Attorneys
Attorneys
Meet our Attorneys
Fields Howell stays true to the ideals created by our founding partners by recruiting highly-skilled lawyers who are committed to understanding our clients’ needs.
We are proud of our successes in the courtroom and at the negotiating table, and our team is our greatest and most valuable asset.
Meet our Attorneys
Fields Howell stays true to the ideals created by our founding partners by recruiting highly-skilled lawyers who are committed to understanding our clients’ needs.
We are proud of our successes in the courtroom and at the negotiating table, and our team is our greatest and most valuable asset.
Aaron E. Ames
Associate – Miami
Aaron E. Ames is an accomplished insurance defense attorney who has been practicing in the field for nearly a decade. He has served in a number of capacities for insurance companies and law firms, giving him expert insight into insurers’ operations, challenges, and goals. Aaron, using his background and skill set, provides legal advice to insurance companies prior to litigation and defends insurers and their customers in state and federal courts.
Michael F. Burgess
Associate – Atlanta
Michael Burgess specializes in providing insurance coverage advice to both domestic and international insurers regarding commercial property and commercial general liability claims. He serves as defense counsel in direct litigation involving personal injury, construction defects, and professional liability claims.
Kamber S. Burke
Associate – Atlanta
Kamber Burke’s practice focuses on complex insurance coverage matters and commercial litigation. Kamber has significant experience with insurance coverage litigation including the pursuit of declaratory relief on behalf of insurers and defense against breach of contract and bad faith actions.
Louie Whit Carmon II
Associate – Atlanta
Louie Whit Carmon II (“Whit”) provides insurance coverage advice to domestic and international insurers. He specializes in general liability and professional liability, with experience representing long-term care facilities and health professionals in complex matters.
Pedro J. Collazo
Associate – Miami
Pedro J. Collazo specializes in insurance defense and civil litigation. He joined the firm in 2019 after gaining experience in insurance coverage, premises liability, motor vehicle defense, directors & officers, and more.
Shelly D. Crochet
Associate – Atlanta
Shelly D. Crochet is an insurance coverage and defense attorney whose practice focuses on commercial general liability, property, and motor carrier claims. She joined Fields Howell in 2019 with experience assisting insurers with various liability claims.
Alery Delgado
Associate – Miami
Alery Delgado has been a practicing attorney for a decade. She is an experienced litigator specializing in complex insurance coverage and defense matters, including premises liability, products liability, first-party property, and commercial liability claims. She also has experience in motor vehicle negligence, wrongful death suits, and security negligence, among others.
Zachary J. Ferreira
Associate – Atlanta
Zachary Ferreira is an insurance coverage and defense attorney specializing in matters pertaining to commercial general liability policies and property claims. He serves insurance carriers by providing coverage advice and preparing documents for litigation.
Paul L. Fields, Jr.
Partner – Atlanta
Paul Fields, Jr.’s practice focuses on the representation of domestic and international insurers. He leads Fields Howell’s first-party property team as a respected attorney with thirty-one years of experience. In addition to leading the first-party property team, Paul does significant work in the areas of commercial litigation, casualty, and professional indemnity.
Julieth A. Fresco
Associate – Miami
Julieth Fresco is an experienced attorney specialized in providing legal representation and counsel to domestic and international insurers. She has worked on claims in a number of practice areas, including personal injury, commercial litigation, negligence, and wrongful death cases.
Michael H. Galex
Of Counsel – Miami
Michael H. Galex is a defense attorney with twenty-five years of experience practicing law. For the last twenty years, he has been handling criminal and civil cases throughout south Florida. Michael was a partner at his previous firm for thirteen years and brings with him extensive background in first-party property and third-party insurance coverage and liability matters.
John P. Golden
Associate – Miami
John Golden specializes in insurance defense, particularly in commercial liability and litigation. He also defends clients against claims relating to products liability and professional liability policies, as well as issues arising from business disputes, motor carrier, and property claims.
Taryn M. Kadar
Partner – Atlanta
Stephen A. Kahn
Partner – Atlanta
Steve Kahn is an experienced attorney with a practice focused on representing insurers regarding a variety of complex claims. Steve has worked with Fields Howell’s clients on claims pertaining to property, products liability, bankruptcy/insolvency, and more. He provides coverage advice and serves as defense counsel for both domestic and international insurers.
Ann T. Kirk
Partner – Atlanta
Ann Kirk’s practice focuses primarily on providing insurance coverage advice and representing domestic and international insurers in litigation. Ann regularly analyzes coverage for a variety of first-party property claims and third-party liability claims, addressing numerous states’ laws. She has litigated declaratory judgment actions in state and federal court, and she has defended insurers and their business partners in breach of contract and bad faith actions.
Jonathan D. Kramer
Partner – Atlanta
Jonathan Kramer represents foreign and domestic insurers of mid-to-large size law firms and architect, engineer, and design firms throughout the U.S. He specializes in resolving complex claims brought against his clients’ insureds in the U.S. and abroad, and representing insurers in coverage litigation in state and federal courts.
Ronald A. Lacayo
Associate – Miami
Ronald A. Lacayo specializes in insurance defense with a focus on first-party property claims. In addition to his experience defending against property and bad faith claims, Ronald provides coverage advice to domestic and international insurers.
Marshall N. Lahiff
Associate – Miami
Marshall N. Lahiff is an experienced insurance defense attorney. He specializes in both small and large claims relating to first-party property, third-party liability, and premises liability claims. He is skilled in litigation and is trusted to defend insurers and their insureds when issues arise. Before joining Fields Howell, Marshall was a partner at a mid-sized law firm based in Florida.
Karla L. Martinez
Associate – Atlanta
Karla Martinez is an insurance coverage and defense attorney serving Fields Howell’s domestic and international insurer clients. Her practice focuses on commercial general liability and property claims. Karla joined Fields Howell as an attorney in 2019 after participating in the firm’s Summer Associate Program in 2018.
Gregory L. Mast
Partner – Atlanta
Greg Mast specializes in complex insurance coverage and business litigation for domestic and international insurers. Having spent time as both a law clerk and in-house counsel, Greg has earned a reputation as a respected advocate inside and outside of the courtroom. In addition to his nationwide practice, Greg also heads up Fields Howell’s Tennessee office.
Caitlin Dorné Mattler
Associate– Atlanta
Caitlin Dorné Mattler is an attorney specializing in professional liability and indemnity matters. She serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for several international and domestic insurance carriers, focusing primarily on professional liability claims against lawyers, architects, engineers, and insurance professionals. Caitlin also has experience advising insurers and underwriters on policy writing initiatives outside of their native territories.
Megan A. McCue
Associate– Atlanta
Megan McCue’s practice focuses on complex insurance defense, including commercial liability and litigation. Megan has advised and defended attorneys, accountants, and other professionals in regards to professional liability and commercial general litigation policies.
Robert E. McLaughlin
Partner – Atlanta
Bob McLaughlin has focused on solving problems for professionals and their insurers for nearly thirty years. Bob’s professional liability practice emphasizes representing insurers of lawyers, architects, engineers, insurance agents and brokers, accountants, and other non-medical professionals.
Christina M. Nosari
Assocaite – Atlanta
Christina M. Nosari is an experienced insurance coverage lawyer in Atlanta. Her practice focuses on representing global and domestic insurance carriers in complex coverage disputes. Much of her work has involved first-party property and business interruption disputes arising out of catastrophic events. She also has experience advising insurers in various third-party matters. In addition to her practice as an insurance coverage lawyer, Christina also has experience in insurance defense, having litigated matters in state and federal courts.
Michael J. Redondo
Associate – Miami
Michael Redondo works in insurance defense with a specialty in premises liability matters. He is also experienced in general civil litigation, personal and catastrophic injury, admiralty and maritime, trucking accident defense, and more.
Samantha L. Rowles
Partner – Atlanta
Samantha Lemery Rowles serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for international and domestic insurance carriers. She primarily focuses on professional liability claims against attorneys and other professionals, and also assists them in identifying potential exposure and managing risk. In recent years, she has worked with professionals to help them understand the growing threat of cyber breaches.
Armando P. Rubio
Partner – Miami
Armando Rubio has significant experience in the field of product liability. He has represented, among others, clients including Porsche Cars North America, Inc., American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Ford Motor Company. Armando also represents numerous other manufacturers, designers, and distributors of a wide array of products, including motor vehicles, consumer products, maritime vessels, and heavy equipment.
Kathryn S. Shealy
Associate – Atlanta
Kathryn “Kaylee” Sheppard Shealy’s legal practice is specialized in providing insurance coverage advice to domestic and international insurers regarding commercial property and commercial general liability claims. Kaylee represents insureds as defense counsel in direct litigation involving personal injury, construction defects, and professional liability claims.
Tyler Bryant Walker
Of Counsel – Atlanta
Tyler Bryant Walker is an experienced attorney specializing in insurance coverage and bad faith. She advises insurer clients on a variety of coverage issues, including preparation of complex coverage opinions and position letters for claims under all coverage lines. She also assists and advises clients on evaluating and responding to time-limited settlement demands, as well as general compliance issues.
Benjamin J. Welch
Associate – Atlanta
Ben Welch is an experienced defense attorney in Fields Howell’s Atlanta office. He joined Fields Howell in 2020 after working in the Atlanta office of a regional law firm where he represented individuals, businesses, and insurance companies. Ben has authored motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, and motions to open default at the state and federal level. He has shown an early knack for alternative dispute resolution. Ben has already represented clients in double-digit mediations and has achieved favorable settlements in the vast majority of those matters.
Jennifer W. Wolak
Partner – Atlanta
Jennifer Wolak serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for numerous London-based and U.S. insurance carriers. Her practice focuses primarily on professional liability claims against U.S. large law firms and attorneys, insurance brokers, third party administrators, architects and engineers, long-term care facilities, and other professionals.
Aaron E. Ames
Associate – Miami
Aaron E. Ames is an accomplished insurance defense attorney who has been practicing in the field for nearly a decade. He has served in a number of capacities for insurance companies and law firms, giving him expert insight into insurers’ operations, challenges, and goals. Aaron, using his background and skill set, provides legal advice to insurance companies prior to litigation and defends insurers and their customers in state and federal courts.
Michael F. Burgess
Associate – Atlanta
Michael Burgess specializes in providing insurance coverage advice to both domestic and international insurers regarding commercial property and commercial general liability claims. He serves as defense counsel in direct litigation involving personal injury, construction defects, and professional liability claims.
Kamber S. Burke
Associate – Atlanta
Kamber Burke’s practice focuses on complex insurance coverage matters and commercial litigation. Kamber has significant experience with insurance coverage litigation including the pursuit of declaratory relief on behalf of insurers and defense against breach of contract and bad faith actions.
L. Whit Carmon II
Associate – Atlanta
Louie Whit Carmon II (“Whit”) provides insurance coverage advice to domestic and international insurers. He specializes in general liability and professional liability, with experience representing long-term care facilities and health professionals in complex matters.
Alery Delgado
Associate – Miami
Alery Delgado joined Fields Howell in 2018 with expertise in the areas of complex insurance defense litigation, including premises liability, negligent security, automobile negligence, wrongful death, and insurance coverage claims. Prior to joining Fields Howell, she spent seven years at a Miami law firm working on cases involving general civil litigation, premises liability, products liability, first party property, and more.
Zachary J. Ferreira
Associate – Atlanta
Zachary Ferreira is an insurance coverage and defense attorney specializing in matters pertaining to commercial general laibility policies and property. He serves domestic and international insurers by providing coverage advice and preparing documents in litigation. Zack joined Fields Howell as an associate in 2019 after serving as a summer associate for the firm in 2018.
Paul L. Fields, Jr.
Partner – Atlanta
Paul Fields’ practice focuses on the representation of domestic and international insurers. He leads Fields Howell’s first-party property team as a respected attorney with thirty years of experience. In addition to leading the first-party property team, Paul does significant work in the areas of casualty, professional indemnity, and aviation.
Michael H. Galex
Of Counsel – Miami
Michael H. Galex is a defense attorney with twenty-five years of experience practicing law. For the last twenty years, he has been handling criminal and civil cases throughout south Florida. Michael was a partner at his previous firm for thirteen years and brings with him extensive background in first-party property and third-party insurance coverage and liability matters.
John P. Golden
Associate – Miami
John P. Golden specializes in insurance defense, particularly in commercial liability and litigation. His also defends clients against products and professional liabilities claims and works to resolve issues arising in the areas of business disputes, motor carrier, and property.
Taryn M. Kadar
Partner – Atlanta
Taryn Kadar’s practice focuses on providing insurance coverage advice to both domestic and international insurers regarding commercial property and commercial general liability claims. In addition, Taryn represents insurers in coverage litigation, including the pursuit of declaratory judgment actions and defense of breach of contract and bad faith actions against insurers in both first and third-party claims.
Stephen A. Kahn
Partner – Atlanta
Steve Kahn is an experienced attorney with a practice focused on representing insurers regarding a variety of complex claims. Steve has worked with Fields Howell clients on claims pertaining to property, products liability, bankruptcy/insolvency, and more. He provides coverage advice and serves as defense counsel for both domestic and international insurers.
Ann T. Kirk
Partner – Atlanta
Ann Kirk’s practice focuses primarily on providing insurance coverage advice and representing domestic and international insurers in litigation. Ann regularly analyzes coverage for a variety of first-party property claims and third-party liability claims, addressing numerous states’ laws. She has litigated declaratory judgment actions in state and federal court, and she has defended insurers and their business partners in breach of contract and bad faith actions.
Jonathan D. Kramer
Partner – Atlanta
Jonathan represents foreign and domestic insurers of mid-to-large size law firms and architect, engineer, and design firms throughout the U.S. He specializes in resolving complex claims brought against his clients’ insureds in the U.S. and abroad, and representing insurers in coverage litigation in state and federal courts.
Marshall N. Lahiff
Associate – Miami
Marshall N. Lahiff is an experienced insurance defense attorney. He specializes in both small and large claims relating to first-party property, third-party liability, and premises liability claims. He is skilled in litigation and is trusted to defend insurers and their insureds when issues arise. Before joining Fields Howell, Marshall was a partner at a mid-sized law firm based in Florida.
Karla L. Martinez
Associate – Atlanta
Karla Martinez is an insurance coverage and defense attorney serving Fields Howell’s domestic and international insurer clients. her rpactice focuses heaon commercial general liability and property claims. Karla joined Fields Howell as an attorney in 2019 after participating in the firm’s Summer Associate Program in 2018.
Gregory L. Mast
Partner – Atlanta
Greg Mast specializes in complex insurance coverage and business litigation for domestic and international insurers. Having spent time as both a law clerk and in-house counsel, Greg has earned a reputation as a respected advocate inside and outside of the courtroom. In addition to his nationwide practice, Greg also heads up Fields Howell’s Tennessee office.
Caitlin Dorné Mattler
Associate– Atlanta
Caitlin Dorné Mattler is an attorney specializing in professional liability and indemnity matters. She serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for several international and domestic insurance carriers, focusing primarily on professional liability claims against lawyers, architects, engineers, and insurance professionals. Caitlin also has experience advising insurers and underwriters on policy writing initiatives outside of their native territories.
Megan A. McCue
Associate– Atlanta
Megan McCue’s practice focuses on complex insurance defense, including commercial liability and litigation. Megan has advised and defended attorneys, accountants, and other professionals in regards to professional liability and commercial general litigation policies.
Robert E. McLaughlin
Partner – Atlanta
Bob McLaughlin has focused on solving problems for professionals and their insurers for nearly thirty years. Bob’s professional liability practice emphasizes representing insurers of lawyers, architects, engineers, insurance agents and brokers, accounts, and other non-medical professionals.
Christina M. Nosari
Associate – Atlanta
Christina M. Nosari is an experienced insurance coverage lawyer in Atlanta. Her practice focuses on representing global and domestic insurance carriers in complex coverage disputes. Much of her work has involved first-party property and business interruption disputes arising out of catastrophic events. She also has experience advising insurers in various third-party matters.
Michael J. Redondo
Associate – Miami
Michael J. Redondo works in insurance defense with a specialty in premises liability matters. He joined Fields Howell in 2019 after starting his legal career at another Miami law firm. There, his practice included general civil litigation, personal and catastrophic injury, maritime, trucking accident defense, and more.
Samantha L. Rowles
Partner – Atlanta
Samantha Lemery Rowles serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for several international and domestic insurance carriers, focusing primarily on professional liability claims against attorneys and other professionals. She assists professionals in identifying potential exposure and managing risk.
Armando P. Rubio
Partner – Miami
Armando Rubio has significant experience in the field of product liability, representing, among others, clients including Porsche Cars North America, Inc., American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Ford Motor Company, as well as numerous other manufacturers, designers and distributors of a wide array of products, including motor vehicles, consumer products, maritime vessels and heavy equipment.
Kathryn S. Shealy
Associate – Atlanta
Kathryn “Kaylee” Sheppard Shealy’s legal practice is specialized in providing insurance coverage advice to domestic and international insurers regarding commercial property and commercial general liability claims. Kaylee represents insureds as defense counsel in directing litigation involving personal injury, construction defects, and professional liability claims.
Tyler Bryant Walker
Of Counsel – Atlanta
Tyler Bryant Walker is an experienced attorney specializing in insurance coverage and bad faith. She advises insurer clients on a variety of coverage issues, including preparation of complex coverage opinions and position letters for claims under all coverage lines. She also assists and advises clients on evaluating and responding to time-limited settlement demands, as well as general compliance issues.
Benjamin J. Welch
Associate – Atlanta
Ben Welch is an experienced defense attorney in Fields Howell’s Atlanta office. He joined Fields Howell in 2020 after working in the Atlanta office of a regional law firm where he represented individuals, businesses, and insurance companies. Ben has authored motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, and motions to open default at the state and federal level.
Jennifer W. Wolak
Partner – Atlanta
Jennifer Wolak serves as coverage and monitoring counsel for numerous London-based and U.S. insurance carriers. Her practice focuses primarily on professional liability claims against U.S. large law firms and attorneys, insurance brokers, third party administrators, architects and engineers, long-term care facilities and other professionals.
