Maureen Pearcy is an appellate practitioner who represents clients in a wide variety of civil matters in state and federal courts. Ms. Pearcy focuses her practice primarily in insurance coverage disputes, including professional liability and first-party claims. In addition to insurance coverage, she has trial experience in the areas of legal malpractice, products liability, consumer litigation and class action lawsuits. Ms. Pearcy also provides appellate assistance and advice to trial attorneys during litigation.

Ms. Pearcy has handled appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, several Florida District Courts of Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court. She has also assisted in drafting amicus briefs involving issues affecting the insurance industry. Ms. Pearcy has successfully represented clients in both state and federal appellate court, including the following decisions:

• Schvartzman v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp., 41 So. 3d 909 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010)
• Sweeney v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp., No. 1D09-5109, 2010 WL 3398389 (Fla. 1st DCA Aug. 31, 2010)
• Liberty Surplus Ins. Corp. v. First Indem. Ins. Serv., Inc., 31 So. 3d 852 (4th Cir. 2010)
• Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. Jarrette Bay Invest. Corp., 19 So. 3d 444 (Fla. 3d DCA 2009)
• Empire Indem. Ins. Co. v. Winsett, 325 Fed. Appx. 849 (11th Cir. 2009)
• Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Frankel Enter., No. 07-14694, 2008 WL 2787704 (11th Cir. July 18, 2008)
• Thomas v. George, Hartz, Lundeen, Fulmer Johnstone, King & Stevens, P.A., 525 F.3d 1107 (11th Cir. 2008)
• Van Tran v. City of Miami, et al., 261 Fed. Appx. 266 (11th Cir. 2008)
• Clarendon Nat’l Ins. Co. v. Muller, 237 Fed. Appx. 451 (11th Cir. 2007)
• Mahgoub v. Miami-Dade Cnty. College, No. 05-11520, 2006 WL 952278 (11th Cir. Apr. 13, 2006)
• Mt. Hawley Ins. Co. v. Sandy Lake, 425 F.3d 1308 (11th Cir. 2005)

Prior to joining Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in December 1999, Ms. Pearcy worked for three years with a five-attorney law firm representing plaintiffs in class action lawsuits against the tobacco industry. Ms. Pearcy also held a judicial clerkship at Florida’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit, where she gained experience in civil, probate, and family litigation.

While in law school, Ms. Pearcy interned at the United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division. She also clerked for several years with a trade association for the petroleum industry. Ms. Pearcy’s presentations include “Truth or Consequences: The Importance of Making Truthful Disclosures in the Application Process,” at Hinshaw’s Annual Insurance Services Symposium, in Chicago, Illinois, October 2010. Ms. Pearcy has provided pro bono work on behalf of local non-profit groups.