Ariadne Bermudez

Paralegal

Orlando Office

abermudez@balljanik.com

T: 407.502.7084

Overview

Ariadne D. Bermudez is a Florida Registered Paralegal in Ball Janik LLP’s Orlando office. She brings close to two decades of litigation support experience, assisting attorneys with case management, discovery, court filings, deposition coordination, trial preparation, and client communications.

Bermudez has extensive experience supporting litigation teams in insurance defense and governmental liability matters. She is skilled in preparing discovery motions, deposition notices, subpoenas, notices of non-party production, and other litigation materials. She also assists with scheduling hearings, depositions, inspections, appointments, and court appearances, while maintaining calendaring systems and coordinating closely with attorneys, clients, experts, process servers, and court personnel.

Prior to joining Ball Janik, Bermudez served as a trial litigation paralegal at a Florida firm focused on insurance defense and workers’ compensation. She assisted with litigation projects, trial exhibits, witness coordination, court technology preparation, and client intake.

Bermudez is bilingual in English and Spanish and provides translation and interpretation support when needed.

Education

S., Paralegal Studies Litigation, Valencia College
Adult English Literacy, 2006, Orlando Tech College
Industrial Engineering, 2004, University of Panama, Panama City, Panama

Certifications

Florida Registered Paralegal
Trial Preparation for Paralegal
WestlawNext Certification, 2016
Florida Real Estate License

Kelly Corcoran is an insurance coverage attorney focused on resolving complex insurance coverage disputes on behalf of individual and corporate policyholders in their pursuit to recover claims. He has significant experience in handling construction defect coverage issues involving commercial and residential buildings including apartment complexes, condominiums, and single-family homes, as well as other coverage issues involving personal injury and property damage claims. Mr. Corcoran was selected to the Florida Rising Stars list, published in Super Lawyers Magazine, 2016-2018. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to receive this honor.

Before joining Ball Janik LLP, Mr. Corcoran served as coverage counsel for several national insurers, in which he gained invaluable experience in understanding how insurance companies defend themselves in legal battles with claimants and policyholders. His experience includes litigating disputes arising under commercial, homeowners, automobile and general liability policies.

Mr. Corcoran has been involved with coverage issues ranging from improperly installed roofs, fire sprinkler systems, curtain wall systems, and post-tension cables to large multi-district litigation involving Chinese drywall and FEMA Formaldehyde Travel Trailers. Mr. Corcoran is well-versed in primary and excess insurance policies, policy interpretations, as well as insurance policies covering subcontractors and additional insureds. He has numerous published opinions in the areas of tort and insurance law, including Claudio v. Regaldo, 116 So.3d 451 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013).

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Corcoran was a partner in the second oldest law firm in Florida, Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson LLP. On a personal note, Mr. Corcoran enjoys spending his free time with his wife, daughter, son, and two dogs.