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Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
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Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

One Pensacola Plaza, 125 W. Romana Street, Suite 805, Pensacola, Florida 32502

Mailing Address: P.O. Drawer 1070, Pensacola, FL 32591-1070

Established: 1994

Practice Areas

  • Insurance Defense
  • Coverage Issues
  • Complex Litigation
  • Bad Faith
  • Product Liability
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Nursing Home Liability
  • Construction Defect
  • Premises Liability
  • General Liability
  • Automobile Liability

About Us

Young, Bill, Boles, Palmer, Duke & Thompson, P.A. was founded in 1994. The firm is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and included in A.M. Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys. The firm maintains a full support staff including legal assistants and paralegals and maintains offices on the Suite 805, One Pensacola Plaza, 125 W. Romana Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502 and Suite 3195, One Biscayne Tower, 2 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33131 and Suite 2950, 401 East Jackson Street, Tampa, FL 33602.

Young, Bill, Boles, Palmer, Duke & Thompson, P.A. is a trial firm. All lawyers in the firm are actively engaged in trial practice. In the representation and defense of its clients, it is Young, Bill, Boles, Palmer, Duke & Thompson, P.A.'s belief that proper trial preparation and a reputation in the community for being willing to go forward to trial on appropriate cases is essential to obtaining good results. Although not all cases are appropriate for trial and not all cases should be tried, it is an abiding belief of the firm that consistently good results cannot be achieved for a client unless the firm has established a reputation in the community as a group of aggressive trial lawyers with above average abilities.

The attorneys at Young, Bill, Boles, Palmer, Duke & Thompson, P.A. specialize in all aspects of Insurance defense practice, including bad faith litigation, coverage litigation, products liability, construction defect, automobile negligence, premises liability, first party property litigation, nursing home malpractice and medical malpractice. The firm has lawyers admitted to practice in all state courts of Florida, Georgia and Alabama, all federal courts of Florida, including trial bars, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Additional Locations

  • Miami, Florida
  • One Biscayne Tower, Suite 3195
  • 2 South Biscayne Boulevard
  • Miami, Florida 33131
    • Telephone: 305-222-7720
    • Fax: 305-492-7729
  • Tampa, Florida
  • 401 East Jackson Street, Suite 2950
  • Tampa, Florida 33602
    • Telephone: 813-603-3006
    • Fax: 813-603-3011

Client Information

Insurance Clients

Non-Insurance Clients

  • Boat/U.S. - Boat Owners Association of United States
  • Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
  • Chase Manhattan Bank
  • City of Pensacola
  • Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
  • Enterprise Leasing Company / ELCO
  • Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
  • First Choice Commercial Janitorial Services
  • Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
  • Okaloosa County School Board

Personnel Information

Partners


B. Richard Young

Pensacola, FL

Practice Areas
  • Bad Faith
  • Insurance Defense
  • Product Liability
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Construction Litigation
  • Nursing Home Liability
Admitted
  • Florida, 1984
  • U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, 1985
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1990
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 1994
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2000
Additional Biographical Details:

National Board of Trial Advocacy

Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar
  • Escambia/Santa Rosa Bar Associations
Certifications:
  • Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization
  • Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy
  • Board Certified Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy
Education:
  • Florida State University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1981
  • Florida State University College of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 1984

Born: 1959

Michael T. Bill

Pensacola, FL

Practice Areas
  • Construction Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Bad Faith
  • Insurance Defense
  • Product Liability
  • Insurance Litigation
Admitted
  • Florida, 1994
  • U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1997
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar
Education:
  • Auburn University, B.S., 1990
  • University of Florida College of Law, J.D. (with honors), 1993

Born: 1968

B.B. Boles III

Pensacola, FL

Practice Areas
  • Construction Litigation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Automobile Liability
  • First and Third Party Defense
Admitted
  • Florida, 1983
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2005
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2015
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 2016
Memberships:
  • The Florida Bar
Education:
  • Pensacola Junior College, A.A., 1978
  • University of West Florida, B.A. (cum laude), 1980
  • Florida State University College of Law, J.D., 1982

Born: 1958

Brentt E. Palmer

Pensacola, FL

Practice Areas
  • Bad Faith
  • Insurance Defense
  • Liability Defense
  • Automobile Liability
  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
Admitted
  • Florida, 2003
  • Georgia, 2006
  • Alabama, 2007
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida
Memberships:
  • Escambia/Santa Rose Bar Association
Certifications:
  • Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization
Education:
  • Spring Hill College, B.S., 2000
  • Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, J.D., 2003
  • DePaul University College of Law, LL.M., 2004
Fraternity Information:
Phi Delta Phi

Born: 1976

Associates


Kyle Waldron

Pensacola, FL

Practice Areas
  • Bad Faith
  • Automobile Liability
  • First Party Defense
Admitted
  • Florida, 2019
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
Education:
  • Gonzaga University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2016
  • Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2019

Born: 1994

Charles C. Pape

Pensacola, FL

Practice Areas
  • Bad Faith
  • Insurance Defense
  • First Party Defense
  • Slip and Fall
Admitted
  • Florida, 2018
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida, 2021
Education:
  • Florida State University, B.S., 2014
  • Florida Coastal School of Law, J.D., 2017

Born: 1990

Service Areas

Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA 40 miles

Jacksonville, Florida, USA 359 miles

Panama City, Florida, USA 98 miles

Tallahassee, Florida, USA 198 miles

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