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Terence R. Perkins
Daytona Beach, Florida

Member
phone	(386) 254-6875
fax	(386) 257-1834
email	Email Me

Mr. Perkins, a founding member of Smith, Hood, Perkins, Loucks, Stout, Bigman, Lane & Brock, P.A., has been practicing law for more than twenty-one years. His primary areas of practice are insurance and medical malpractice defense.

Areas of Practice:: Insurance Defense and Bad Faith Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury; Commercial and Securities Litigation

Certification/Specialties:: Board Certified Trial Lawyer, Florida Supreme Court; Circuit Court Mediator, Florida Supreme Court; Board Certified Civil Trial Law

Bar Admissions:: Florida, 1967; U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida; U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida; U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Education:: University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1980
Juris Doctor
Honors: With Honors; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1978
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: With High Honors
Major: Political Science

Representative Clients:: Budget Group, Inc.; Progressive Insurance Companies; Florida Physicians Insurance Company; Zurock Insurance; Rite Aid of Florida, Inc.; Signa Companies; International Speedway Corporation

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Litigation Section; The Lawyers-Pilot Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Forida Defense Lawyers Association; Volusia County Inns of Court; Florida Bar, Young Lawyers' Division, 1984 - 1989; Board of Governors; Florida Bar, Young Lawyer Board of Governors, 1988 - 1989; Budget Committee Chairman; Florida Bar; Committee on Aviation Law; Florida Bar; Committee on Communications Law; Florida Rules of Civil Procedure Committee; Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure Committee; Volusia County Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Volusia County Civil Trial Lawyers; Director, 1988; The Volusia County Civil Trial Lawyers; Secretary, 1988-1989; The Volusia County Civil Trial Lawyers; Vice-President, 1989-1990; The Volusia County Civil Trial Lawyers; President, 1990-1991; Defense Trail Lawyers Association; Founding Member; Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

Past Employment Positions:: Cobb & Cole, P.A., Senior Attorney, 1986 - 1988; Cobb & Cole, P.A., Associate Attorney, 1980 - 1986