2005 graduate of the I.A.D.C. Trial College, which is held annually at Stanford University College of Law.

Ms. Hensel is a member of The Florida Bar. Her professional memberships also include the American Bar Association and the Hillsborough County Bar Association. She holds the AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability.

Ms. Hensel speaks Spanish. During her tenure as a law clerk with the Metro Dade County Sheriff’s Office, Ms. Hensel authored legal memorandum on the issue of Florida’s forfeiture statute and its constitutional implications.

Her presentations include:

• “The Lesser Known Affirmative Defenses,” Hinshaw’s annual Legal Malpractice & Risk Management Conference, Chicago, Illinois, February 2012.
• “ProMarc – Lawyers Professional Liability Program,” 24th Annual Medical Device Defense Seminar, Fish Camp, California, June 2011.

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Marjorie enjoys hiking, gardening and theatre. She and her family support the arts in the Tampa Bay area.