Jane Goddard

Paralegal

Orlando Office

jgoddard@balljanik.com

T: 407.404.6721

Overview

Jane Goddard brings a varied background and more than 30 years of experience to her position as a paralegal in Ball Janik LLP’s Insurance Recovery practice group. Most of her career as a litigation paralegal has focused on insurance defense, including complex medical malpractice, products liability, wrongful death, aviation, and construction defects cases.

Ms. Goddard’s other professional experience includes serving as Associate Director of the Center for Earth Jurisprudence and as Middle Basin Advocacy Director for the St. Johns Riverkeeper. As an adjunct professor, she taught several classes at Barry University School of Law and at Stetson University.

Ms. Goddard spends her free time horseback riding, playing tabletop roleplaying games, reading, and wrangling her feline housemates. She is the only woman to have through-paddled the entire 310 miles of the St. Johns River in a solo kayak (a total of 23 days on the water).

Education

J.D., Valedictorian, magna cum laude, Barry University School of Law
Master of Liberal Studies, Rollins College
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, English (World Literature), University of South Florida
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, International Studies, University of South Florida

Admissions/Memberships

Florida Bar

Honors

Barry Law Review, Lead Articles Editor, 2006-2007
Women Lawyers Association, Graduate of the Year, 2007-2008

Publications

Comment, Building the Cathedral: Sculpting a Part-Time Legal Education in a Double-Time World, 8 Barry Law Review 117 (2007)
The Persistent Pagan: The Green Man and the Green Knight, 6 Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies 23 (2001), published by the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs (AGLSP)

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.